Geopolitical tension in the Middle East has pushed energy futures higher, lending support to "US stocks futures" tied to oil majors. Analysts forecast short-term outperformance in the energy sector if Brent crude breaches $ EPR has an attractive 6.1% dividend yield and is a rare stock that pays monthly. It currently trades for about 11.2 times its 2025 funds from operations (FFO) guidance, and as rates fall and EPR is better positioned to take advantage of opportunities, this could end up being an extremely cheap entry point. (Note: FFO can be considered as the real estate equivalent of earnings.) Driving the stocks higher was Rigetti's announcement that it sold two 9-qubit Novera quantum computing systems for $5.7 million on Tuesday. One system was bought by an Asian technology manufacturing company, Rigetti said, while the other was purchased by a California-based applied physics and artificial intelligence startup. The overnight rally in Asian equities is spilling over into "US stocks futures", lifting Nasdaq 100 contracts by nearly 0.6%. This follows China’s stimulus pledges, which are bolstering global risk sentiment and commodity-linked stocks.