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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Down as Tensions Rise Ahead of Weekend

Futures have fallen deep into the red this morning, threatening to kick off 2026 with two consecutive down months of trading.

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Mark Vickery

Weekly Jobless Claims Remain Tame, More Q4 Earnings Beats

Initial Claims reached 212K for last week, below the 215K expected but generally within range.

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Mark Vickery

Solid Reports This Morning for Jobless Claims & Earnings

New Jobless Claims were down to 206K while Walmart, Deere and Etsy beat on earnings.

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Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims Nudge Higher, Q4 Earnings Surprises from CROX, TRIP

We appear to be back to early December levels on Weekly Jobless Claims.

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Mark Vickery

Best Jobs Report in Months Sends Pre-Markets Higher

At +130K new jobs filled in January, it's double what analysts had been expecting.

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Mark Vickery

Big Week for Economic News, Q4 Earnings Reports

Earnings season has already seen many of its marquee names report so far, but the sheer number of companies reporting increases this week.

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Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims Pop Up a Bit, Major Morning for Earnings

Jobless Claims notched their highest weekly print since early December, while BMY, RL, COP & more report earnings.

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Mark Vickery

ADP Jobs Lower, Q4 Earnings Reports Up

Fresh Q4 earnings reports and private-sector jobs numbers are giving something of a jolt to market indexes.

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Mark Vickery

Q4 Earnings, JOLTS & a Changing of the Disney Guard

Disney CEO Bob Iger will step down next month -- not the end of the year, as earlier surmised.

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Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims, Productivity & Earnings: What More Do You Want?

Claims are down, Productivity stayed high, the Trade Deficit slid and Q4 earnings beats came from MA, CAT and VLO.

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