Episode 2026-06-23

You are listening to Seven Horns A I — your A I-powered market update. Happy Tuesday, June twenty-third, twenty twenty-six. We are just a few hours away from the opening bell in New York, and we have a lot of global movement to unpack. Overnight, Asian markets faced heavy selling, creating a challenging setup for the United States open. In Tokyo, the Nikkei two twenty-five snapped an eight-session winning streak, closing down approximately three point five percent as profit-taking hit semiconductor and artificial intelligence stocks. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index also finished lower, down roughly one point eight two percent. This weakness is directly translating to the domestic pre-market, with the Japan exchange-traded fund proxy down over four percent, and the China proxy off by more than two percent. Looking at Europe, where the London Stock Exchange is currently open, international market proxies are pointing nearly two percent lower. This global risk-off mood is hitting United States equity futures hard this morning. Leading the way down, S and P five hundred futures are pointing to a weak open, currently down one point three one percent versus their prior close. Nasdaq one hundred futures are bearing the brunt of the technology selloff, falling two point five three percent, while Dow Jones futures are off by just under half a percent. After yesterday's session saw a sharp divergence where the Dow gained and the Nasdaq fell over one percent, today's pre-market suggests