August 1, 2025 S&P futures down 1% in early Friday trading, following broad weakness in Thursday’s session. Initial gains from upbeat MSFT and META earnings faded as pressure resumed in pharma, med-tech, biotech, banks, asset managers, and energy. Asian markets declined sharply overnight, led by South Korea (-4%) and Hong Kong (-1%). Europe also down […]
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July 31, 2025 S&P futures up 1.0% in early Thursday trading, bouncing after Wednesday’s broad-based selloff that saw ~70% of the S&P 500 close lower. Laggards included energy, copper, logistics, packaging, builders, and HPCs. Outperformers were healthcare, semicap equipment, cruise lines, casual diners, casinos, tobacco, and apparel. Asian markets mostly fell with China and Hong
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July 22, 2025 S&P futures down 0.1% in Tuesday morning trading after a mixed, uneventful Monday where major indexes faded late but still closed at record highs. Telecom, industrial metals, and Mag 7 tech names outperformed; machinery, energy, pharma, builders, and small caps lagged. Asian markets were mixed with Hong Kong higher, while South Korea
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July 21, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.3% to start the week, extending last week’s gains that saw the S&P 500 and Nasdaq close at record highs on Thursday. Big tech continues to lead, with Tesla (TSLA) and Nvidia (NVDA) among the standouts. Asian markets traded mostly higher overnight, led by Greater China; Japan was
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June 30, 2025 S&P 500 futures are up 0.4% in early trading, extending Friday’s momentum when both the S&P and Nasdaq closed at fresh all-time highs and capped off a strong week. Global markets are more mixed to start the week, with European equities mostly lower and Asia seeing a blend of modest gains and
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June 26, 2025 S&P futures rose 0.3% Thursday morning following a mixed-to-lower Wednesday session, where tech and AI outperformance contrasted with weak market breadth—about 75% of S&P 500 components declined. Asian markets were mixed, led by Japan and Taiwan, while Hong Kong lagged. Europe edged higher. Treasuries were flat to slightly firmer. The dollar slipped
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June 17, 2025 US Equities have formed a clear bullish reversal off the April lows and the S&P 500 sits within a few percentage points of all-time highs. However, we are noting a more discerning investor. When the bull trend for equities got underway in 2023, upside leadership was characterized by industry level leadership cohorts.
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May 1, 2025 S&P futures are up 1.2% following a strong late-day rally Wednesday that extended the index’s winning streak to seven sessions. Big tech earnings—especially Microsoft (MSFT) and Meta (META)—are the major driver this morning, reinforcing optimism around AI growth and pushing the S&P 500’s Q1 blended earnings growth to 11.9%, up from 7.2%
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April 24, 2025 US equities have had a good week on optimism around trade war reconciliation. Positive catalysts included acknowledgement that escalating tariffs on China would be “unsustainable” by Treasury Secretary Bessent. News that US/Japan talks shows progress and reports that lowering tariffs on China were in consideration. These developments surfaced as earnings season struck
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April 11, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.8% in choppy trading following Thursday’s sharp selloff, where the S&P 500 dropped nearly 3.5%, giving back over a third of Wednesday’s historic rally. Treasuries are little changed, but the 30-year yield is on pace for its largest weekly rise since the 1980s. The dollar index is down
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