January 6, 2026 S&P futures −0.1% Tuesday morning after U.S. equities finished higher Monday, with the Dow closing at a record high. Leadership remained pro-cyclical, led by small caps, energy, financials, and consumer discretionary, while defensives lagged. Roughly two-thirds of the S&P 500 advanced. Overnight, Asian markets extended gains, with Japan posting its strongest two-day […]
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January 5, 2026 S&P futures +0.3% in early Monday trading after U.S. equities finished mostly higher on Friday but lower for the week. The S&P 500 ended 2025 with four consecutive daily declines, a pattern Goldman Sachs noted has occurred only twice since 1950. Friday’s bounce did little to reverse late-December momentum concerns. Overnight, Asian
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November 13, 2025 S&P futures −0.1% in Thursday morning trading after U.S. equities ended mixed Wednesday, with equal-weight S&P (SPW) outperforming the cap-weighted index by over 50 bp. Healthcare, retail, big banks, and materials led gains, while large-cap tech lagged. Asia mostly higher overnight (Shanghai Composite strong), and Europe +0.2%. Treasuries slightly weaker (yields +1
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November 4, 2025 S&P futures -1.0% in early Tuesday trading after U.S. equities ended mixed Monday, with narrow breadth again the dominant theme — over 60% of S&P 500 components declined even as Big Tech outperformed on AI partnership headlines. Overseas markets are weaker: Asia saw sharp declines (South Korea -2.5%, Japan -1.7%) and Europe
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August 18, 2025 S&P futures down 0.1% Monday following last week’s record highs but softer Friday close led by semis, banks, and machinery. Asia mostly higher with Shanghai Composite at its strongest since 2015 and Nikkei at a new record, while Europe trades lower. Treasuries firmer with yields down 2–3 bp, dollar index up 0.1%,
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August 15, 2025 S&P futures +0.1% Friday morning after U.S. equities ended mostly lower Thursday, though the S&P 500 eked out a gain to a third straight ATH. Big tech provided support with AMZN a standout, while small caps and sectors including apparel, machinery, builders, building materials, industrial metals, and China tech lagged. Asia mixed
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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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July 29, 2025 S&P futures up 0.2% in Tuesday morning trading, following a quiet Monday where the S&P 500 and Nasdaq posted sixth-straight record closes. Market breadth remained narrow, with the equal-weight S&P 500 underperforming by ~60 bp. Overnight, Asia traded mixed (Greater China and South Korea outperformed, Japan lagged), while Europe is up ~1%.
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July 10, 2025 One of the key themes to emerge since equities put in their April 7th low has been smart grid implementation. We’ve observed that among infrastructure focused funds, smart grid adjacent stocks and the GRID ETF has been YTD leadership among the funds we track (chart below). The GRID ETF (chart below) is
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June 17, 2025 S&P futures are down 0.6% Tuesday morning after U.S. equities closed higher Monday, led by gains in momentum stocks, semis, travel & leisure, and media. Asian markets were mixed overnight, while Europe is trading lower, down over 1%. Treasuries are firmer with yields 2–3 bp lower. The dollar is up 0.2%, gold
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