The AI trade’s next test may come from outside Technology: non-AI companies must show that AI adoption is cutting costs, lifting revenue, improving productivity and defending margins, or investors may rotate toward Value, dividends and lower-multiple cash-flow sectors.
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Trading Outlook S&P futures are off 0.1% and Nasdaq futures are down 0.3% after Wednesday’s momentum unwind. The headline index move was modest, but the factor move was not: semis, memory and AI-infrastructure winners came under outsized pressure while software, big tech, Financials, Health Care and Communication Services held up better. Asia was mixed overnight,
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S&P futures are up 0.7% Monday morning after a mixed week for U.S. equities. Big Tech weighed on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq last week, while the broadening trade held up better, led by healthcare, biotech, machinery, multis, transports, consumer names, and banks. Asian markets were mostly higher overnight, with Hong Kong and Shanghai outperforming,
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S&P futures are up 0.2% Wednesday morning after Tuesday’s momentum unwind, led by sharp pressure in memory and semis. Alts and select cyclicals also lagged, while defensives such as Staples and Healthcare outperformed, and some software/AI losers held up better. Asian markets were mixed overnight, though South Korea bounced more than 3% after Tuesday’s 10%
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Investors want more “proof of concept” from the AI trade.
S&P 500 futures up 0.7% after two consecutive declines. Wednesday’s session was marked by another rotation out of technology, with semis and memory extending recent losses and the SOX now down more than 12% since June 3. Several cyclical groups that had benefited from rotation earlier in the week, including machinery, building materials, homebuilders, and
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S&P futures are up 0.25% Monday morning after Friday’s sharp selloff, which snapped the S&P 500’s nine-week winning streak. Global risk tone is weaker, with South Korea down more than 8%, Japan off nearly 4%, and Europe down roughly 0.9%. Treasuries are weaker, with yields up 2–3 bp after Friday’s bear flattening move, the dollar
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S&P futures are down 0.4% Thursday morning, with Nasdaq futures off roughly 1%, after U.S. equities finished lower Wednesday and the S&P 500 snapped a nine-day winning streak. Alts, software, tech hardware, outsourcing, big banks, GSEs, protein, precious metals, and airlines were among the notable laggards. Global tone is softer, with South Korea, Hong Kong,
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S&P futures are down 0.1% Thursday morning after U.S. equities finished narrowly mixed Wednesday, though the S&P 500 and Nasdaq still eked out fresh record highs. Momentum slipped after a five-day run, and money-center banks lagged, while Consumer Discretionary was the standout, with retail/apparel, restaurants, travel/tourism, and homebuilders outperforming. Global tone is softer, with Hong
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S&P futures are up 0.1% Thursday morning after Wednesday’s broad rally, when all major U.S. indexes gained more than 1% and semis again led the tape. Big tech also finished higher, while internets, tech components, banks, machinery, electricals/multis, homebuilders, rails, cruise lines, airlines, apparel, and drug stores also outperformed. Global risk tone remains constructive, with
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