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Wall Street is flashing caution signals after a historic selloff in high-momentum technology names. BTIG's Jonathan Krinsky is warning investors not to chase any near-term bounce, arguing that a reflexive rebound in those highflying names could simply set up the next leg lower, a classic bull trap in a damaged tape.
Beneath that headline volatility, a structural story is quietly building. Nearly half of all small-cap and mid-cap stocks are currently unprofitable, a striking concentration of losses that underscores how this market has narrowed into a winner-take-all contest, with capital clustering around a shrinking pool of dominant names.
On the earnings front, there is genuine good news out of Japan. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group posted first-quarter net income of one hundred forty-two point two billion yen, a surge of fifty-six point six percent year over year. That kind of result reflects both improving domestic demand and stronger asset management flows, and it signals that institutional financial health outside the United States remains on solid footing heading into the second half.
That's the tape. Markets Desk, signing off the floor.
