August 28, 2025 S&P futures little changed Thursday after U.S. equities closed higher Wednesday with the S&P 500 at a new ATH. Software, banks, energy, retail, and travel & leisure led gains, while most-shorted and tariff-exposed names also outperformed. Asia mixed overnight (Shanghai, Japan, Australia, South Korea higher; Hong Kong, Taiwan weaker). Europe +0.2%. Treasuries […]
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August 27, 2025 S&P futures flat Wednesday after U.S. equities gained Tuesday, with the S&P finishing just below its ATH. Leaders included A&D, pharma, semis, travel, credit cards, and apparel, while small caps and retail favorites also outperformed. Asia mixed (China weaker, Japan/South Korea/Australia higher), Europe little changed. Treasuries steady to slightly weaker long end.
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July 9, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.1% after a mixed session Tuesday, where small caps, value, and unprofitable tech outperformed, while money center banks lagged amid early earnings previews. Treasuries are little changed, the dollar index is up 0.1%, gold is down 0.4%, Bitcoin futures are up 0.2%, and WTI crude is up 0.5%.
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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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May 12, 2025 S&P futures surged 2.7% early Monday after last week’s pullback, which followed two strong weeks that recovered early April tariff losses. Equal-weight S&P outperformed the benchmark by 90 bp last week. Asian markets rose overnight, led by Hong Kong (+3%), with South Korea and India also higher. European equities gained nearly 2%.
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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 4, 2025 U.S. equity futures are sharply lower in early trading (S&P futures -2.3%, Nasdaq futures -2.6%), following Thursday’s steep selloff that marked the S&P 500’s worst day since 2020. Risk sentiment remains under pressure globally, as markets digest escalating trade tensions and increased policy uncertainty. China announced a 34% tariff on all U.S.
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Rotation away from Growth continues. We think there’s more upside for commodities related stocks in the near-term which supports continued outperformance in the Value trade. We will be looking closely at performance of defensive sectors and factors vs. those that offer exposure to Growth to try and sus out the next potential pivot for the US equity market. We don’t have high conviction signals to move off a defensive posture in our positioning yet.
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S&P futures are up 0.4% Tuesday morning, following a mostly higher close for US equities on Monday as value and cyclicals outperformed while big tech, semis, airlines, and retail lagged. Treasuries were stable, the dollar fell 0.3%, gold was flat, Bitcoin futures rose 2.7%, and WTI crude dipped 0.7%. Key drivers include reports of a
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S&P futures down 0.8% Monday morning, following last week’s 2% drop in the S&P 500, a 2% decline in the Nasdaq, and a 3.5% loss in the Russell 2000. Asian markets were broadly lower, with Taiwan, South Korea, Australia, and Hong Kong all falling more than 1%. European markets also under pressure, down over 1%.
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