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US equities were modestly higher this week, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both up for a second-straight week. Semis, memory, and AI infrastructure names sold off sharply at the beginning of the week, but a late week rebound was tabbed to factors including oversold conditions and a largely exhausted unwind. The July FOMC meeting ended with no rate change, as expected, though featured three dissents in favor of a 25 bp hike.
US equities were higher in Thursday trading. The momentum trade bounce was the big story. It played into recent talks around the unwind trade being largely exhausted. The biggest focus was on the hedge fund Situational Awareness, which suffered heavy losses from AI trade selloff, and is now said to have exited all of its public positions.
Stocks were lower in very choppy post-FOMC trading, with a lot of Fed-related moving pieces. Chair Warsh's press conference offered very few takeaways, though both stock and bond market volatility may reflect some uncertainty around the Fed's reaction function and lack of forward guidance.
US equities were mostly higher in Tuesday trading, not far from best levels. Breadth solidly positive, equal-weight S&P led the cap-weighted index by ~90 bp. Momentum selloff continues to reflect fears around AI capex/ROI, open-weight/China competition, circularity.
US equities were mostly higher in Monday trading. Today’s risk sentiment was bolstered by a pause in kinetic hostilities in the Middle East. In macro news, June headline durable goods missed, though core capital goods orders and shipments both beat.
Major U.S. equity indices declined this week, extending last week's pullback. Markets spent the week balancing strong AI enthusiasm against rising geopolitical and macro headwinds. Mag 7 earnings got off to a rough start despite solid results, highlighting investors' sensitivity to AI spending and margin pressure.
US equities finished down in Thursday trading, ending a bit above session lows. Big tech was broadly lower with GOOGL and TSLA the notable Mag 7 decliners on their reports. Capex a notable overhang on the former though remains a positive for the AI infrastructure narrative.
US equities finished mostly lower in Wednesday trading, though S&P gainers/decliners were fairly evenly split. Overall, momentum extended Tuesday's bounce.
US equities finished higher in Tuesday trading, ending not far from best levels. Momentum bounce was the big story today, though with no particular catalyst at play.
US equities finished lower in Monday trading, ending near worst levels. It was a fairly quiet session, but the narrative was still dominated by familiar themes. With few macro catalysts on the calendar this week, attention is pulled ahead to earnings: 86 S&P companies reporting this week.
US equities were lower this week as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq broke back-to-back weekly gains, while the small cap R2K was down for a third-straight week. Iran tensions ramped up again this week with the latest hostilities between the US and Tehran.
US equities finished lower in Thursday trading, near session lows. Thursday saw another rotation out of momentum and into select cyclicals and more defensive pockets of the market. In macro news, headline June retail sales are up 0.2% month over month, in line with consensus but below May's upwardly revised 1.0%.
US equities were higher in Wednesday trading. Breadth was positive, though the equal-weight (RSP) trailed the cap-weighted index by over 50 bp. Momentum was under pressure again as SOX reversed its Tuesday's gains, with no help from positive ASML results.
US equities were mostly higher in Tuesday trading. The rate rally on a cooler June CPI was a positive for risk sentiment, offering some pushback against the recent hawkish lean in Fed narrative. The momentum bounce was another tailwind following the latest unwind pressure that continued to be largely chalked up to technical dynamics.
US equities were lower in Monday trading as stocks ended a bit off their worst levels. Another big momentum selloff was the focus of the day, following a weak Asia session overnight. Similar to the momentum unwind that preceded last week's stabilization, there was no notable fundamental catalyst for the move
Major US indices were mixed this week, with the S&P and Nasdaq both rising for the fourth time in the past five weeks. The week saw some stabilization in the momentum trade. June ISM Services was in line with consensus.
US equities were higher in Thursday trading, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq now on pace for weekly gains. Momentum was again the big driver in a continuation of Wednesday's rebound. The broadening-trade was back in evidence after yesterday's narrowly focused gains, with the RSP not far below another fresh record close.
US equities were mostly lower in Wednesday trading, though near the session highs. Geopolitics drove some of the broad risk-off today; oil and Treasury yields were up while S&P decliners outnumbered gainers by three to one. June FOMC minutes were largely uneventful.
US equities were lower in Tuesday trading, though off their worst levels. The momentum trade names led the market to the downside, with notable weakness in memory, semis, and AI energy infrastructure. Today's action extended the recent momentum selloff which has been attributed to factors including the growing fears around the return on investment for AI capex, Chinese and open source model competition, and frontier model commoditization.
US equities finished higher in Monday trading, ending a bit off best levels. Momentum rebound was the big story today with no specific catalyst, but some analyst focus on the extent of recent drawdown in the space industry. In macro news, June ISM Services fell in line with consensus, though down month over month.
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