Energy Leads the Rotation Into a 5% 10-Year and the FOMC

Energy is the only thing green on the tape this morning, and that single split tells you more about how this market is positioned for today's FOMC than any index print does. The S&P 500 sits down about 0.5% with the 10-year Treasury at 5.00%, its highest since 2023, and the rotation underneath is doing the real work: XLE, the energy ETF, is the session's standout winner at +2.17%, while consumer discretionary (XLY, down 1.75%) and utilities (XLU, down 1.20%) are bleeding. That is not random sector rotation. It is the market positioning itself for the exact trade that a higher-for-longer Fed, a 5% long end, and an oil supply shock create.

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