April 22, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.9% in early Tuesday trading, rebounding from Monday’s broad selloff that saw the S&P 500 fall for the third time in four sessions and the Nasdaq drop for a fourth straight day. Over 90% of S&P 500 constituents closed lower on Monday amid thin liquidity. Asian markets finished […]
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April 3, 2025 Futures are sharply lower this morning, with the S&P 500 down 3.4% and Nasdaq off 3.8%, following a global risk-off move triggered by Trump’s harsher-than-expected tariff announcement. The rollout of reciprocal tariffs, which included higher-than-anticipated rates and few immediate exemptions, has stoked fears of retaliation, dampened hopes for negotiated relief, and escalated
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March 19, 2025 S&P futures up 0.1% Wednesday morning after Tuesday’s pullback, which ended a brief two-day bounce. Big tech underperformed, with all Mag 7 stocks now down YTD and the group off more than 16%. Asian and European markets mixed. Treasuries steady, dollar up 0.4%, gold down 0.2%, and Bitcoin up 2.0%. WTI crude
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March 18, 2025 S&P futures down 0.4% in Tuesday premarket trading, near session lows. Follows Monday’s second straight gain, the S&P’s first two-day win streak since Feb. 19, with equal-weight S&P and cyclicals outperforming while Mag 7 lagged. Asian markets extended gains for a third session, with Hong Kong (+2.5%) and Japan (+1%) leading. European
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February 18, 2025 S&P futures +0.2% Tuesday morning after a mixed but positive week for U.S. equities, led by big tech. Asian markets mostly higher, with Hong Kong extending its rally, though mainland China declined. European markets narrowly mixed. Treasuries weaker, 10-year yields above 4.50%. Dollar index +0.3%. Gold +0.8%. Bitcoin futures -0.8%. WTI crude
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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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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 are down 2.4% Monday morning, with Nasdaq futures off 3.5%, following last week’s rally where the S&P hit a new ATH. Asian markets were mixed, with the Nikkei and Shenzhen Composite lagging, while Hong Kong outperformed. European markets are down ~1.5%. Treasuries rallied across the curve, the dollar index is down 0.1%, gold
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S&P futures are up 0.4% Tuesday morning, following a mostly higher close for US equities on Monday as value and cyclicals outperformed while big tech, semis, airlines, and retail lagged. Treasuries were stable, the dollar fell 0.3%, gold was flat, Bitcoin futures rose 2.7%, and WTI crude dipped 0.7%. Key drivers include reports of a
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