July 22, 2025 S&P futures down 0.1% in Tuesday morning trading after a mixed, uneventful Monday where major indexes faded late but still closed at record highs. Telecom, industrial metals, and Mag 7 tech names outperformed; machinery, energy, pharma, builders, and small caps lagged. Asian markets were mixed with Hong Kong higher, while South Korea […]
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July 21, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.3% to start the week, extending last week’s gains that saw the S&P 500 and Nasdaq close at record highs on Thursday. Big tech continues to lead, with Tesla (TSLA) and Nvidia (NVDA) among the standouts. Asian markets traded mostly higher overnight, led by Greater China; Japan was
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July 20, 2025 As July ticks on with equities sitting near all-timer highs, there’s a temptation to worry. The volatility of March and April has subsided with the VIX and MOVE indices for equity and bond volatility retracing to pre-decline levels (chart below). The sharp rotation into min vol. stocks, bonds and ex-US equities has
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COMMENTARY: The S&P 500 recorded a positive week (+0.59%) as confidence rebounded, led by strength in the technology sector, easing trade friction, and robust corporate results. Support from the Federal Reserve’s policy clarity and improving inflation data contributed to the equity rally and helped drive the broad index higher. The Energy sector, in sharp contrast,
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July 18, 2025 Big Tech is dead…Long live Big Tech! Recent export concessions for NVDA have sparked renewed buying in Large Cap. Tech and Growth names more broadly. This is shaping the US equity market’s leadership profile in a way that’s eerily similar to 2023. We can see in our Growth/Value chart below that Growth
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July 18, 2025 Futures are slightly higher, extending Thursday’s rally that saw the S&P 500 and Nasdaq close at record highs. Big tech led, along with strength in beverages, software, semis, and machinery. European and Asian markets are broadly higher. Treasuries are firmer with slight curve flattening. The dollar is down 0.4%, gold up 0.4%,
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July 17, 2025 S&P Futures are trading up 0.1% after Wednesday’s gains, with strength in pharma, insurers, asset managers, airlines, and homebuilders. Retail favorites and most-shorted names also outperformed. European markets are broadly higher after a solid session in Asia. Treasuries are weaker with long-end yields up ~2 bps. The dollar is up 0.3%, gold
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July 16, 2025 As the S&P 500 consolidates new highs and positive expectations ramp on global trade resolution we’ve seen ex-US equities in aggregate struggle to keep pace with domestic equities. In our last WWW column we talked about the idea that ex-US equities are likely to remain a haven trade. We also, outlined areas
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July 16, 2025 U.S. equity futures are slightly lower Wednesday morning after Tuesday’s reversal, which saw the S&P 500 close down despite early strength. Small caps, banks, crypto-linked names, energy, materials, and healthcare lagged, while semis outperformed, lifting tech more than 1%. Asian markets dipped modestly overnight; Europe is down ~0.4%. Treasuries are steady to
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July 15, 2025 S&P 500 futures are up 0.3% ahead of the June CPI report, following a quiet Monday session where growth, momentum, and key sectors like A&D, banks, software, and biotech led gains. Asian markets rallied overnight, led by Hong Kong (+1.5%) on tech strength. European markets are up ~0.3%. Treasuries are firmer at
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