I would wait for Warsh’s Jackson Hole tone before rotating aggressively back into tech.
The Treasury intervention is meaningful, but I would not interpret it as a durable reversal in long-term yields. The 30-year yield had reached about 5.34%, its highest since 2007, before Treasury announced it would at least double long-duration buybacks to $4bn per operation.
The bigger issue is the Fed. July's minutes were more hawkish than the headline "hold" suggests: three officials wanted a 25bp hike, several saw inflation as broad-based, and there was no meaningful discussion supporting a cut. Markets are even assigning better-than-even odds to a hike by October or December.
So my positioning would be:
Tech: cautiously add, not chase. Lower yields provide exactly the relief that high-duration AI/semiconductor valuations need, but if Warsh signals that inflation remains unacceptable, the 30-year can retest 5.3% despite Treasury intervention.
Healthcare: keep holding. It has relative-strength characteristics if rates remain elevated and tech continues consolidating.
Cash: retain some. Jackson Hole could create a sharp repricing either way.
My preferred setup is healthcare + selective tech, rather than a wholesale rotation. If Warsh sounds dovish while long yields stay below ~5.2%, I would become substantially more bullish on Nvidia, semiconductors and other long-duration growth names. If he sounds hawkish, I would rather own healthcare and wait.
**The Treasury just showed there is a pain threshold for yields. Warsh will tell us whether the Fed is willing to defend it.**
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