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The S&P 500 and Nasdaq regain their 50-day lines and Treasury yields fall in a bullish day two Fed reaction. SpaceX, AMD, Moderna are buys.
Anthropic's Dario Amodei, OpenAI's and SpaceX's Elon Musk say they want an AI slowdown. Will they? The Fed looms as well.
Dow Jones futures: Despite Friday's bounce, the stock market had a tough week amid $100 oil prices and surging Treasury yields. Apple, Moderna are buys.
The Morning Bull - US Market Morning Update Wednesday, Sep, 2 2026 US stock futures are pointing lower this morning, with E-mini S&P 500 contracts down about 0.5%. The key pressure is coming from a broad selloff in global stocks as investors react to rising government bond yields, including euro area and UK 10 year benchmarks, where inflation concerns are lifting expected interest rates. At the same time, global manufacturing scorecards such as the euro area PMI at 52.7 and Germany at 54.3...
The Morning Bull - US Market Morning Update Wednesday, Aug, 26 2026 US stock futures are pointing higher this morning, with E-mini S&P 500 contracts up about 0.3% and Nasdaq-100 futures ahead roughly 0.6%. The move comes even as the Chicago Fed National Activity Index slips to -0.08 in July, which signals slightly weaker overall US economic activity and hints that growth is cooling. At the same time, the US 10-year Treasury yield sits near 4.7% as investors weigh a government debt buyback...
Three catalysts, one reshuffling, and a Fed that refuses to move
The Morning Bull - US Market Morning Update Friday, Aug, 21 2026 US stock futures are slightly softer this morning, with E-mini S&P 500 contracts edging down about 0.1%, as investors digest a fresh mix of interest rate and bond market signals. The US Treasury plans to double its buybacks of long term bonds, which has pulled 30 year yields lower and is an attempt to ease the pressure from higher borrowing costs. At the same time, Federal Reserve minutes show some officials were ready to raise...
Michael Reinking, Senior Market Strategist at the NYSE, recaps a week dominated by Treasury Secretary Bessent, whose doubled liquidity support buybacks reignited the debasement trade, sending gold back above 4,500 and triggering a massive crypto short squeeze that propelled Bitcoin up ~15% and Ethereum up 25%. Escalating Iran tensions pushed ICE Brent into the low 90s after a 60-day ceasefire expired, while equity markets drifted lower with the S&P 500 down ~1.5% as retail earnings disappointed broadly and healthcare surged nearly 4% on landmark cancer trial results from Merck and Moderna. Looking ahead, next week's PCE print, Nvidia earnings, and Fed Chair Warsh's first Jackson Hole speech are the marquee events to watch.
Promising news from a major drug company, reports of some dovish Fed committee members, and a government bond buyback announcement combined forces to boost markets on Wednesday. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite also closed up 0.2%. The Treasury Department’s announcement this morning also helped calm the bond market—though for how long remains to be seen after the U.S. debt crossed a $40 trillion threshold on Wednesday.
<body><p>VIDEO SHOWS: n/a</p><p>STORY: Wall Street's main indexes closed modestly higher on Wednesday, with the Dow, S&P 500 and the Nasdaq all adding less than a quarter of a percent.</p><p>Risk appetite got a boost from easing government bond yields. The yield on the 30-year Treasury bond fell a day after hitting its highest level since 2007. The 10-year Treasury yield also fell. The moves came after the U.S. Treasury announced it would double the size of liquidity support buyback operations for longer-dated bonds.</p><p>Adam Coons is chief investment officer at Winthrop Capital Management.</p><p>"Stocks are, you know, marginally up today. And that's really just driven by the digestion of this yield curve control. You're seeing interest rates come down, in particular long end (long-term rates) quite a bit. And so you're probably going to see markets try to use their crystal ball to determine what's coming next. And so I would expect volatility. Today seems like a day of rest to some degree. But I would say that volatility and increased volatility heading into, you know, changes in Fed policy should be the new expectation."</p><p>Investors, however, barely reacted to minutes from the Federal Reserve's July meeting, which showed deepening concern about inflation with "several" policymakers ready to raise interest rates. "Many" said a rate hike would be needed if inflation does not lower to the central bank's 2% target.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Stocks on the move Wednesday included Moderna which surged almost 177% after the company said its personalized mRNA cancer therapy developed with Merck cut the risk of melanoma recurrence and spread in a late-stage trial. Merck shares also jumped about 12.5% and it was the biggest gainer in the Dow.</p><p>::Marvell Technology</p><p>Shares of Marvell Technology climbed nearly 10% after the company said it will help develop Google's in-demand custom chips and has offered the search giant the right to buy a potential $12.2 billion stake.</p><p>And shares of Target rose more than 4% after the retailer raised its annual sales forecast. Lowe's shares gained even after it trimmed its annual sales growth forecast and Estée Lauder shares jumped more than 16% after the cosmetics maker forecast annual profit above Wall Street estimates.</p></body>
The Morning Bull - US Market Morning Update Monday, Jul, 13 2026 US stock futures are pointing higher this morning, with E-mini S&P 500 contracts up about 0.4%, as investors digest a mix of cooling inflation and uneven growth signals abroad. Softer price data in countries like France, where inflation sits at 1.8%, suggests global cost of living pressures are easing, which can take some pressure off central banks to keep lifting interest rates. At the same time, weaker industrial output in...
On July 8, 2026, Moderna, Inc. appointed veteran financial executive Michael McDonnell, former Biogen CFO, to its Board of Directors and Audit Committee, while a federal advisory panel previously backed approval of the company’s first-of-its-kind mRNA influenza vaccine. Together with new programs in autoimmune disease, ovarian cancer and an AI-enabled research platform, these developments highlight Moderna’s push to broaden its mRNA franchise beyond COVID-19 and seasonal respiratory...
The Morning Bull - US Market Morning Update Monday, Jul, 6 2026 US stock futures are pointing higher this morning, with E-mini S&P 500 futures up about 0.4% and E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures up around 1.2%, as investors weigh cooling market anxiety against a packed data week. Volatility gauges like VIX futures are down roughly 2%, which means investors are currently pricing in a calmer trading day. At the same time, the ISM Services PMI, existing home sales, and the Federal Reserve meeting...
The Morning Bull - US Market Morning Update Friday, Jul, 3 2026 US stock futures are slightly weaker this morning, with S&P 500 contracts edging down around 0.01%, as investors weigh softer US data against rising borrowing costs. The US private sector added 98,000 jobs in June, fewer than in May and below forecasts, which hints that hiring is cooling but unemployment near 4.3% still points to plenty of people in work. At the same time, the ISM Manufacturing PMI sits at 53.3, so factories are...
The Morning Bull - US Market Morning Update Monday, Jun, 29 2026 US stock futures are pointing lower this morning, with E-mini S&P 500 contracts down about 0.3% and Nasdaq-100 futures weaker by roughly 1.2%, as investors weigh solid US spending against stubborn inflation. Core PCE inflation sits at 3.4% year over year, which means the cost of living is still rising faster than the Federal Reserve would like, while real personal spending grew 0.3% and incomes rose 0.7% in May. This suggests...
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