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 0.35% Tuesday morning after U.S. equities finished lower Monday, with parcel/logistics, transports, travel/leisure, homebuilders, retailers, industrial conglomerates, precious metals, chemicals, and banks among the laggards. Energy, memory, software, biotech, and exchanges outperformed. Global risk tone is mixed, with Asia mostly lower overnight, Hong Kong lagging, and Europe up more than 1%.
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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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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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February 17, 2026 S&P futures are down 0.2% following a week in which equities finished mostly higher Friday but closed lower overall. The Nasdaq fell more than 2% last week, marking its fifth straight weekly decline. The Mag 7 dropped over 3%, while banks were also pressured. AI-disruption concerns weighed on trucking, CRE brokers, wealth
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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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May 5, 2025 S&P futures are down 0.8% after the S&P 500 posted a ninth straight gain Friday—its longest winning streak since 2004—rising 2.9% for the week. The Dow, Nasdaq, and Russell 2000 also gained over 3%. Asian markets were mixed with several exchanges closed for holidays, while European markets are down 0.4%. Treasuries are
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March 18, 2025 S&P futures down 0.4% in Tuesday premarket trading, near session lows. Follows Monday’s second straight gain, the S&P’s first two-day win streak since Feb. 19, with equal-weight S&P and cyclicals outperforming while Mag 7 lagged. Asian markets extended gains for a third session, with Hong Kong (+2.5%) and Japan (+1%) leading. European
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February 10, 2025 The S&P 500 continues in a consolidation pattern that started in early December. The index made a marginal new high on January 23rd, but the buyer couldn’t sustain above that level for longer than a day. The move sets up a negative momentum divergence in the RSI and MACD oscillators (chart below,
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The consumer has shown resilience. If rates roll over, that would be an added tailwind.
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