Markets are currently pricing in a Goldilocks scenario. Investors believe tariffs will not compress corporate margins, inflation is contained, labor markets will soften just enough to allow rate cuts without triggering a recession, and AI will drive an acceleration in productivity. As the Reddit crowd would say, "stonks to the moon.†Content continues below advertisement We think that perfect outcome is a low-probability scenario and that the market is too optimistic that earnings growth will remain strong ...

Are stocks primed for a second half surge or a disappointing six months ahead. Let's ask Trivariat founder and CEO Adam Parker, New Edge Wealth's Cameron Dawson, and Payne Capital Management's Courtney Garcia. Adam and Court are CNBC contributors.Welcome one, welcome all. All right, so we're reminded today, well, the tariff stuff's still out there. I mean, the market's not reacting all that terribly, is it.No, not really. I I mean if you go through the details I don't even know if anybody understands the di ...