February 20, 2026 S&P futures are up 0.2% after Thursday’s pullback. Yesterday’s weakness was concentrated in private equity/private credit, big banks, life insurers, credit cards, airlines, and housing-related retail. Utilities and energy outperformed, along with machinery, E&Cs, A&D, and telecom. Overnight, Asia was mixed: South Korea rallied over 2% (+5.5% for the week), while Japan […]
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S&P Futures Surge Higher: S&P futures are up 1.6% in Thursday morning trading, following a mixed Wednesday session where US equities mostly ended lower in choppy conditions, with defensive sectors underperforming. Cyclical stocks held up better but still closed well off their intraday highs. The Russell 2000 finished slightly higher but was down nearly 2%
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At the stock level we are seeing broad improvement with a fairly high correlation. Standout stocks are few and far between, but we see clear bullish reversals in residential real estate names, Healthcare REITs and Retail REITs
We expect more bad news is priced in than good and have taken a modest long position in XLRE for July in our Elev8 Sector Model Portfolio.
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