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American Express just hiked its Platinum card fee to $895, dangling $3,500 in perks to keep wealthy spenders hooked. JPMorgan and Citi are in the same arms race, betting that the top 10% of earners (who now account for half of U.S. spending) will keep swiping. For investors, that means luxury credit cards, high-end retailers, and travel stocks are still tethered to the fortunes of the affluent.

Car sales tell the same story. Nearly half of all new vehicles sold now cost over $50,000, with luxury models dominating dealer lots. Automakers are leaning hard on wealthy buyers, but if that bubble pops, the fallout could hit the entire sector. Pair that with AmEx’s premium card push, and it’s clear: the US consumer market is increasingly split between the haves and the have-nots.

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The housing market is showing its cracks in real time. Compass just agreed to acquire rival Anywhere Real Estate for $1.6 billion, creating a $10 billion brokerage giant that hopes scale can offset sluggish home sales.

Apartment construction is also slowing sharply, with completions expected to fall 21% this year after last year’s record. That means fewer new units coming online just as homebuying remains out of reach for many, setting up the potential for rents to climb again. And in a first-of-its-kind move, more than 1,000 tenants across five states are trying to unionize against their private equity landlord, Capital Realty Group, to demand repairs and better living conditions across its entire portfolio.

So, despite an era of uncertainty, it would seem scarcity still drives pricing power in housing. Whether through consolidation plays like Compass, REITs with exposure to tight rental markets, or landlords facing tenant pushback, real estate remains a sector to watch.

A lot can happen in a week!

Let’s take a quick look at who struck gold and who struck out since our last issue:

Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM): +8.01%
Apple Inc. (AAPL): +7.37%
Tesla, Inc. (TSLA): +4.59%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A): +0.63%
NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA): +0.57%

Broadcom Inc. (AVGO): -6.89%
Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN): -4.64%
Meta Platforms, Inc. (META): -1.36%
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT): -1.33%
Alphabet Inc. (GOOG): -0.16%

Analysis provided by ​altindex.com​.

Remember to always DYOR.

Oneok, Inc. is a leading midstream service provider in the natural gas sector. The company is engaged in the gathering, processing, storage, and transportation of natural gas, and it holds a prominent position in the U.S. energy infrastructure industry.

Current price: $73.66
Target price: $87.00

Walker & Dunlop, Inc., through its subsidiaries, originates, sells, and services a range of multifamily and other commercial real estate financing products and services for owners and developers of real estate in the United States.

The signals:

Current price: $83.79
Target price: $101.11

That’s all for today. Write us and let us know your thoughts on the market, the newsletter, or the weather—we’d just love to hear from you.

Till next time,
— Brandon and Blake of Invested Inc.