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  "url": "https://hangingcontext.com/roundups/2026-10-29/expectations-split-everywhere/",
  "slug": "expectations-split-everywhere",
  "edition": "2026-10-29T12",
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  "title": "Expectations are splitting: guidance, rates, and oil all point in different directions",
  "dek": "Raisers and cutters, a hike and two holds, and an oil shock that moved expectations more than wages — dispersion, not direction, is the story.",
  "text": "One economy, two directions — and the split showed up everywhere this week.\n\nEli Lilly raised full-year revenue guidance by $5.5 billion at the midpoint on the same day Xerox suspended its dividend. The average tells you nothing right now. The dispersion tells you everything.\n\n1. Guidance: Lilly reported Q3 revenue of $24.4 billion, up 39% year over year, and lifted guidance to $91.0-92.0 billion. Sirius XM and IDACORP raised too. Oshkosh cut adjusted EPS guidance to $8.50-9.50 on fire truck production problems, and Xerox cut operating income guidance to $450-475 million.\n\n2. Rates: the Bank of Canada hiked 25 basis points to 2.5% while the Federal Reserve held at 3.75-4% and Fiji held at 0.25% despite 6.8% inflation. There is no single global direction left to trade on.\n\n3. Expectations: South African Reserve Bank researchers found a sustained 30% fuel price shock keeps inflation expectations elevated for eight quarters — and a 40% oil shock lifts wage expectations immediately while realized wage growth lags behind.\n\n4. Politics is now priced like a market input: the S&P 500 has averaged 14% in the year after a midterm election versus 3% in the midterm year itself.\n\nWhen every signal splits, positioning on the average is the riskiest trade of all.\n\nWhich split changes your 2026 positioning most — guidance, rates, or expectations?\n\n#Finance #Markets #Economics",
  "published_at": "2026-10-29T12:43:00Z",
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      "headline": "On the Podcast Circuit, Politics Is Priced Like a Market Input",
      "dek": "Bloomberg's Big Take, Morgan Stanley and CNBC's Squawk podcast each turned a political fight into a market question this week: who gains seats, what happens after the vote, and who pays for health care.",
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      "headline": "The Oil Shock's Second Round Runs Through Expectations",
      "dek": "South African Reserve Bank researchers find the 2026 oil shock lifted inflation expectations for eight quarters while realized wage growth lagged, a gap that defines the policy window.",
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      "slug": "central-banks-split-rate-path",
      "headline": "One Hike, Three Holds: The Global Rate Path Splits",
      "dek": "The Bank of Canada raised its policy rate to 2.5 percent while the Federal Reserve held and Fiji held, and Korean market rates climbed, leaving no single direction for the end of 2026.",
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