October 3, 2025 S&P futures +0.2% following Thursday’s gains, when the Dow, S&P, and Nasdaq all closed at fresh record highs. Leadership came from most-shorted stocks, semis, China tech, managed care, machinery, credit cards, and travel/leisure, while EVs, pharma, biotech, media, telecom, entertainment, and credit bureaus lagged. Overnight, Asian markets traded mostly higher, with Japan […]
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October 2, 2025 S&P futures +0.1% after equities finished mostly higher on Wednesday, reversing early weakness. Gains were led by pharma, apparel, retail, data centers, and China ADRs, while medtech, financials, and airlines lagged. Overseas, Asian markets advanced with South Korea up more than 2.5% and Hong Kong gaining over 1.5%. Europe traded higher as
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September 14, 2025 Equities finished yesterday notching another all-time high on the S&P 500. The August CPI report came in cool enough to support the Fed’s policy intentions with the market pricing in a 100% chance of a 25bp rate cut at next week’s meeting and a further 50bps of cuts into year end. From
August 4, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.7% in early trading, rebounding from Friday’s selloff that left all major indexes down over 2% for the week (Russell 2000 -4%). Overnight, Asian markets were mixed (Japan down, Hong Kong and Korea up ~1%), while Europe is up over 1%. Treasuries are weaker, with yields up ~3
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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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June 18, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.3% Wednesday morning following Tuesday’s broad equity weakness, which saw losses in solar, airlines, casinos, apparel, crypto, machinery, and healthcare. Outperformers included energy, aerospace & defense, and select staples. Treasuries are slightly firmer, yields down 1–2 bp. The dollar is off 0.2%, gold down 0.3%, Bitcoin futures down
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June 12, 2025 &P 500 futures are down 0.5% after Wednesday’s decline, which saw broad weakness in industrial metals, regional banks, and airlines. Energy, quantum computing, and nuclear names outperformed. Treasuries are firmer, with yields down 2–3 bp across the curve. The dollar remains under pressure (DXY -0.7%), while gold is up 1.1%, Bitcoin futures
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May 20, 2025 S&P futures are down 0.3% Tuesday morning after US equities reversed early losses Monday, with the S&P recovering from a 1% drop to close slightly higher. Healthcare outperformed while energy lagged. Asian markets were mostly higher, led by Hong Kong (+1.5%), while European markets edged up ~0.2%. Treasuries are slightly firmer, the
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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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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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