October 3, 2025 Equities continue to push higher as the calendar has flipped to October. The AI trade remains ascendant amidst a backdrop of an easing Fed, moderating rates and continued firm investor risk appetite. It should be no shock then that in 2025, high-beta stocks have strongly outperformed low-volatility names. We go a bit […]
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September 15, 2025 S&P futures up 0.1% Monday morning, easing from earlier highs. Follows last week’s solid gains for major indices, though Friday was softer outside big tech. Europe mostly higher, Asia mixed. Treasuries steady, dollar (0.2%), gold (0.2%), Bitcoin (1.8%), and WTI crude +0.1%. Focus this week is Wednesday’s FOMC meeting, where markets expect
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September 12, 2025 S&P futures down 0.1% in quiet Friday premarket after Thursday’s gains pushed the S&P and Nasdaq to fresh ATHs. Week shaping up for moderate index gains. European markets softer, Asia mixed. Treasuries steady to weaker at the short end after a big flattening move this week. Dollar +0.2%, gold +0.2%, Bitcoin +0.4%,
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August 6, 2025 S&P futures +0.3%, following a quiet Tuesday where equities finished mostly lower on soft economic data. Tech lagged, while small caps, managed care, regional banks, airlines, and homebuilders outperformed. Overnight, Asian markets were mostly higher with Japan, China, Australia, and Singapore all posting gains. Europe is modestly green, up ~0.2%. Treasuries weaker,
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May 15, 2025 S&P futures are down 0.5% Thursday morning, following mixed U.S. equity performance on Wednesday. Big tech and semis outperformed, while defensives and healthcare lagged. Asian markets traded mostly lower overnight, with Japan and Greater China notable laggards. European markets are also down ~0.5%. Treasuries are firmer, with yields lower by 2-3 bps.
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April 30, 2025 Markets remain in a holding pattern ahead of key Mag 7 earnings and a heavy macro calendar. Supportive factors include improving earnings (particularly around tariff mitigation), some easing in Fed expectations, and recent tariff relief headlines. However, trade-related growth risks remain significant, especially amid delays in striking multiple trade deals. Concerns about
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March 24, 2025 S&P futures are up 1.1% Monday morning, near premarket highs, following a mostly higher finish for U.S. equities last week. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq both broke four-week losing streaks, despite ongoing underperformance from big tech. Treasuries are weaker with yields up 3–4 bps, while the dollar index is down 0.2%. Gold
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March 4, 2025 S&P futures -0.1% after Monday’s sharp selloff, where the S&P 500 fell over 1.5%, marking its worst day of the year. Nvidia (NVDA) led the Mag 7 downturn, while cyclicals underperformed defensives by 450 bp. Treasuries mixed, dollar -0.4%, gold +0.8%, Bitcoin -2.4%, WTI crude -0.9% after Monday’s 2% drop on OPEC+
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March 3, 2025 S&P futures up 0.2% in Monday morning trading, following a late-session rally Friday tied to month-end pension fund rebalancing. However, stocks ended lower for the week, with big tech dragging the Nasdaq down nearly 3.5%. February also saw equities retreat despite early-month gains that pushed the S&P 500 to an all-time high
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S&P futures down 0.2% Wednesday morning after a mixed session on Tuesday, where energy, chemicals, steel, banks, beverages, and China tech outperformed while medical devices, copper, asset managers, payments, hotels, airlines, cruise lines, autos, and dollar stores lagged. Asian markets were higher overnight, with Hong Kong surging over 2.5%, while European markets were up ~0.1%.
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