S&P futures down 0.2% Wednesday morning after a mixed session on Tuesday, where energy, chemicals, steel, banks, beverages, and China tech outperformed while medical devices, copper, asset managers, payments, hotels, airlines, cruise lines, autos, and dollar stores lagged. Asian markets were higher overnight, with Hong Kong surging over 2.5%, while European markets were up ~0.1%. […]
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The S&P 500 continues to move sideways across its long-term uptrend channel (chart below). After hitting uptrend channel resistance, it looks like prices are consolidating sideways in a bid to correct the trend in time rather than price. The 200-day moving average, currently at 5665, is a good proxy for trend channel support and we’ve
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S&P futures down 0.3% Tuesday morning after US equities ended higher Monday, led by energy, tech, and industrials, while financials and healthcare lagged. Asian markets were mixed, with Greater China retreating after a six-day rally, while South Korea outperformed. Japan was closed for a holiday. European markets were little changed. Treasuries weakened with curve steepening.
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S&P futures up 0.4% Monday morning following last week’s selloff, with major averages declining for a second straight week. Asian markets were mixed, with Hong Kong rallying nearly 2%, while European markets edged higher. Treasuries were little changed after Friday’s rate increase. Dollar index up 0.1%, gold up 1.5%, Bitcoin futures up 2.4%, and WTI
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February 10, 2025 The S&P 500 continues in a consolidation pattern that started in early December. The index made a marginal new high on January 23rd, but the buyer couldn’t sustain above that level for longer than a day. The move sets up a negative momentum divergence in the RSI and MACD oscillators (chart below,
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COMMENTARY: The S&P500 fell slightly this week, down 24 basis points. The index produced meaningful gains through Thursday and gave most of it back during Friday’s session, after US consumer sentiment sank to a seven-month low in early February, undershooting forecasts. Also, inflation expectations jumped amid concerns about Trump’s tariff threats. Real Estate took the
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S&P 500: Market Internals The S&P 500 rallied to marginal new all-time highs in January and start February consolidating near those highs. Below is our S&P 500 Market Internals chart which tracks the strength of the uptrend at the stock level. That chart is setting up a negative divergence at present. The middle panel shows
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S&P futures are little changed Friday morning following a mixed Thursday session dominated by stock-specific moves. Big tech, banks, GSEs, staples, travel, and E&Cs outperformed, while semis, healthcare, homebuilders, and energy lagged. Asian markets were mixed, with Greater China leading while Japan underperformed. European markets also showed mixed performance. Treasuries were narrowly mixed with curve
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S&P futures up 0.2% Thursday morning after US equities finished higher Wednesday, led by AI plays, banks, pharma, utilities, and REITs. Asian markets mostly higher with China and Hong Kong up over 1%, while European markets rallied ~0.8%. Treasuries weaker with curve flattening, dollar index up 0.4%, gold down 0.4%, Bitcoin futures up 2.2%, and
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S&P futures down 0.6% Wednesday morning after US equities gained Tuesday, led by small caps, tech, consumer discretionary, and energy, while cosmetics, pharma, and managed care lagged. Asian markets were mixed, with South Korea up over 1% and Hong Kong down nearly 1%. European markets slipped ~0.3%. Treasuries strengthened, bringing 10-year yields below 4.50%. The
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