Keeping Score, May 2026

I’ve just updated my Keeping Score page for May. IT is the positive side of the performance story. For the moment, at least, currency isn’t an issue, because the market seems to believe that the Fed will resist the administration’s demand for lower interest rates. The negative side, which is defined by serial laggards, continues to be the domestic demand weakness caused by tariffs and ICE-induced shrinkage of the workforce.