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Stocks and bonds kicked off the week on a positive note as hopes for diplomatic efforts to end the war in Iran drove oil prices lower, easing inflation anxiety. The advance in equities erased the S&P 500's decline for the month, with a renewed rally in chipmakers also buoying sentiment. Omar Aguilar, CEO and CIO of Schwab Asset Management, joins for a broad look across asset classes for the rest of 2026.

A selloff in chipmakers sent stocks lower, with the market also falling as inflation angst and rising government debt kept bond yields elevated. Longer-dated bonds are at the epicenter of anxiety about everything from inflation to the debt-laden artificial-intelligence boom. Liz Ann Sonders, Chief Investment Strategist at Charles Schwab, discusses the gap between sell-side consensus and buy-side expectations.