February 17, 2026 S&P futures are down 0.2% following a week in which equities finished mostly higher Friday but closed lower overall. The Nasdaq fell more than 2% last week, marking its fifth straight weekly decline. The Mag 7 dropped over 3%, while banks were also pressured. AI-disruption concerns weighed on trucking, CRE brokers, wealth […]
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February 13, 2026 S&P futures -0.4% in Friday morning trading after Thursday’s 1.6% decline marked a third straight down day for the S&P 500. Software and Mag 7 names led the downside, while trucking/logistics, CRE brokers, private equity, and banks also came under pressure. Defensives outperformed, with Utilities and Consumer Staples both up over 1%.
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November 26, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.3% in Wednesday morning trading after U.S. equities posted a third straight gain on Tuesday, bringing the S&P’s three-day advance to nearly +3.5%. Breadth continued to improve with equal-weight outperforming by more than 50 bp. Asian markets were mostly higher with Japan up nearly 2%, while Europe is
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November 17, 2025 S&P futures +0.3% after a mixed week in which the S&P 500 finished roughly flat. Recent losers included retail favorites, most-shorted names, quantum computing, nuclear, and crypto, while GLP-1s, biotech, and energy outperformed. Asia was mixed overnight (Korea +2%; Japan, Hong Kong, China lower). Europe −0.4%. Treasuries firmer (~2 bp lower across
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November 14, 2025 S&P futures −0.7% in Friday morning trading after U.S. equities tumbled Thursday amid a momentum unwind that hit AI names, retail favorites, and other high-beta trades. The Nasdaq 100 has now fallen in five of the past six sessions. Healthcare remained the week’s top gainer (+4.5%) as rotation into defensives continued. Asia
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October 24, 2025 S&P futures +0.3% in Friday morning trading following Thursday’s broad rally, which saw gains across big tech, energy, quantum computing, semis, industrials, and retail-favorite trades. All major U.S. equity indexes remain on track for 1%+ weekly gains. Asia mostly higher overnight (Japan, South Korea strong); Europe down ~0.2%. Treasuries slightly weaker (yields
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October 14, 2025 S&P futures -1.1%, pulling back after Monday’s strong rebound. Treasuries are rallying with yields down 5–6 bp across the curve. Dollar Index +0.1%, gold +0.5%, Bitcoin -3.7%, WTI crude -2.1%. Markets turned risk-off after hopes of U.S.–China trade de-escalation faded. Beijing sanctioned U.S. subsidiaries of a South Korean shipbuilder, while China tightened
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October 6, 2025 S&P futures +0.3% after U.S. equities ended mixed on Friday, though the S&P 500 extended its winning streak to six sessions and all major indexes posted weekly gains of over 1%. Outperformers included pharma, semiconductors, China tech, utilities, builders, rails, and machinery, while big tech was mixed — NVDA stood out with
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October 3, 2025 S&P futures +0.2% following Thursday’s gains, when the Dow, S&P, and Nasdaq all closed at fresh record highs. Leadership came from most-shorted stocks, semis, China tech, managed care, machinery, credit cards, and travel/leisure, while EVs, pharma, biotech, media, telecom, entertainment, and credit bureaus lagged. Overnight, Asian markets traded mostly higher, with Japan
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September 28, 2025 September 2025 has been dominated by renewed focus on AI and automation, even as markets wrestle with tariff headlines and mixed Fed commentary. As investors contemplate the speculative merits of AI vs. its actual delivered results, we continue to explore the expanding AI econ-system. One thing we’ve noticed is that while many
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