Wall Street is increasingly nervous about long-term prospects, but so long as short-term returns continue, there is money to be made in maintaining a myopic focus. This week, the Vendors segment grew by 1.79%, while the Operators segment slid by 0.96% – with the Indexes segment the worst, down 1.49%. It was not just semiconductor stocks propelling the Vendors’ aggregate value upwards. There were 17 gains this week, and 13 losses. The best performer was Ericsson, up 10.85% following encouraging quarterly results, with Arm and ZTE both scoring 10.06% increases – Arm apparently propelled by OpenAI speculation. Next, Ciena was up 7.52%, with Nokia rounding out the top five with a 6.59% gain. The worst performance in the segment was…