Jay Woods is the chief market strategist at Freedom Capital Markets and he’s worked on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange for three decades as a trader and market maker. He joined Phil Rosen on Full Signal to break down the AI trade, sectors to bet on for 2026, macro risks, the Federal Reserve, and the disconnect between asset prices and the real economy.

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TIMESTAMPS: 

0:00 - Intro

0:30 - AI trade and rotation

6:19 - Magnificent 7 turned Lag 7

8:25 - Dot-com bubble parallels

12:09 - Public & Generated Assets

13:37 - Sentiment impact on prices

14:14 - Opportunities outside tech

18:14 - Macro outlook and risks

21:21 - Unstoppable bull run

23:23 - Trading through tariffs

25:30 - Federal Reserve outlook

30:52 - Inflation and consumer spending

33:01 - Stocks are not the economy

35:43 - Sectors for 2026

40:00 - Hard to be bearish

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