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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S&P futures up 0.1% Monday morning following a mostly lower week for US equities. Small-caps, rate-sensitive sectors, industrial metals, and banks lagged, while big tech outperformed, led by GOOGL-US, though NVDA-US saw pressure. Asian markets mostly lower, with Shenzhen and Hang Seng declining on weak China activity data. South Korea also slipped after early gains
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S&P futures are up 0.3% Friday morning following Thursday’s pullback. Stocks are on track to finish the week mostly lower, though tech provides some support. Asian markets were weaker, with Greater China underperforming as the Hang Seng and Shanghai Composite fell over 2%. European markets are up 0.3%. Treasuries are slightly weaker, the dollar index
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S&P futures are down 0.2% Thursday morning after US equities closed mostly higher Wednesday, with big tech and semis leading gains. The Nasdaq hit another record high, surpassing 20K. Asian markets were mostly up overnight, led by Japan, South Korea, and China’s Shenzhen. European markets are slightly higher (~0.1%). Treasuries weakened, with yields up 2-3
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Consolidation at the sector level is getting long in the tooth, but we continue to give the Technology shares the benefit of the doubt.
We are seeing some signs of “AI fatigue” in the stock charts that comprise the Technology Sector
Stocks closed higher on Friday, marking the fourth consecutive month of gains. The S&P 500 rose 1%, with 76% of its stocks gaining, and finished August with a 2.3% increase, bringing its year-to-date gain to 18.4%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.6%, hitting its fourth all-time high this week, while the Nasdaq composite gained
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Wednesday saw a snap back towards Semiconductor and Technology shares spurring a big day for equities. Among the large cap. indices, the Nasdaq paced the advance adding 2.64% while the S&P 500 gained 1.58% and the Dow, 0.24%. Among sectors, the XLK led on the day surging 4.24% higher on renewed strength from Semiconductor buying.
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The macro picture underpins a growing disconnect between the index level trends for equities and the breadth beneath the surface. Leadership is becoming narrow.
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Two more record closes today as the Nasdaq added 0.88% while the S&P 500 added 0.27% to yesterday’s record close. The Dow fell 0.31% on weakness from AXP and BA. ORCL reported after-hours with shares trading +8% in the after-hours session. AVGO reports tomorrow. Wednesday is the big day of the month with CPI data
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