July 29, 2025 S&P futures up 0.2% in Tuesday morning trading, following a quiet Monday where the S&P 500 and Nasdaq posted sixth-straight record closes. Market breadth remained narrow, with the equal-weight S&P 500 underperforming by ~60 bp. Overnight, Asia traded mixed (Greater China and South Korea outperformed, Japan lagged), while Europe is up ~1%. […]
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July 28, 2025 S&P futures up 0.3% in Monday morning trading following a strong week for U.S. equities, with the S&P 500 hitting all-time highs in all five sessions and the S&P, Dow, and Nasdaq each gaining over 1%. Big tech and retail favorites led. Asia was mixed overnight (Japan −1%, Hong Kong outperformed), while
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July 25, 2025 S&P futures up 0.1% in early Friday trading after a quiet Thursday session where the S&P and Nasdaq set new all-time highs. Outperformance came from energy, asset managers, cybersecurity, trucking, and exchanges, while GOOGL led the Mag 7 on earnings and TSLA fell. Laggards included multis (conglomerates), airlines, managed care, chemicals, restaurants,
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July 24, 2025 S&P futures up 0.1% in Thursday morning trading, following another record close for the S&P and Nasdaq on Wednesday. Strength came from AI power, med-tech, credit cards, chemicals, airlines, building products, and apparel. Asian markets were higher with Japan up 1.5%, and Europe is rallying ~0.7%. Treasuries are steady despite a backup
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July 21, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.3% to start the week, extending last week’s gains that saw the S&P 500 and Nasdaq close at record highs on Thursday. Big tech continues to lead, with Tesla (TSLA) and Nvidia (NVDA) among the standouts. Asian markets traded mostly higher overnight, led by Greater China; Japan was
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July 14, 2025 S&P futures are down 0.3% in early Monday trading after a mostly lower week for U.S. equities. Defensive sectors such as consumer staples, money center banks, software, and managed care underperformed, while AI, energy, airlines, hotels, and homebuilders led. Momentum factor names continued to lag. Asian markets were mixed overnight, while Europe
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July 11, 2025 S&P futures are down 0.6% Friday morning following Thursday’s gains that saw the S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit new all-time highs. Most-shorted stocks extended gains as the momentum unwind continued, with year-to-date laggards like Tesla and Apple leading big tech. Cyclicals including travel, metals, apparel, builders, and banks also outperformed. Overnight, Asia
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July 8, 2025 S&P futures are little changed following Monday’s broad decline, which saw all major U.S. indexes fall between 0.8–0.9%. Losses were led by small caps, semiconductors, housing names, and high short-interest stocks. Tesla was a notable drag on the mega-cap tech cohort. Asian markets traded mostly higher overnight, with South Korea and Hong
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July 7, 2025 S&P futures -0.3% after last week’s strong gains and fresh record highs for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq. Markets are slightly lower Monday morning as investors return from the holiday-shortened week. Despite ongoing tariff-related headlines, the broader market tone remains relatively calm, with sentiment helped by expectations that trade risks are more
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July 6, 2025 The S&P 500 has broken out to new all-time highs in July, and we are finally seeing a change in the behavior of the average stock. For most of 2024 a primary concern for the bull was the lack of upside participation at the stock level despite a top line uptrend for
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