Daily coverage · James Nakamura
Earnings, sector rotation and what the index is really pricing.
Monday closed as a record on the surface and a two-market tape underneath: the Nasdaq Composite hit an all-time high at 27,477.31 while the 10-year yield settled at a 52-week high near 5.315%. Mega-cap AI carried the tape and breadth stayed thin. Wednesday's FOMC minutes start the arbitration.
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Price pressures are building again. September's ISM prices-paid index hit 74.0, the highest since July 2022, even as the services PMI cooled. Copper, diesel, steel, petroleum and memory all fed input costs, and the inflation argument is back in the equity tape even as the market pulls the October Fed hike off the table.
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Schneider Electric’s $22.6 billion all-cash acquisition of PTC sets a record for the buyer and reprices the industrial software sector.
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Tech's AI bid carried the Nasdaq to a record 27,190 even as only about 41% of S&P members held their 200-day average and the 10-year yield closed at 5.281%. The divergence shows why a record index can mask thin breadth and a high cost of capital.
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The Nasdaq closed at a record 27,190.86 Friday on a chip surge, while WDC and Seagate fell 10% on a Toshiba report and Nike slid on guidance.
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Only technology and communication services have net gains over five weeks as the S&P 500 hugs its highs. Friday's payrolls and a 5.25% 10-year are the next test.
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The S&P 500 holds about 2% below its all-time high while NYSE new 52-week lows outnumber highs 575 to 70 and tech alone carries the tape. Friday's payrolls test whether a narrow rally can hold.
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75% of S&P 500 constituents fell in September and only about 49% trade above their 200-day average, as the index closed Q3 at 7,651.54, 2% from records, with Friday payrolls ahead.
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75% of S&P 500 stocks fell in September while the index closed 2% from its record. The rates math narrowing leadership to megacap AI, and Friday's payrolls.
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Quarter-end rebalancing is the week's largest equity seller. A record 41% top-10 weight and a 61% buyback blackout are capping the tape.
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The S&P 500 closed Tuesday at 7,670 with a defensive rotation: utilities led 1.17% while energy fell 0.90% into quarter-end. PCE and payrolls loom.
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NYSE breadth finished Monday at 678 advancers vs 2,054 decliners and VIX rose to 16.07. What the 3-to-1 internals deterioration signals before PCE and payrolls.
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