April 17, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.4% in early Thursday trading, off session highs. This follows a sharp selloff in U.S. equities on Wednesday, led by semis and select mega-cap tech, while defensives held up and the equal-weight S&P outperformed by ~100 bps. Treasury yields are up 2–3 bp, while the dollar index is […]
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April 16, 2025 S&P futures are down 0.5% in early Wednesday trading, though off the lows. This follows a mostly lower U.S. session Tuesday, with weakness across chemicals, food/beverage, apparel, and logistics. Banks, semis, and defensives held up better. Treasuries are firmer with curve steepening, the dollar index is down 0.6%, gold is up 2.5%,
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April 15, 2025 S&P futures are modestly higher in early Tuesday trading following a quiet Monday session where U.S. equities finished higher, marking the S&P 500’s first consecutive gains since the early April tariff shock. Defensive sectors led, while Asia and Europe both saw broad gains overnight. Treasuries are narrowly mixed after Monday’s rally, the
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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 1, 2025 S&P futures are down 0.5% following a modest rebound in U.S. equities on Monday, which saw defensives outperform—consumer staples, energy, and financials led, while the Mag 7 continued to lag. Treasuries are firmer with yields down 1–5 bp, curve flattening. Dollar is off 0.1%, gold up 0.5%, bitcoin futures up 2.1%, and
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March 27, 2025 S&P futures down 0.1% in early Thursday trading, following a broad market decline Wednesday where the S&P, Nasdaq, and Russell 2000 all fell over 1%. Mag 7 stocks pulled back after a recent run, while cyclicals, AI data center names, and high short interest stocks also underperformed. Defensive sectors held up better,
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March 26, 2025 S&P futures down 0.1% in Wednesday morning trading, following a mostly higher close for U.S. equities Tuesday, with the S&P posting a third straight gain. Leadership came from Mag 7, industrial metals, A&D, and banks, while pharma, retail, and parcel/logistics lagged. Notably, the equal-weight S&P underperformed, with ~55% of constituents declining. Overnight,
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March 20, 2025 S&P futures are down 0.6% Thursday morning, giving back earlier gains after Wednesday’s rally saw the S&P, Nasdaq, and Russell 2000 all climb over 1%. Growth and momentum stocks led the move, with all 11 sectors finishing higher and the VIX dropping below 20 for the first time since February. Treasuries are
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March 19, 2025 S&P futures up 0.1% Wednesday morning after Tuesday’s pullback, which ended a brief two-day bounce. Big tech underperformed, with all Mag 7 stocks now down YTD and the group off more than 16%. Asian and European markets mixed. Treasuries steady, dollar up 0.4%, gold down 0.2%, and Bitcoin up 2.0%. WTI crude
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