US equity indices are decoupling from single-name earnings misses (PepsiCo, Paramount) and reopened Iran ceasefire rhetoric, which argues a liquidity mechanism, not the earnings or geopolitical cycle, is currently setting the S&P 500's direction.

What would prove it wrong

If the S&P 500 or Nasdaq Composite close lower for two consecutive sessions following further earnings misses or escalation in Iran-linked rhetoric, the decoupling thesis fails and earnings or geopolitical risk is confirmed as repricing the index.

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