• Ameriprise flagged June as a key stress test for US equities following May record highs in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq.
• May gains leaned on Q1 earnings strength, with S&P 500 profit growth the fastest since late 2021, record margins, near four-year-best revenue growth.
• Oil drove a second tailwind, with WTI down over 19% in May from above $105 to the high-$80s on US-Iran diplomacy hopes.
• Ameriprise warned support is narrowing, citing full valuations, higher rate expectations, concentrated leadership, weaker lower-income consumers, rising delinquencies.
• Key June risks include Fed policy messaging at the June 17 decision, US-Iran talks as a binary oil shock, heavy labor-data calendar.

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