April 25, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.3% in Friday morning trading, extending a strong week for U.S. equities. The S&P 500 logged a third straight 1%+ gain, while the Nasdaq rose over 2% for a third consecutive session. Tech, cyclicals, and high short interest names have led the rally, while consumer staples have lagged. […]
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April 24, 2025 S&P futures down 0.3% Thursday morning, off earlier lows, following a strong two-day rally that saw the S&P 500 notch its first back-to-back 1%+ gains since the election. Wednesday’s strength was led by the Mag 7, shorted names, and retail favorites. Treasuries are firmer (yields down 2–3bp), the dollar index is off
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April 23, 2025 S&P futures +2.1% in early trading following Tuesday’s strong rally where all major U.S. indexes rose at least 2.5%, with ~98% of S&P 500 stocks and all 11 sectors finishing higher. The Mag 7 snapped a five-day losing streak, and high-short-interest and cyclical names led the move. Asian and European equities followed
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April 22, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.9% in early Tuesday trading, rebounding from Monday’s broad selloff that saw the S&P 500 fall for the third time in four sessions and the Nasdaq drop for a fourth straight day. Over 90% of S&P 500 constituents closed lower on Monday amid thin liquidity. Asian markets finished
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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 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 8, 2025 S&P futures up 1.5%, rebounding after Monday’s volatile session where the index recovered nearly 5% intraday to close down just 0.2%. VIX below 45. Asia rallied overnight (Japan +6% on trade optimism), while Europe is up over 1%. Treasuries firmer after Monday’s sharp yield spike (30Y +21 bp). Dollar flat, gold +1.3%,
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April 7, 2025 S&P futures -1.7%, Nasdaq -2.6% in Monday morning trading, both off worst overnight levels. VIX >45. Follows last week’s sharp equity selloff, with the S&P 500 down over 9% and Nasdaq off 10%—worst two-day decline since March 2020. Index is now down 17% from February highs. Treasuries firmer with curve bull steepening.
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April 3, 2025 Futures are sharply lower this morning, with the S&P 500 down 3.4% and Nasdaq off 3.8%, following a global risk-off move triggered by Trump’s harsher-than-expected tariff announcement. The rollout of reciprocal tariffs, which included higher-than-anticipated rates and few immediate exemptions, has stoked fears of retaliation, dampened hopes for negotiated relief, and escalated
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