Henry Carstens Forecast — Markets

Where the next twenty days are leaning.

2026-09-29: Markets whisper. The web waits.

The Web of Markets

2026-09-29
How to read the Web of Markets
  • Green dot: Bullish outlook
  • Red dot: Bearish outlook
  • Gray dot: Mixed or neutral
  • Light-blue lines: These two markets may move together (the link is not a 20-day bull/bear call)
  • Thicker lines: Stronger link between those two markets
  • Pulsing lines: Potential volatility between those two markets
Financial → Interest Rates 2.3σ alert p=50%Interest RatesFinancial XLF 2.3σ alertCommodityCurrencyCryptoRatesFinancialCommodityFXCrypto
  • Interest Rates↗Higher yields are likely to persist over the next 20 sessions as the late-cycle nominal-growth regime continues.
  • Financial↗Selective resilience in tech is expected to support modest broad equity upside despite small-cap pressure over the next 20 sessions.
  • Commodity→Commodity complex is expected to stabilize with sticky energy prices but limited broad upside over the next 20 sessions.
  • Currency↗USD strength is likely to continue over the next 20 sessions supported by rate differentials and selective risk resilience.
  • Crypto↗20d corr +0.26 — The current LONG block is expected to persist until the next 20-day boundary provided correlation stays positive.
Direction ratio 0.71 bullish, 0 weekly change:stable BULLISH_BIAS streak of 3 days

Geopolitical Risk

Stable 48%
  • Middle East→Sporadic Red Sea shipping incidents linked to proxy actors amid fragile truce(14d outlook)
  • Eastern Europe→Russia-EU winter gas transit talks facing procedural delays(21d outlook)
  • Indo-Pacific→Routine Chinese naval patrols near Taiwan with elevated rhetoric(30d outlook)
  • Persian Gulf→Incremental Iranian nuclear monitoring disputes with IAEA(18d outlook)

National Accounts Risk

Neutral — leaning risk-off
Cash Flow
Neutral
1/3 agreeing
USD direction (DXY proxy) -0.09
JPY carry direction +0.27
Commodity-currency breadth -1.00
Income
Neutral
2/5 agreeing
SPY 50-day SMA slope +0.28
IWM/SPY ratio (small-cap appetite) -1.00
QQQ/SPY ratio (growth bid) +0.88
Balance Sheet
Risk Off
3/5 agreeing
Yield curve (10y-2y) +0.46
HY credit spread z-score -1.00
Real yields z-score -1.00
As of 2026-09-29 · Cash Flow / Income / Balance Sheet per Finance View framework