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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April 10, 2025 S&P futures down 1.6% in early trading, pulling back after Wednesday’s massive rally that saw the S&P 500 gain 9.5%—its best session since October 2008—and the Nasdaq 100 surge 12%, adding over $2T in market cap. Treasuries are firmer across the curve after a recent jump in yields. The dollar index is
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April 8, 2025 The S&P 500 has now retraced the entirety of current cycle gains above the S&P 500’s 2022 price high (chart below). As we noted in our weekly piece, the current level represents a 50% retracement of the entire bull market move from the trough in October 2022 through the peak in January
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April 4, 2025 U.S. equity futures are sharply lower in early trading (S&P futures -2.3%, Nasdaq futures -2.6%), following Thursday’s steep selloff that marked the S&P 500’s worst day since 2020. Risk sentiment remains under pressure globally, as markets digest escalating trade tensions and increased policy uncertainty. China announced a 34% tariff on all U.S.
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April 3, 2025 Futures are sharply lower this morning, with the S&P 500 down 3.4% and Nasdaq off 3.8%, following a global risk-off move triggered by Trump’s harsher-than-expected tariff announcement. The rollout of reciprocal tariffs, which included higher-than-anticipated rates and few immediate exemptions, has stoked fears of retaliation, dampened hopes for negotiated relief, and escalated
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