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Forget tacos and memes, we are in the era of the Yolo trade. War, rates, a spending account that contributes to the ballonation of the US deficit. There have been no shortages of major concerns for the market lately, and shares seem to be constantly hurrying every new concern, with the S&P 500 trading comfortably more than 6,000 and not far from its highlight. The philosophy that “you only live once” encourages people to embrace risks and take chances while they can. The idea can help explain why investors have been so relentlessly optimistic recently, despite a barrage of headlines that are expected to lower the vote. The S&P 500 High Beta index, which measures the performance of 100 ingredients in the S&P 500 which is most sensitive to changes in market returns, is a good example. This, together with the InvesCO S&P 500 High Beta Exchange Traded Fund, has risen by more than 6% over the past month, and SPHB has risen by more than 41% since the Liberation Day low. This compares with the S&P 500, which has risen by 2.9% over the past month and increased about 22% from April 8, and the ishares MSCI USA quality factor ETF, which is an anemic 1.2% in the past month, and just under 18% since April 8. Investors may have expected only the opposite, with so much potential geopolitical and domestic tree -lined in the background. Yet the movements make sense in the light of the continued trade in artificial intelligence and the initial collapse of the tariff. Capex spending is usually a negative for technical stocks, says Joseph Mezrich, founder of the investment strategy firm Metafoura, but has actually been a driver last month: ‘The positive turn for Capeex spending in big CAP technology probably reflects the investor’s view that the massive Capex spending is a good thing. The SPHB is, not surprisingly, weighed heavily to the technical sector, with many semiconductors benefiting from the revival of AI enthusiasm, says Adam Turnquist, main technical strategist for LPL Financial. So, with the Nasdaq assembly over the past month just over 4% and the ishares half-conductor ETF rising about 12.5%, it is not surprising that the ETF with a high beta has also been taken for the ride. Still, we still feel the impact of the tariff role, he says: High-Beta shares were one of the most oversold categories after the announcement of the liberation day, SPHB was ‘a logical place’ for anyone who wants to ‘add risks and have a high tolerance for volatility’. In addition, the rates were just one of a long series of events that came from the administration of Donald Trump, which would have been shocking among any other leader, but now become commonplace – to the point that investors are desensitized to his bombastic movements. “Investors adapt to the Trump white house, so the shock factor has carried off a bit and the headlines become a little less powerful,” says Turnquist. There are also some other contributing factors, he says: Investors are positively conditioned to buy the dip over the past few years, there is optimism that the government is moving more in the direction of pro-growth policy, the earnings season in the first quarter was not nearly as bad as expected, and the returns of the Treasury supported their chapters. In general, however, investors seem to be only interested in taking the bull market through the horns. Write to Teresa Rivas at [email protected]