October 29, 2025 S&P futures +0.2% in Wednesday morning trading, following a Tuesday gain led by Big Tech, especially NVDA and MSFT. Despite the S&P finishing higher, over 75% of stocks declined and 8 of 11 sectors were lower. Asian markets rose (Japan, South Korea strong), Europe mixed. Treasuries weaker (yields +1–2 bp), Dollar +0.3%, […]
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October 28, 2025 S&P futures flat Tuesday morning after a strong Monday rally that saw the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both gain over 1%. Big Tech and semis led, while cyclicals outperformed defensives. Staples lagged and precious metals weighed on materials. Treasuries firmer (yields −1–2 bp), Dollar −0.1%, Gold −2.5%, Bitcoin −0.1%, and WTI −1.5%.
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October 8, 2025 S&P futures +0.1% following Tuesday’s pullback, when the S&P 500 snapped a seven-day winning streak. Oracle (ORCL) weighed on AI sentiment, while autos, builders, travel & leisure, and retail also lagged. Overseas: Asian markets were mostly weaker, with Hong Kong and Japan down ~0.5%, while Europe traded modestly higher (~0.3%). Treasuries were
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October 5, 2025 Equities again sit at or near all-time highs on the major indices. A supportive Fed and continued interest in AI concepts have boosted equity prices and Technology shares in the near-term. However, market breadth has narrowed at the stock level despite the advance (chart below). The mega cap. leadership embedded within the
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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 10, 2025 Equities continue to shrug off challenges from escalating tariffs, wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, a rate-locked housing market and a sluggish economy. AI is living up to expectations as companies like Palantir synergize impressive results from AI and its data collection software. Semiconductor stocks are retesting highs. Mag7 stocks have
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July 23, 2025 S&P futures up 0.4% in Wednesday morning trading, following a strong Tuesday session where U.S. equities rallied on rotation into value, with equal-weight S&P outperforming by 120 bp. Memes, homebuilders, healthcare, and chemicals led gains, while autos, AI, tobacco, and aerospace lagged. Asian markets rallied, led by Japan (+3.5%), and Europe is
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April 18, 2025 Domestic financial markets are closed today in observance of Good Friday. U.S. equities closed mixed on Thursday, capping a choppy session that saw a rotation out of mega-cap tech into cyclicals and defensives. The Dow fell 1.33% to 37,352.41, pressured by weakness in large-cap industrials and healthcare. The S&P 500 edged up
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April 17, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.4% in early Thursday trading, off session highs. This follows a sharp selloff in U.S. equities on Wednesday, led by semis and select mega-cap tech, while defensives held up and the equal-weight S&P outperformed by ~100 bps. Treasury yields are up 2–3 bp, while the dollar index is
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April 8, 2025 The S&P 500 has now retraced the entirety of current cycle gains above the S&P 500’s 2022 price high (chart below). As we noted in our weekly piece, the current level represents a 50% retracement of the entire bull market move from the trough in October 2022 through the peak in January
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