Entries by Nidhi Maniar

Sector Value and Performance

Sector valuations and performance since the breakdown, stock futures are trading higher again this morning thanks to ongoing improvement in US-China trade war sentiment, economic data overnight was mixed, looking into today’s Wall Street session, focus will be on U.S. inflation data early with CPI due out ahead of the bell (E: 0.0%), and more.

Is Flat the New Inverted?

Is flat the new inverted? futures are trading slightly lower this morning, after the close yesterday, the WSJ ran an interview with Trump where he said he was ready to move forward with increasing tariff rates, with Powell’s speech later this week still a major focus of the market, the Fed chatter will be watched closely while the market will remain very sensitive to any further rhetoric on the trade front (the other big event being the G20) after Trump’s comments yesterday afternoon. and more.