April 7, 2026 S&P Futures -0.2% Futures are drifting lower after yesterday’s light session — the slowest volume day of the year — that nonetheless ended in the green. Asian markets are mostly higher overnight, with Australia and South Korea among the outperformers and Japan eking out a gain. European markets are up ~0.7%. Treasuries […]
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April 2, 2026 S&P500 Futures are down 1.1% after Trump’s evening address on Iran failed to provide any timeline for ending the conflict, reiterated threats to strike Iran’s energy infrastructure, and again framed the Strait of Hormuz as other countries’ responsibility to manage. The speech unwound much of the offramp optimism that fueled Tuesday and
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March 30, 2026 S&P futures up 0.4% Monday morning after U.S. equities fell >1.5% Friday, marking a fifth straight weekly decline. Asian markets mostly weaker (Japan, South Korea ~-3%) while China was modestly higher; Europe up ~0.4%. Treasuries firmer (yields -2–3 bp), dollar +0.1%, yen stronger on intervention talk. Gold +0.8%, Bitcoin +1.5%, and crude
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March 27, 2026 S&P futures little changed Friday morning after giving back earlier gains, following Thursday’s sharp selloff—S&P’s biggest decline since the Iran conflict began. Momentum (-~4%) and growth (-~2.5%) led the downside with big tech, semis, and memory under pressure, while energy, insurance, alts, med-tech, and pockets of software showed relative strength. Asian markets
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March 26, 2026 S&P futures down 0.8% Thursday morning following Wednesday’s gains, with prior strength led by small caps, most-shorted names, and Mag 7. Biotech (M&A), transports, industrial metals, PE, and payments also outperformed, while memory, software, energy, homebuilders, ag chemicals, and managed care lagged. Asian markets mostly weaker (South Korea, China lagging), Europe down
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March 4, 2026 S&P futures are up 0.25% in early trading, near session highs, as U.S. equities attempt to build on Tuesday’s late-session stabilization. Markets remain focused on geopolitical developments in the Middle East, but price action continues to reflect a measured rather than disorderly risk response. Oil has firmed again this morning, with WTI
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March 3, 2026 S&P futures are down 1.8% Tuesday morning, reversing Monday’s rebound as markets shift back into risk-off mode. Monday had seen equities recover from early weakness, with strength in select big tech, energy, aerospace & defense, regional banks, private equity, software, rails, and industrial metals. Rate-sensitive groups such as homebuilders lagged, while memory
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March 2, 2026 S&P futures are down 1% Monday morning following Friday’s tech-led pullback, where semis and software were the primary drags. However, the equal-weight S&P 500 managed a modest gain, supported by energy and defensive leadership — reinforcing that February’s dominant theme has been dispersion rather than broad-based de-risking. Overseas markets are weaker as
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February 27, 2026 S&P futures are down 0.4% Friday morning, near session lows, following Thursday’s mixed close. Tech remained under pressure on semi/memory weakness, though software rallied, while banks, transports, retail, and precious metals miners outperformed. Asian markets were mixed (Hong Kong strong, South Korea weak), Europe little changed. Treasuries are firmer with front-end yields
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February 23, 2026 S&P futures are down 0.25% after U.S. equities finished mostly higher Friday and for the week. The Nasdaq snapped a five-week losing streak, supported by stronger big tech and continued semi/memory momentum. Machinery, E&Cs, restaurants, and apparel outperformed, while software, chemicals, food, private equity, and biopharma lagged. Overnight, Asia was mostly higher
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