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Tactical Tuesday Report: Semiconductors Acting Well to Start 2025, January 7, 2025

The first Tactical Tuesday Report of 2025 rolls out as investors are looking to accumulate equities on year-end 2024 weakness.  The S&P 500 entered 2025 with near-term breadth measures showing signs of potential selling exhaustion as >80% of stocks had seen prices pushed below their respective 50-day moving averages in December (chart below, middle panel).  […]

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ETFsector.com Daily Trading Outlook, January 7, 2025

S&P futures up 0.1% Tuesday morning, following a mixed start to the week where big tech and semis rallied but defensives and rate-sensitive sectors faced pressure. Treasuries slightly weaker, continuing Monday’s bear steepening. Dollar index down 0.2%, gold up 0.3%, Bitcoin futures off 1%, and WTI crude up 0.7%. Markets remain focused on NVDA’s CES

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ETFsector.com Daily Trading Outlook, January 6, 2025

S&P futures up 0.6% in Monday morning trading, building on Friday’s rally that saw the S&P snap a five-day losing streak with major indices up over 1%. Despite Friday’s bounce, US equities ended mostly down for the week. Treasuries slightly weaker with the curve bull steepening. Dollar index down 0.3%, gold off 0.4%, Bitcoin futures

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Narrations of a Sector ETF Operator | What We’re Watching to Start 2025, January 5, 2025

While our study of secular trends points to the potential for further upside in the bull market, interest rates will play a key roll in the first half of 2025.  We think rising rates would likely tip equities into a more significant correction, but if rates stay contained below the 4.67% level we are likely to see more gains in the near-term as the Fed would have some wiggle room to keep supporting the domestic economy.

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Performance Summary: Year End December 31st, 2024

COMMENTARY: As the ETFsector.com team reflects on 2024, a few of the themes that drove performance this year included: Expanding profit growth: Earnings improved across various sectors, with growth expanding beyond the “Magnificent Seven”. Interest rate cuts: The Federal Reserve began cutting interest rates, further boosting market performance. Presidential election impact: The 2024 election results

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ETFsector.com Daily Trading Outlook, January 3, 2025

S&P futures up 0.3% Friday morning following a five-day losing streak for the S&P and Nasdaq. US equities ended mostly lower Thursday, with big tech dragging on weakness in Tesla (TSLA) and Apple (AAPL). Asian markets were mixed overnight, while European markets are down 0.5%. Treasuries are firmer with curve flattening, the dollar index is

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ETFsector.com Daily Trading Outlook, January 2, 2025

S&P futures up 0.6% Thursday morning, starting 2025 on a positive note after a four-session decline ended 2024, with tech underperforming. European markets are mostly lower after a weak Asian session. Treasuries firmer across the curve. Dollar index up 0.2%, while gold is up 0.6%, Bitcoin futures rise 3.7%, and WTI crude gains 1.6%. Stocks

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