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U.S. Equity Markets ultimately sold off on Wednesday amid a large volume spike in the New York afternoon with the S&P 500 and the Russell 2000 catching up to the earlier big tech/NDX underperformance. The downside came in the absence of a fresh catalyst, with...
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The Santa Rally continued on Tuesday but this time the Russell 2000 and equal-weighted S&P led the NDX and S&P 500, with the lower yield environment helping after the Bank of Japan stood pat. Treasuries (10yr yield -3bps at 3.93%) tracked JGBs firmer after...
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U.S. Equities were firmer Monday with the NDX leading the S&P 500 higher gradually through the session. There was a lack of obvious catalysts, but perhaps legacy equity bear Mike Wilson (at Morgan Stanley) turning bullish on the market had an outsized effect in a...
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U.S. Equity Markets closed mixed on Friday following a volatile trading session on the last Quadruple Expiration for the year. The Dow again led the gains hitting a fresh all-time high during the session. Fed Member Goolsbee did not rule out a rate cut in March and...
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U.S. Equity Markets, Bonds, and Gold all surged while the Dollar slumped in response to the ubiquitously dovish FOMC. The gains were led by the small-cap Russell 2000, with regional banks flying, while the equal-weighted S&P beat the market cap-weighted index...
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U.S. Equity Markets closed higher on Tuesday after the initial downside seen amid the release of the November US CPI figures unwound through the session. The Core CPI figures rose as expected — 0.3% M/M and 4.0% Y/Y — with upside coming from used vehicles...
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