S&P futures are down 1.1% Friday morning after U.S. equities finished higher Thursday. Networking, banks, private equity, and dollar stores outperformed, while Mag 7 was mixed and metals, aerospace, and financial data services lagged. Global risk tone is weaker, with South Korea down more than 6%, Japan off nearly 2%, Hong Kong down more than […]
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April 23, 2026 S&P futures are down 0.5% Thursday morning after another record close for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq on Wednesday. Recent leadership has remained concentrated in Mag 7, semis, software, and higher-beta trading themes, with the SOX extending its winning streak to 16 sessions and software up for an eighth straight day. Cross-asset
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April 2, 2026 S&P500 Futures are down 1.1% after Trump’s evening address on Iran failed to provide any timeline for ending the conflict, reiterated threats to strike Iran’s energy infrastructure, and again framed the Strait of Hormuz as other countries’ responsibility to manage. The speech unwound much of the offramp optimism that fueled Tuesday and
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January 28, 2026 S&P futures are up ~0.3% after U.S. equities finished mostly higher Tuesday, with momentum and big tech leading and the S&P 500 closing at a new record high. Healthcare lagged on the Medicare Advantage rate update. Asia traded mostly higher overnight (Hong Kong, South Korea strongest), while Europe is modestly lower (~0.1%).
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December 4, 2025 S&P futures are little changed after U.S. equities advanced on Wednesday, led by small caps with the Russell 2000 up nearly 2%. Retail favorites, high-beta names, most-shorted stocks, and value trades outperformed. Asian markets were mixed overnight—Japan rallied more than 2% while Mainland China slipped slightly. Europe opened higher by ~0.4%. Treasuries
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December 3, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.1% after U.S. equities finished mostly higher on Tuesday, led by select tech, AI-linked names, retail favorites, and 12-month winners. Breadth was mixed, with nearly 60% of the S&P 500 declining. Asian trading was split—Japan gained more than 1% while Hong Kong fell more than 1%. Europe opened
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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 The knives are out for the AI trade in the near-term. Morgan Stanley QDS (Quantitative Derivatives Strategy) calculates that momentum unwinds typically last 25 trading days going back to 2021, so by that frame, the current selling could continue into month-end. The sharp momentum unwind has forced investors to reassess the balance
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November 10, 2025 S&P futures +1% in Monday morning trading after last week’s pullback ended a three-week winning streak. Retail favorites, most-shorted, AI-linked, crypto, nuclear, and quantum names led the declines last week, while regional banks, insurers, energy, pharma, and staples held up better. Overnight, Asia rallied (South Korea +3%, Japan/Hong Kong +1%+), and Europe
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October 30, 2025 S&P futures down 0.1% in Thursday morning trading, following a mixed Wednesday session in which the S&P 500 finished flat but breadth remained weak, with roughly 75% of index constituents lower. The Nasdaq outperformed, driven by renewed strength in NVDA. Asian markets were mostly lower overnight, with China lagging, while Europe opened
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