August 15, 2025 S&P futures +0.1% Friday morning after U.S. equities ended mostly lower Thursday, though the S&P 500 eked out a gain to a third straight ATH. Big tech provided support with AMZN a standout, while small caps and sectors including apparel, machinery, builders, building materials, industrial metals, and China tech lagged. Asia mixed […]
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August 14, 2025 S&P futures slightly lower after Wednesday’s gains, led by small caps (Russell 2000 +~2%) and strength in pharma, apparel, regional banks, builders, HPCs, retail favorites, and heavily shorted names. Treasuries firmed (yields -2–3 bps), dollar flat, gold -0.1%, Bitcoin -1.1%, WTI crude +0.4%. Markets await July PPI and weekly jobless claims this
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August 13, 2025 S&P futures up 0.15% after Tuesday’s broad rally that saw all major indexes gain over 1%, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 hitting new record highs. Small caps led, posting their best day since May, while the Mag 7 also hit new highs, led by META. Outperformers included most-shorted names, semis,
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August 12, 2025 S&P futures up 0.1% after U.S. equities closed mostly lower Monday, with weakness in software, E&Ps, transports, commodity chemicals, building products, homebuilders, and industrial metals. Retail favorites, most-shorted names, and semis outperformed. Asia mostly higher overnight (Japan +2%, China up for sixth straight day); Europe flat. Treasuries little changed, gold -0.2%, Bitcoin
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August 11, 2025 S&P futures flat after last week’s rally, which was fueled by buy-the-dip momentum, dovish Fed signals, optimism on AI following PLTR’s beat/raise, Apple’s chip tariff exemption, and strong Q2 earnings. Leadership came from big tech, semis, builders, industrial materials, managed care, and airlines. Asia mostly higher overnight; Europe down ~0.2%. Treasuries firmer
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August 8, 2025 S&P futures up 0.3% after U.S. equities finished mostly lower Thursday, unable to hold early gains. Healthcare, software, apparel, machinery, transports, and credit cards lagged, while big tech, semis, builders, materials, and food & beverage outperformed. Markets remain on track for solid weekly gains led by tech and consumer names. Asia trade
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August 7, 2025 S&P futures +0.7%, building on Wednesday’s gains where tech led the rally (AAPL, AMZN), pushing the Mag 7 to a new all-time high. Strength was also seen in retail, consumer, transports, and autos, while healthcare, utilities, energy, regional banks, and capital goods lagged. Overnight, Asian markets were mostly higher (Taiwan and South
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August 6, 2025 S&P futures +0.3%, following a quiet Tuesday where equities finished mostly lower on soft economic data. Tech lagged, while small caps, managed care, regional banks, airlines, and homebuilders outperformed. Overnight, Asian markets were mostly higher with Japan, China, Australia, and Singapore all posting gains. Europe is modestly green, up ~0.2%. Treasuries weaker,
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August 5, 2025 S&P futures up 0.1% following Monday’s sharp equity rally, which saw all major indexes gain over 1% and every sector finish higher except energy. Momentum, small caps, crypto, retail names, memes, and Mag 7 stocks led the charge. Overnight, Asian markets were mostly higher (led by South Korea and Taiwan), and Europe
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August 4, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.7% in early trading, rebounding from Friday’s selloff that left all major indexes down over 2% for the week (Russell 2000 -4%). Overnight, Asian markets were mixed (Japan down, Hong Kong and Korea up ~1%), while Europe is up over 1%. Treasuries are weaker, with yields up ~3
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