August 14, 2025 S&P futures slightly lower after Wednesday’s gains, led by small caps (Russell 2000 +~2%) and strength in pharma, apparel, regional banks, builders, HPCs, retail favorites, and heavily shorted names. Treasuries firmed (yields -2–3 bps), dollar flat, gold -0.1%, Bitcoin -1.1%, WTI crude +0.4%. Markets await July PPI and weekly jobless claims this […]
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August 7, 2025 S&P futures +0.7%, building on Wednesday’s gains where tech led the rally (AAPL, AMZN), pushing the Mag 7 to a new all-time high. Strength was also seen in retail, consumer, transports, and autos, while healthcare, utilities, energy, regional banks, and capital goods lagged. Overnight, Asian markets were mostly higher (Taiwan and South
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May 29, 2025 S&P futures are up 1.5%, driven by a wave of global optimism following Wednesday’s dip in U.S. equities. Asian markets, led by Japan, South Korea, and Hong Kong, all posted gains exceeding 1%. European indices are up approximately 0.7% in early trading. In the bond market, Treasuries weakened, with the 10-year yield
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April 7, 2025 S&P futures -1.7%, Nasdaq -2.6% in Monday morning trading, both off worst overnight levels. VIX >45. Follows last week’s sharp equity selloff, with the S&P 500 down over 9% and Nasdaq off 10%—worst two-day decline since March 2020. Index is now down 17% from February highs. Treasuries firmer with curve bull steepening.
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March 4, 2025 S&P futures -0.1% after Monday’s sharp selloff, where the S&P 500 fell over 1.5%, marking its worst day of the year. Nvidia (NVDA) led the Mag 7 downturn, while cyclicals underperformed defensives by 450 bp. Treasuries mixed, dollar -0.4%, gold +0.8%, Bitcoin -2.4%, WTI crude -0.9% after Monday’s 2% drop on OPEC+
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March 3, 2025 S&P futures up 0.2% in Monday morning trading, following a late-session rally Friday tied to month-end pension fund rebalancing. However, stocks ended lower for the week, with big tech dragging the Nasdaq down nearly 3.5%. February also saw equities retreat despite early-month gains that pushed the S&P 500 to an all-time high
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February 20, 2025 S&P futures down 0.3% after a mostly higher but uneventful session Wednesday. Energy, A&D, airlines, semis, EVs, and defensives led, while builders, retail favorites, chemicals, banks, and restaurants lagged. Treasuries slightly firmer, dollar index down 0.2%, gold up 1.1%, Bitcoin futures up 1.2%, and WTI crude up 0.2%. Markets remain lacking clear
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S&P futures down 0.8% Monday morning, following last week’s 2% drop in the S&P 500, a 2% decline in the Nasdaq, and a 3.5% loss in the Russell 2000. Asian markets were broadly lower, with Taiwan, South Korea, Australia, and Hong Kong all falling more than 1%. European markets also under pressure, down over 1%.
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S&P futures down 0.3% in Tuesday morning trading after US equities finished mostly higher Monday, led again by big tech, while value lagged growth by over 100 bp. Weakness persisted in commodity equities and healthcare. Asian markets fell overnight, with South Korea, India, and China’s Shenzhen down over 1%. European markets are up ~0.2%. Treasuries
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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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