Thematic ETF flows show investors buying hard AI infrastructure, dividend quality and geopolitical hedges while cutting software, generic AI, travel and housing. The biggest rotation is not out of AI, but away from narratives toward chips, power and cash flow.
Thematic ETF flows show investors buying AI hardware, dividend income, REITs, biotech, infrastructure and banks while cutting generic AI, software, natural resources, clean energy and crypto-linked themes. The message is selective risk appetite, not a broad innovation rally right now.
Higher real yields have not killed Growth because AI earnings momentum remains strong, but they raise the bar for leadership. The second half favors profitable AI-linked Growth, Growth-adjacent industrial infrastructure, and selective Value in financials, insurers, infrastructure, and materials.
S&P futures are up 0.8% Thursday morning, rebounding after Wednesday’s post-FOMC selloff, when more than 85% of S&P 500 stocks declined. Big Tech and rate-sensitive areas such as housing and retail were among the weakest groups, while semis outperformed after Tuesday’s pullback. Asian markets were mostly higher overnight, led by South Korea and Japan, while
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April 23, 2026 S&P futures are down 0.5% Thursday morning after another record close for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq on Wednesday. Recent leadership has remained concentrated in Mag 7, semis, software, and higher-beta trading themes, with the SOX extending its winning streak to 16 sessions and software up for an eighth straight day. Cross-asset
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December 19, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.3% Friday morning after U.S. equities rallied Thursday, snapping a four-day losing streak. AI, semis, Big Tech, momentum and retail-favorite stocks led the rebound, with some cyclicals also participating, while energy, banks and staples lagged. Asian markets were mostly higher overnight (South Korea, Taiwan and Japan outperforming), while
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December 12, 2025 S&P futures are off 0.2% in Friday morning trading after U.S. equities finished mostly higher on Thursday, with the S&P 500 setting a new record despite continued tech weakness. Equal-weight S&P outperformed as financials, homebuilders, travel & leisure, and materials led gains, and the small-cap Russell 2000 remains the standout for the
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December 11, 2025 S&P futures are down 0.6% Thursday morning following Wednesday’s broad cyclical rally led by machinery, industrials, regional banks, housing, transports, and retail. Asian markets were mostly weaker overnight, with notable declines in China’s Shenzhen Composite and Japan’s Nikkei. Europe is slightly higher (~0.1%). Treasuries are little changed after Wednesday’s bullish steepening that
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December 10, 2025 S&P futures are down 0.1% in Wednesday morning trading after a mixed Tuesday session in which money-center banks, pharma, aerospace, builders, and biotech lagged, while most-shorted stocks, retail favorites, private equity, chemicals, networking, and airlines outperformed. Asian markets were mixed in a quiet overnight session, while Europe is modestly lower (~0.2%). Treasuries
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October 23, 2025 U.S. equity futures little changed Thursday after Wednesday’s selloff driven by a sharp unwind in momentum trades — most-shorted, retail favorites, AI, quantum computing, nuclear, and rare-earth names all under pressure. Semis, managed care, biotech, industrial metals, builders, airlines, banks, and telecom also lagged, while defensives outperformed. Overnight, Asian markets were mixed
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