S&P futures are up 0.2% Wednesday morning after Tuesday’s momentum unwind, led by sharp pressure in memory and semis. Alts and select cyclicals also lagged, while defensives such as Staples and Healthcare outperformed, and some software/AI losers held up better. Asian markets were mixed overnight, though South Korea bounced more than 3% after Tuesday’s 10% […]
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Korea’s single-stock leveraged ETF experiment began as market modernization but quickly became a volatility problem. Retail demand, chip-stock concentration and daily-reset leverage have already forced regulators to reconsider whether disclosure-based safeguards are enough when innovation sits atop a crowded trade.
S&P futures are down 1.4% Tuesday morning, with momentum, memory, and semis under outsized pressure after Monday’s mixed session. Big Tech lagged Monday, led by Alphabet, while software, housing, and energy were also weaker. Momentum held up on continued memory and semi strength, and biotech outperformed. Global risk tone is weaker, with South Korea’s KOSPI
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June 22, 2026 S&P futures are down 0.1% Monday morning after U.S. equities finished higher last week, with the Dow and Russell 2000 hitting fresh records and the S&P 500 rising for the 11th time in 12 weeks. Momentum led on continued semi and memory strength, while select reopening, broadening, and cyclical groups also outperformed.
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Higher real yields have not killed Growth because AI earnings momentum remains strong, but they raise the bar for leadership. The second half favors profitable AI-linked Growth, Growth-adjacent industrial infrastructure, and selective Value in financials, insurers, infrastructure, and materials.
COMMENTARY: The S&P 500 advanced 0.93% for the week ending June 19, 2026, as investors navigated a mix of economic data, central bank commentary, and geopolitical developments. Market sentiment was supported by continued optimism surrounding artificial intelligence-related investment spending, resilient corporate earnings expectations, and signs that the U.S. economy remains on stable footing despite ongoing
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China’s AI boom is powerful but narrow. Broad indexes remain weighed down by weak consumption, property stress and platform-margin concerns, while AI server, optical-module and automation suppliers are surging because they sit directly in the capital-spending bottlenecks.
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S&P futures are up 0.8% Thursday morning, rebounding after Wednesday’s post-FOMC selloff, when more than 85% of S&P 500 stocks declined. Big Tech and rate-sensitive areas such as housing and retail were among the weakest groups, while semis outperformed after Tuesday’s pullback. Asian markets were mostly higher overnight, led by South Korea and Japan, while
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International equity leadership is splitting between AI supply-chain winners and non-AI diversifiers. Taiwan, South Korea, Japan and the Netherlands remain key AI transmission channels, while Canada, the UK, Switzerland, Chile, Peru and UAE offer broader macro, commodity and defensive exposure
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S&P futures are up 0.1% Wednesday morning after a mixed Tuesday session that saw the Dow close at a new record while the S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Russell 2000 finished lower. The semi selloff was the main story, though it followed a 15%+ rally over the prior three sessions. Energy lagged again on crude weakness,
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