February 21, 2025 S&P futures are little changed after U.S. equities fell Thursday, with staples retailers, banks, credit cards, machinery, airlines, trucking, chemicals, cybersecurity, and apparel retail among the weakest sectors. Momentum factor unwind was in focus. Asian markets rallied, with Hong Kong up nearly 4% on tech strength, while European markets gained ~0.2%. Treasuries […]
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February 20, 2025 S&P futures down 0.3% after a mostly higher but uneventful session Wednesday. Energy, A&D, airlines, semis, EVs, and defensives led, while builders, retail favorites, chemicals, banks, and restaurants lagged. Treasuries slightly firmer, dollar index down 0.2%, gold up 1.1%, Bitcoin futures up 1.2%, and WTI crude up 0.2%. Markets remain lacking clear
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We think the marginal dollar goes into lower vol. sectors this month if rates roll over as we expect.
S&P futures are up 0.1% in Wednesday morning trading after U.S. equities finished mostly higher on Tuesday, driven by strength in big tech, particularly NVIDIA (NVDA-US) ahead of its earnings today. Aerospace and defense, precious metals, and select household products outperformed, while home-improvement retailers, tax prep, banks, machinery, and apparel lagged. Treasuries weakened across the
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S&P futures are down 0.3% in Tuesday morning trading after U.S. equities closed mostly higher on Monday, led by select big tech (notably Tesla) and commodity equities, while airlines and rideshare names lagged. Treasuries are rallying, the Dollar index is up 0.2%, gold is up 0.7%, Bitcoin futures rose 0.5%, and WTI crude is down
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Deeply oversold with rates backed up, we are betting on near-term reversal in November
We project the S&P 500 to near 6150 by year-end. Our trend-following model is giving off bullish signals.
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Weaker inflation and a bullish earnings season from the Tech. Sector have put the XLP in the back seat on performance while it also starts off September registering overbought conditions. This isn’t an attractive setup
Equities pushed higher after the CPI printed a 2-handle. The 2.9% reading on the year over year CPI report led to the Dow adding 0.61%, the S&P 500 0.38% and the Nasdaq 0.03%. At the sector level, Financials led, adding 1.22% followed by the Energy and Info Tech. Sectors. Laggards included Comm. Services, Discretionary and
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Weaker inflation and a fairly bullish earning season from the Tech. Sector have put the XLP in the back seat. Several o our model inputs have deteriorated for the sector since May, and it now scores as a zero-weight sector for July in our work
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