A.M. Update
S&P futures are up +0.35%. Cisco Systems (CSCO) is down -6.5% after the company gave a weaker-than-expected forecast for profitability...
Payrolls Sweet and Sour
Payrolls increased far more than expected,: January nonfarm payrolls increased by 138,000 (consensus: 65,000). December nonfarm payrolls were revised down...
A.M. Update
Index futures are flat after a jittery overnight session. USD/JPY (-0.3%) continues to trend lower. Retail Sales missed: Total retail...
A.M. Update
S&P futures are down -0.2% and Nasdaq down -0.3%, somewhat correlated to USD/JPY’s -0.45% slide after PM Takaichi’s landslide election...
A.M. Update
Risk sentiment improved overnight with small Caps Russell 2000 futures +1.3% and Bitcoin +7% after hitting $60k, leading S&P futures...
A.M. Update
S&P futures are down -0.6%. Mag-7 stocks are all lower. Alphabet (GOOG -4.4%) is under pressure after beating earnings estimates,...
A.M. Update
Index futures are mixed (S&P +0.1%, Nasdaq -0.35%, Dow +0.2%, RUT +0.4%). The Tech sector continues its rout, with AMD...
A.M. Update
S&P futures are up +0.2%, led by Tech after Palantir’s (+11%) earnings. The market will not receive today’s scheduled economic...
A.M. Update
S&P futures are down -0.35% and Nasdaq-100 -0.55%, both well off the lows. Stocks wrapped up last week on a...
A.M. Update
S&P futures are down -0.4% with Russell 1000 futures leading losses, down -1%. Apple (AAPL -0.1%) posted solid earnings report...
A.M. Update
Index futures are higher with Russell 2000 (+0.35%) overtaking Nasdaq-100 (+0.15%) as the Tech sector sits in the red in...
A.M. Update
S&P futures are up +0.15%, while Nasdaq-100 futures are up +0.7%. Chipmakers are higher this morning on earnings and news....
Urgent Family Matter. Brief Hiatus Today, Thank You All
Just received the call—heading to the hospital now. I’ll be mostly unavailable today but will try to check in when...
A.M. Update
Index futures are set for a mixed, flat start. Nearly 100 S&P 500 names are set to report this week,...
A.M. Update
S&P futures are down -0.25%, sliding lower overnight after the Yen dropped sharply in seconds on a “a hawkish hold” from...
A.M. Update
S&P500 futures are up 0.65%, adding to yesterday’s rollercoaster, relief rebound as President Trump announced there is a “framework of...
A.M. Update
Equity futures (-0.1% to -0.3%) gave up overnight gains and trade moderately lower this morning with President Trump’s speech at...
A.M. Update
S&P futures are down -1.5%, Nasdaq-100 -1.8% and Russell 2000 -1.8% as markets fixate on President Trump’s escalating Greenland demands...
A.M. Update
S&P futures are up +0.15%, receiving a boost from the mega-cap cohort. The market is receiving a batch of earnings...
A.M. Update
S&P Futures are up 0.4%, led by a bounce in Tech with chipmakers advancing in the premarket after Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM +5.4%)...
