Everything points to interest rates staying high through the end of the year, which is keeping the market from moving forward. For now, it will keep moving sideways. There are other factors too, such as the market being stretched since 2022, the risk of the AI euphoria bursting, oil, the war, and now France. Anyway, the world is simmering and uncertain about everything; no one knows what the next hour’s news will be. Only those who are ahead of the information are making 100% gains.