S&P Climbs 12% on Just 42 Contributing Stocks
The S&P 500 ripped nearly 12% higher since 4-1, but UBS analysts say the S&P 500’s “effective constituents” **the number of stocks materially contributing to the index’s gain** fell to a record low of 42 last week.
Forward Air Plunges 45% After Hours, Covenant Default Risk
Forward Air got obliterated in after hours. Down 45% today. Risk of default to bank covenants. https://t.co/wh6l8IW59O
SPX Tests Early Strength Near 7385, Watch Support Levels
$SPX hit 7385 yesterday and then faded a bit, so now we’ll see if early strength holds or fades. The 8-day continues to support this active sequence, but we’re getting extended. Key nearby levels to watch are 7321, then 7273...
DRAM Ranks Third in ETF Flows with $1.1B
$DRAM's latest feat: 3rd in overall ETF flows yesterday with a $1.1b haul, rubbing elbows w/ $VOO and $SPY. Amazing.. ETF rookie equiv of when VJ Edgecombe dropped 30 on the Celtics at TD Garden in Game 2 win. https://t.co/GFejkhnlYP
Average S&P Stock Hits All‑Time High, Up 8%
“The average stock in the S&P is struggling.” Checks notes. The average stock in the S&P 500 just hit a new all-time high and is up another 8% this quarter alone. https://t.co/XdT6CNDY9m
Active US Equity Exposure Hits Highest Since January
Active manager exposure to US equities continues to creep higher, now at its highest since the first week of January.
Broad Market Gains, Oil and Bitcoin ETF Slip
$SPY +0.4% $QQQ +0.6% $SMH +1.3% $EEM +0.7% $IWM +0.3% $TLT +0.3% $USO -1.0% $GLD +0.2% $IBIT -0.5% @finviz_com https://t.co/7LAW5uQ5Ur
Market Rotation Overshadows Iran Tensions, Drives Losses
Thursday May 7, 2026. The records from Wednesday cracked. S&P -0.31%, Dow lost 313 points (failed 50,000 for the second day in a row), Russell 2000 -1.6%. Hormuz back in the news as US Navy destroyers and Iran traded fire...
S&P Hits Record High, Closes Lower Amid Stalled Talks
MARKET RECAP 📉 Today was a rollercoaster, the S&P 500 actually hit a new all-time high in the morning, but closed lower after lack of progress on U.S. and Iran negotiations. The index closed down 0.34% 🔻 What the heck is...
Enhanced Group Launches on NYSE as $ENHA
Tomorrow marks a historic milestone: Enhanced Group - mother company of @enhanced_games - begins trading on the NYSE under the ticker $ENHA 🚀
Approach Key SPX/IWM Levels, Lock in Profits Now
Meltup Into Careful Yesterday I warned: as we near my $SPX 7425 & $IWM 290 - and $VXN is green with $QQQ - it's not time to be complacent. Big client wins in $QCOM $DOCN $IREN etc also mean time to lock...
Nasdaq Hits New Highs, Equal
No new highs in equal weight S&P 500 yet. Just new highs in Nasdaq and Nasdaq/Equal Weight. I guess it still isn't "Main Street's turn yet". https://t.co/z68PySG0zf
Small‑Cap EPS Surges While S&P 500 Stagnates
Yes, S&P 500 EPS growth is narrow, but SmallCap 600 EPS growth looks great in the past year @yardeni https://t.co/rVQcOh3EpU
Healthcare & Discretionary Hit Multi-Year Lows, Rally Risks Rise
I'll discuss what Healthcare moving to 13-year lows vs SPX in Equal-wtd terms and Discretionary hitting 4 year lows relative to SPX means... We'll cover cycles, sentiment, the push into Software as Memory/Optical starts to wane.. and what the...
Trim Profits as AI Rally Hits Market Extension
AI stocks have been on fire, and the market is getting extended here. Systematic strategies are rolling over, and a mechanical unwind is likely coming in the next week or so. The major indices are sitting at the top end of their...
US Market Loses $406 Billion in Half‑Hour Crash
🩸 CRASH: $406,000,000,000 has been wiped out from US stock market in just 30 MINUTES. https://t.co/cZM4aDlzec
Money Shifts From Hardware to Software Ahead of AMD Report
MONEY ROTATES: into IGV from SMH ... see them fall? AMKR, CIEN, AMD, ARM, MRVL, COHR... And what did I write specifically - MAY 3RD?!? "Hardware Rotation Into Software is on my radar after AMD reports Wednesday and before Non-Farm Payrolls Friday." https://t.co/YjOCAGPxRS
Markets Pull Back After Potential Blow‑Off Top
Was yesterday the blow-off top? Global equities now broadly lower $SPY $IWM $EFA $EEM https://t.co/QsyPYHi0hQ
Tier System Helps Capture Strength in SPY
It’s good to use a tier system as they sold some strength. $spy morning update https://t.co/lfq7t66rc9
AMD Gaps Higher on AI Euphoria, $360 Support Key
Impressive gap higher for $AMD post earnings, confirming that AI euphoria is alive and well in May. Will we see a "gap and run" as additional buyers come in? Or a "gap and fail" as investors are thrilled...
Goldman Sachs Says Amazon, Alphabet Inflate S&P Earnings
Goldman Sachs flags Amazon and Alphabet for inflating S&P 500 earnings growth figures $AMZN $GOOGL https://t.co/49fg3hccI3
Five Tech Giants Power Over Half S&P Gains
“.. Just five tech stocks — Alphabet, Nvidia, Amazon, Broadcom and Apple — have accounted for more than half of the S&P’s recent gains ..” @FT https://t.co/0wPUwvM51X https://t.co/KeYJ03s78G
Time to Position for Pullback as Rotation Ends
if you've been riding this rotation up the past few weeks great job. but now is the time to be positioning for a sharp pullback. flotation by rotation is ending. $QQQ $SPY $IWM
Nvidia Climbs as xAI Releases 220k Used GPUs
Nvidia up 2.6% on news that xAI is flooding the market with 220,000 secondhand GPUs. https://t.co/er8D1yd9GR
Post‑Conflict Shift: Dollar and Oil Down, Gold and Stocks Up
Well, the post-conflict playbook seems pretty straightforward: 📉 Weaker US Dollar $USD 📉 Weaker crude oil $USO 📈 Stronger gold $GLD 📈 Stronger stocks $SPX But how orderly of a rotation would this be?... https://t.co/v0gH0FDkW3
Beyond the Numbers: Hidden Factors in S
There are too many discussions about S&P 500 Q1 earnings that ignore what's addressed below the dotted line. Great stuff from @FactSet's John Butters https://t.co/gIIrHBC6nm
NDLS Spikes While Other Restaurant Stocks Slide
Other premarket movers from the restaurant business: $BROS -7% $PZZA -6% $MCD up slightly $NDLS +18%
Rising Markets Spur Push for Higher Capital Gains Taxes
The crowd won't like this but the more the market goes up, the more it encourages policymakers on both sides of the aisle to raise capital gains tax rates.
Datadog's Beat Sparks Surge in Undervalued
"Software is dead" - really? $DDOG beats estimates + raises FY revenue guidance Stock +23% pre-market Infrastructure software + cybersecurity stocks on the bargain table and few understand this https://t.co/9W3aDdLK3Q
Markets Soar to Record Highs, New Yorker Paints Mixed Colors
With the S&P500 and Nasdaq100 hitting new all-time highs again this week, here's the image the New Yorker Magazine is choosing to portray: “Red, White, and Kinda Blue” 👀 https://t.co/Tx3dwdv2g0
Tom Lee Predicts S&P 7700, AI Stocks Still Rising
Tom Lee just said that US AI stocks still have upside and predicts the S&P 500 to reach 7,700 by the end of the year. https://t.co/41lml2i3GX
Trim Large‑Cap Tech as Low Dispersion Signals Reversal Risk
Oil and yields fell; narrow tech leadership (NVDA, MSFT, AAPL) drives S&P outperformance. Low dispersion raises reversal risk. Trading insight: trim large‑cap tech concentration. — Viktor Kopylov, PhD, CFA More insights: t.me/si14Kopylov
Tech Spread Hits 26%, Eclipses Post‑GFC Levels
So no big surprise but the tech spread has widened to 26%, dwarfs anything seen post GFC. $XLK $ES_F https://t.co/LqmLDAb1nv
S&P Earnings Set to Outpace 2000 Bubble as Valuations Drop
Analysts now expect S&P 500 earnings to grow faster than during the 2000 tech bubble. The market's valuation multiple is falling. 🔒 Members-Only https://t.co/QDz5MTvDhR
S&P 500 Races From 6300 to Near 7500 Upper Bound
$SPX 6300 was the 1H26 implied lower bound by the options market to start the year, and got near, now 5 weeks later not far from 7500 which was the start of year implied upper bound...nutty
Arista Beats Earnings but Stock Slides as Growth Slows
.@AristaNetworks stock declines despite another solid #earnings and revenue beat https://t.co/W1AqEaQYEE @SiliconANGLE @Mike_Wheatley “Arista did okay to beat expectations, but the days of 30%+ growth on quarter-over-quarter comparisons are gone…” #Earnngs https://t.co/JShwOq3Wod
AI Surge and Oil Dip Push Markets to New Highs
S&P 500 and Nasdaq printed fresh all-time highs Wednesday and the Dow exited correction territory — all in one session. Two stacked catalysts: AMD's blowout reset the AI-digestion narrative, and a credible US-Iran peace framework collapsed oil -7%. Stance: selectively...
Adjusted Q1 S&P 500 Earnings Growth Near 16%
This is great stuff from Goldman's Ben Snider. If you adjust for Amazon and Alphabet's investment gains, Q1 S&P 500 earnings growth is closer to 16%. https://t.co/1TY62XR8gF
Record S&P High Amid Wave of 52‑Week Lows
Today will be the 2nd consecutive day the S&P 500 $SPY closes at a record high, with more than 4% of its stocks hitting 52-week lows. Anyone wanna guess the only other time in 100 years this has happened? https://t.co/E3MJYlA42k
SOX Rallies 3.65% but Eyes 20% Crash Risk at 12,687
$SOX - The blow off move continues with a 3.65% up day. The level at which it starts being at risk of a 20%+ crash is the 3rd yearly resistance at 12687. https://t.co/Z0DSh4yR9h
Weak Market Breadth; Energy and Defensive Stocks Lagging
Breadth is actually not great... Energy obv slammed, but defensives broadly weak $XLP $XLV $XLU 2-1 advancing on the NYSE https://t.co/sF8aXc5xDo
S&P 500 Nears Overbought RSI 75 Threshold
$SPX knocking on the door of daily RSI(14) reaching the magical value of 75. Probably not the type of magic you'd imagine though.
SOX Index Surges 53% Above 200‑DMA, Echoes
The SOX Semiconductor Index started today 53% above its 200-DMA - the biggest discrepancy since March'00, but... The index FIRST approached that 50% threshold in January ’99. The percentage then shot all the way to +110% by March 2000 before the...
Canadian Banks, Tech, and Emerging Markets Lead
a weekly glance at the short, intermediate and long-term S&P 500 $SPX relative trend of the key North American sectors & indices... #SectorWatch those Canadian banks $ZEB, technology $XLK and emerging $EEM market stocks relatively the best... https://t.co/xwje7eIdx3
High‑valuation Stocks Crumble in Market Corrections
Often, the stocks that you see in the headlines have lofty valuations, making them vulnerable during market corrections. https://t.co/U1r9TiakDy
Cumulative Breadth Surges; Opening T
Although cumulative breadth is extremely strong today, opening TICK +822 was highest and not many over +500, no sellers, but also more of a melt-up
Nasdaq 100 Posts Rare 20‑of‑25 Up Streak
The Nasdaq 100 gapped up another 0.8% on the open with suggestions that the US and Iran are closing in on a deal. Impressively, in the past 25 trading days, NDQ has advanced in 20 of those session. Last time...
Unfilled Gaps at New Highs Signal Strong Trend
$SPY would have to decline to 725.04 and $QQQ to 682.77 to fill this morning’s gaps. How quickly they get filled -- if at all – gives us an idea of how strong the underlying trend is. We already know...
Utilities' Multi-Year Underperformance Signals Bullish Stock Outlook
we've had a multi-year move in underperformance of utilities $XLU vs. S&P 500 $SPX looking at the #betarotation model... that is #bullish for stock prices... https://t.co/Za0eqrI7gu
Google, Not JPM, Powers S&P 500 Moves
Fwiw this JPM equity desk post is nonsense and anyone with half a brain would know that $GOOG is driving SPX here are the big drivers working on the whole 500 thanks @DanielSimonyi https://t.co/8BOjg7tN8n