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Risk assets are shrugging off Middle East escalation and pricing resilience in growth equities

The post highlights that the NASDAQ rallied nearly 2% despite headlines suggesting continued Iran-related tensions and potential Strait of Hormuz disruption. The implied thesis is that markets are looking through geopolitical oil-shock risk and favoring durable, secular growth exposures rather than defensive or commodity-sensitive positioning.

ALL TIME RETURN +28.63%
S&P 500 +14.77%
VS S&P 500 +13.86%
Return +1.73%
S&P 500 0.00%
VS S&P 500 +1.73%
Best performer PLTR +2.82%
Portfolio S&P 500 AS OF JUL 14, 8:40 PM
  • QQQ Long
    Performance +23.17%
    Current weight 28.73%

    Description Direct listed proxy for the NASDAQ-100 strength noted in the post and the clearest way to express continued leadership in large-cap growth despite geopolitical stress.

  • SOXX Long
    Performance +67.72%
    Current weight 32.60%

    Description Semiconductors are a high-beta expression of risk-on NASDAQ leadership and tend to outperform when investors dismiss macro and geopolitical scares.

  • IGV Long
    Performance +17.45%
    Current weight 18.26%

    Description Software is among the cleanest secular-growth groups less directly exposed to oil supply disruption, fitting the idea that markets prefer resilient asset-light growth.

  • META Long
    Performance +14.18%
    Current weight 13.31%

    Description A core mega-cap growth beneficiary within NASDAQ-style leadership, with limited direct sensitivity to Middle East shipping risk relative to industrial or energy-intensive sectors.

  • PLTR Long
    Performance -8.70%
    Current weight 7.10%

    Description A liquid, direct US-listed growth name tied to AI and defense-adjacent software demand, suitable for a market regime where geopolitical tensions do not derail tech leadership.

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