It's easy to forget now, but one of the main bull arguments for stocks heading into 2026 was the prospect of rate cuts . The idea was simple: Lower interest rates stimulate the economy, and effectively serve as rocket fuel for stocks. But as the year progressed — and especially after the US invaded Iran — rate cut hopes fell by the wayside. Inflation became too much of a worry. Yet stocks persisted with a series of record highs, driven instead by AI advancement that investors rushed to keep up

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