US Market Pulse

• Dow vs. Tech split: Dow fell 1.2% (~625 points) as S&P 500 slipped 0.6% and Nasdaq eased just 0.3%, with money rotating away from old-economy...

The Conference Board Employment Trends Index rose to 108.53 in August from 107.76, marking a second straight gain and a 2% year-over-year increase....

• S&P 500 holds near highs above its 50-day MA with sideways consolidation after August peak
• Market breadth has weakened sharply, with just 43% of...

This week's consumer and producer price releases will be decisive for the Fed's next rate vote, as one strategist notes the calculus could turn on fractions of a percentage point. Markets tilt toward a hike but without high certainty.

UBS now expects the Fed to hike rates 25bp each in September and December after a stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs report.

• Index inclusion creates forced demand as funds buy new constituents like Bloom Energy to track the benchmark.
• Rebalancing triggers heavier volume...

The S&P 500 is rising while valuations compress because earnings expectations are surging faster than prices. Since June 30, forward EPS estimates...

Friday’s S&P 500 dip of 0.4% reflected higher-rate pressures that discount future growth-stock earnings most sharply. Markets now reopen facing a...

Bloom Energy (BE), Illumina (ILMN) and Everpure (P) rose in after-hours trading on their announced S&P 500 inclusion, effective before the Sept. 21...

Solid August nonfarm payrolls surprised to the upside, reinforcing bets that the Fed will stay hawkish longer. This pushed all three major indices...

Fed Governor Christopher Waller's disinflation remarks scaled back September rate-hike odds to a coin toss from 63%, sending Treasury yields lower and...

S&P 500 closed at 7,667 with all major indices finishing higher, yet this calm may hide positioning threats.

• Dispersion fade: Correlations set to...

Traders evaluating E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures as an ETF alternative must weigh margins, roll costs, and all-in expenses when replicating equity indices.

• Key support held exactly at the marked red line, with longs accumulated into the dip.
• Upside target set at 29715 if follow-through continues after...

• Blended Q2 earnings growth reached 37.9%, the fastest since 2021, yet drops sharply to 25.9% when Alphabet is excluded.
• Alphabet reported $112.1B...

• Geopolitical flare-up in Hormuz pushed WTI crude up 3.2% to $85.8 and Brent to $91, sparking reflation worries
• 10-year Treasury yield surged to...

A 50% drop would stress you out of stocks? Then skip equities, per Buffett. History shows repeated big drawdowns: -49% in 2000, -57% in 2008, -34% in...

August performance showed clear divergence across major US indices.

• QQQ led with +4.8% gains, driven by AI enthusiasm and $12.35B in inflows to...

The 7770 0DTE resistance held as expected, with broad stability across SPX and QQQ and no alarm bells. Month-end markups plus incoming 401(k) flows could still spark a squeeze next week, even with very light swing-call exposure.

Nvidia's blockbuster forecast renewed investor confidence in the AI trade, driving the Nasdaq Composite up 0.87% to 26,356.977 at the open, with the S&P 500 gaining 0.45% and the Dow rising 0.28%.