April 15, 2025 S&P futures are modestly higher in early Tuesday trading following a quiet Monday session where U.S. equities finished higher, marking the S&P 500’s first consecutive gains since the early April tariff shock. Defensive sectors led, while Asia and Europe both saw broad gains overnight. Treasuries are narrowly mixed after Monday’s rally, the […]
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April 14, 2025 U.S. equity futures are higher in Monday morning trading (S&P futures +1.2% | Nasdaq futures +1.5% | Dow futures +0.9%), extending Friday’s rally where all major indexes gained over 1.5%, capping a strong week (S&P +5.5%, Nasdaq +7%). Global markets also firm, with Hong Kong up nearly 2.5% overnight and Europe gaining
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April 13, 2025 Equities continue to swing on developments around global trade policy. This past week saw the Trump Administration take its first steps towards outlining parameters for compliance with its policy goals. Concessions around computers and Smart phones, rollbacks of higher rates for countries that have offered to cooperate and very high rates for
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COMMENTARY: Once upon a time in the whimsical land of Wall Street, the asset classes gathered for their weekly performance review. It was a chaotic week, and each asset had its own story to tell: The 10-Year Treasury climbed to 4.48%, to the highest point since February. Oil hit a 4-year low on Monday, WTI
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April 11, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.8% in choppy trading following Thursday’s sharp selloff, where the S&P 500 dropped nearly 3.5%, giving back over a third of Wednesday’s historic rally. Treasuries are little changed, but the 30-year yield is on pace for its largest weekly rise since the 1980s. The dollar index is down
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April 10, 2025 Price action in the S&P 500 over the past several weeks has been characterized by volatility and large daily price moves in both directions. Yesterday’s >9.5% gain for S&P 500 came on record volume and was the largest daily up move since 2008. While such a bullish capitulation isn’t a bad thing
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April 10, 2025 S&P futures down 1.6% in early trading, pulling back after Wednesday’s massive rally that saw the S&P 500 gain 9.5%—its best session since October 2008—and the Nasdaq 100 surge 12%, adding over $2T in market cap. Treasuries are firmer across the curve after a recent jump in yields. The dollar index is
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April 9, 2025 U.S. equity futures are lower this morning, with S&P 500 down 0.4% and Nasdaq off 0.6%, following a historic reversal Tuesday that saw the S&P drop over 1.5% after gaining more than 4% intraday. The index is now nearly 19% below its February high. Global markets remain pressured—Taiwan fell 6% and Japan
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April 8, 2025 The S&P 500 has now retraced the entirety of current cycle gains above the S&P 500’s 2022 price high (chart below). As we noted in our weekly piece, the current level represents a 50% retracement of the entire bull market move from the trough in October 2022 through the peak in January
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April 8, 2025 S&P futures up 1.5%, rebounding after Monday’s volatile session where the index recovered nearly 5% intraday to close down just 0.2%. VIX below 45. Asia rallied overnight (Japan +6% on trade optimism), while Europe is up over 1%. Treasuries firmer after Monday’s sharp yield spike (30Y +21 bp). Dollar flat, gold +1.3%,
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