March 9, 2026 S&P futures are down 1.0% Monday morning, though off earlier premarket lows, after the S&P 500 last week recorded its worst weekly decline since October amid escalating tensions tied to the Iran conflict. Large-cap tech provided some relative support late last week, with the equal-weight S&P underperforming the cap-weighted index. Global markets […]
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Crude oil surged to its highest level in over two years as the conflict in Iran escalated, raising fears of prolonged supply disruptions. Energy Sector is up 26.53% YTD in 2026.
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Markets are caught between geopolitical inflation shocks and the structural AI growth cycle. A balanced allocation across Growth sectors, commodity-linked Value industries, and defensive low-volatility sectors—Utilities, Real Estate, Healthcare, and Staples—offers the most resilient positioning in today’s uncertain macro environment
Growth stocks have rebounded as bond yields stabilized and investors reassessed the durability of the AI investment cycle. Whether Growth leadership persists will depend on real interest rates, earnings momentum, and whether massive technology capex ultimately translates into productivity and profit expansion
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March 6, 2026 S&P futures are down 0.3% Friday morning after another session in which U.S. equities traded lower for most of the day but recovered off intraday lows into the close. Weakness remained concentrated in crowded longs and momentum trades, with semiconductors, transports, machinery, multi-industrials, homebuilders, and healthcare among the laggards. Software again outperformed,
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March 5, 2026 S&P futures are little changed Thursday morning after U.S. equities rallied Wednesday, driven largely by a rebound in crowded momentum trades that had sold off sharply earlier in the week. Strength was concentrated in memory, semiconductors, software, private equity, managed care, and biotech, while energy, airlines, insurers, restaurants, staples retailers, and agricultural
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Sharp declines in Japanese and South Korean equities reflect a macro shock driven by energy risk, currency volatility, and systematic deleveraging. Whether selling continues depends on oil prices, FX stability, and global semiconductor sentiment—factors that will determine if risk appetite quickly stabilizes or deteriorates further.
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March 4, 2026 S&P futures are up 0.25% in early trading, near session highs, as U.S. equities attempt to build on Tuesday’s late-session stabilization. Markets remain focused on geopolitical developments in the Middle East, but price action continues to reflect a measured rather than disorderly risk response. Oil has firmed again this morning, with WTI
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March 3, 2025 We introduced our Elev8 model in June of 2024 and have been running it in its current form since August 28, 2024. Each month we review the previous month’s positioning and performance to identify what worked and what needs improvement. A brief description of the Elev8 model and its inputs follows the
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March 3, 2026 S&P futures are down 1.8% Tuesday morning, reversing Monday’s rebound as markets shift back into risk-off mode. Monday had seen equities recover from early weakness, with strength in select big tech, energy, aerospace & defense, regional banks, private equity, software, rails, and industrial metals. Rate-sensitive groups such as homebuilders lagged, while memory
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