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2024-07-16 02:55:00 ET Summary The performance of the S&P 500 Equal Weight index (SPXEW) as of Thursday was up 1.17% on the day. Look at the S&P 500, which is weighted by market cap, down 0.88% as of the close on Thursday. What we saw on Thursday in both the NASDAQ 100...

2024-07-13 05:45:00 ET Summary Over the past quarter century, technology stocks have become a source of economic strength, and the Nasdaq-100 index is now one of the main gauges global investors and traders watch. Launched in 1999, E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures at CME Group have becom...

2024-07-13 00:30:00 ET Summary US inflation data caused a significant selloff in US mega-cap tech stocks and a shift towards riskier areas of the market. The ECB interest rate decision is expected to bring no change, but the bank lending survey may shed light on the impact of high...

2024-07-09 09:30:00 ET Summary It has been surprising to look back since the start of 2024. Most Wall Street pros were conservative and projected we might see a 10-15% total return for all of 2024. Retail investors have been putting their investable assets into the market, with re...

2024-07-08 06:30:00 ET Summary The big banks start reporting next Friday, July 12th, ’24. The June CPI and PPI data are also due this week. The forward 4-quarter estimate jumped $9 this week as the old quarter (Q2 ’24-Q1 ’25) fell off and new quarter was added...

2024-07-06 03:38:00 ET Summary We received a few more data points this week, validating the increasingly consensus view that the economy is slowing. Attention now shifts to the corporate sector, with the second quarter earnings season getting underway next week. It would be ni...

2024-07-04 02:35:00 ET Summary Understanding country, industry and stock concentrations in global equities today is important to monitor risk, interpret what is driving markets and form expectations of market opportunities. US stocks account for over three-quarters of the top 250 ...

2024-07-03 09:41:00 ET Summary Global stocks posted healthy gains in the first half of 2024, although second quarter performance moderated from the previous quarter’s breakneck pace. In a trend that has become familiar to equity investors, large-cap market breadth was again...

2024-07-03 08:00:00 ET Summary The economy underneath has been very strong, and that’s really what’s enabled the Fed to actually push out those interest rate cuts. The best performing sector has been technology with all of the AI powering the technology gains. Th...

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