January 13, 2026 S&P futures −0.2% after U.S. equities finished higher Monday, reversing an early dip. Small caps outperformed again, extending the early-2026 broadening / pro-cyclical rotation theme. Strength on Monday was seen in big tech, retail favorites, momentum leaders, metals, memory, semicaps, restaurants, staples, and industrial multis, while consumer finance lagged. Overnight, Asian markets […]
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January 7, 2026 S&P futures −0.2% in Tuesday morning trading after U.S. equities finished higher on Tuesday. Prior session leadership was firmly pro-cyclical, with memory, semiconductors, machinery, metals, chemicals, regional banks, health care, and consumer discretionary leading, while crowded short baskets were notable outperformers. Mag 7 stocks were mixed and lagged, and energy came under
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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 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 3, 2025 S&P futures +0.3% following a strong October in which the S&P 500 rose for a sixth straight month and the Nasdaq for a seventh. Asian equities were higher overnight (South Korea +3% to a record), while Europe gained ~0.5%. Treasuries firmed slightly with front-end yields −2 bp. Dollar Index +0.1%, gold +0.3%,
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July 21, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.3% to start the week, extending last week’s gains that saw the S&P 500 and Nasdaq close at record highs on Thursday. Big tech continues to lead, with Tesla (TSLA) and Nvidia (NVDA) among the standouts. Asian markets traded mostly higher overnight, led by Greater China; Japan was
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July 9, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.1% after a mixed session Tuesday, where small caps, value, and unprofitable tech outperformed, while money center banks lagged amid early earnings previews. Treasuries are little changed, the dollar index is up 0.1%, gold is down 0.4%, Bitcoin futures are up 0.2%, and WTI crude is up 0.5%.
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July 8, 2025 S&P futures are little changed following Monday’s broad decline, which saw all major U.S. indexes fall between 0.8–0.9%. Losses were led by small caps, semiconductors, housing names, and high short-interest stocks. Tesla was a notable drag on the mega-cap tech cohort. Asian markets traded mostly higher overnight, with South Korea and Hong
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March 25, 2025 S&P futures are flat Tuesday morning, following Monday’s strong, broad-based rally that saw all major US indexes gain over 1.4%, the S&P 500 close above its 200-DMA, and ~85% of index constituents advance. High short interest, Mag 7, momentum, memes, and cyclicals led the way. However, low volumes and lingering skepticism about
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