February 18, 2026 S&P futures are up 0.6% following a mixed start to the holiday-shortened week. Yesterday saw weakness in software, metals, staples, and energy, while financials, airlines, and biotech outperformed. Overnight, Asian markets were mostly higher in thin holiday trading, with the Nikkei up just over 1%. European equities are up ~0.8%. Treasuries are […]
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January 21, 2026 S&P futures +0.3% after Tuesday’s sharp risk-off session, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq down more than 2% as Big Tech drove the selloff. Retail favorites, high beta and momentum factors underperformed, while precious metals and energy were relative havens. Asian markets were mostly lower overnight, though Greater China and South Korea
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January 20, 2026 S&P futures −1.6% Tuesday morning, with Mag 7 under pressure, following a week where three of four major U.S. indexes fell. Beneath the surface, breadth held up: the equal-weight S&P +0.7% and Russell 2000 +2%+ last week. Rates moved higher with a bear steepener (long-end +7–10 bp). USD −0.9%, gold +3.1%, silver
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January 16, 2026 S&P futures +0.3% Friday Morning after U.S. equities finished higher but off best levels on Thursday. Small caps, high beta, momentum, and growth led factor performance, with AI and investment banks among the bright spots. Asia mixed overnight (South Korea and Taiwan higher; Japan and China modestly lower). Europe −~0.2%. Treasuries and
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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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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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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 10, 2025 The S&P 500 has spent the beginning of September pulling back from all-time highs. The selling comes against the backdrop of strong operating results from S&P 500 constituents in the most recent quarter. We’ve distilled takeaways from FactSet’s earnings insights to give you a snapshot of sector level earnings trends underpinning the
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October 15, 2025 S&P futures +0.6% in Wednesday morning trading, led by NVDA and TSLA. Follows Tuesday’s mixed close, with small caps, cyclicals, and banks outperforming while big tech lagged. Asian markets up over 1%, led by Japan, Hong Kong, and China; Europe higher with France leading on LVMH earnings and pension reform suspension. Treasuries
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