The weakness across the ASX on Thursday and Friday was severe enough to leave MM questioning our short-term bullish outlook for stocks, but this morning, the local index is set to regain its composure and open up +0.6%. Some US indices tested fresh all-time highs on Friday night, an impressive effort following the hawkish Fed Minutes earlier in the week. Credit markets have largely taken a Fed rate cut off the table for September, while two cuts by January are now considered far from certain, yet equities continue to advance.