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Ahead of Wall Street: Archive

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Stay Buoyant on Trade-Deal Hopefulness

Futures are buoying up again, with tariff progress being declared by the White House -- not only with a tentative deal in the UK but also supposed progress with China.

TMNegative Net Change WMTNegative Net Change CSCOPositive Net Change SATSPositive Net Change UIPositive Net Change QBTSPositive Net Change SHCONegative Net Change OKLOPositive Net Change

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Signs of Trade Deal Hope Fuels Markets

Markets rose today on hopeful sentiment regarding trade deals with U.S. partners after an agreement with the UK.

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Jobless Claims, Q1 Productivity Hit Multi-Year Levels

Continuing Jobless Claims stayed above 1.9 million, and Productivity posted its first negative headline, in years.

COPNegative Net Change CROXNegative Net Change SHOPNegative Net Change

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Fed Keeps Rates Unchanged at 4.25-4.50%; Market Closes Higher

While inflation is still running slightly higher than ideal levels and the labor force remains near maximum employment, there was no hard data Powell could point to to substantiate any policy changes at this point.

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Pre-Markets in the Green: Disney Beats, Fed Report Awaits

The Walt Disney Company (DIS) is seeing shares up +8% ahead of the opening bell after beating estimates on both top and bottom lines.

ADPPositive Net Change DISPositive Net Change TRIPPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Tariff Talk Returns to Sink Markets; Plus Q1 Earnings

President Trump's return to tough tariff talk has informed today's market sentiment.

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Pre-Markets Slip Lower on Record Trade Deficit, Q1 Earnings

A new record-low trade deficit may be contributing to the sour mood this morning in pre-market trading.

AMDPositive Net Change MARNegative Net Change NVDANegative Net Change ADMPositive Net Change WYNNPositive Net Change DISPositive Net Change EANegative Net Change DASHPositive Net Change

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Trading Week Starts Out on the Soft Side

Decent ISM Services numbers couldn't turn the tide on Monday's mild selloff.

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Pre-Market Futures in the Red to Start New Trading Week

Following a storng end to last week's trading and the "surprise" announcement of Warren Buffett stepping down, pre-markets are lower the Monday.

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BLS Jobs +177K, Better than Expected; Unemployment +4.2%

Monthly jobs stayed at a healthy level, with wage growth cooling. Pre-market traders love it, sending major indexes up higher this morning.

CVXPositive Net Change XOMPositive Net Change WENNegative Net Change PIPRNegative Net Change SHELPositive Net Change

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Amazon, Apple Lead Big Earnings Afternoon

Both "Mag 7" stocks are trading lower on quarterly earnings, while Reddit and Twilio are jumping higher following theirs.

AMZNPositive Net Change AAPLPositive Net Change MSFTPositive Net Change TWLOPositive Net Change ABNBPositive Net Change RDDTPositive Net Change XYZPositive Net Change

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Jobless Claims Higher; Q1 Earnings from LLY, MCD & More

Last week, 241K Americans filed for unemployment on Initial Jobless Claims, with Continuing Claims touching 1.9 million.

AMZNPositive Net Change AAPLPositive Net Change MAPositive Net Change AMGNNegative Net Change MCDPositive Net Change CVSNegative Net Change WNegative Net Change TWLOPositive Net Change

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Steady PCE, Higher Pending Home Sales, Help Bolster Hump Day Trading

While PCE month over month was flat on both headline and core, Pending Home Sales increased and late earnings reports posted beats.

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First Negative GDP in 3+ Years: -0.3%; Pre-Markets Down

With ADP coming in half of what was expected and Q1 GDP -0.3%, we can understand the downward pressure in the pre-market.

MSFTPositive Net Change ADPPositive Net Change METANegative Net Change

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JOLTS, Confidence, Home Prices and Q1 Earnings Make an Eventful Day

Major indexes gains from 0.5-0.75% in today's trading, on a plethora of data across many realms of the market.

VPositive Net Change SBUXNegative Net Change STXNegative Net Change BKNGNegative Net Change

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Trade Balance in Goods Hits All-Time Record, Plus Q1 Earnings

Pre-market futures are mixed-to-flat once again, this time with the blue-chip Dow leading into positive territory.

MSFTPositive Net Change VPositive Net Change PFENegative Net Change HONNegative Net Change SBUXNegative Net Change STXNegative Net Change GMPositive Net Change PYPLNegative Net Change SNAPPositive Net Change SPOTNegative Net Change METANegative Net Change

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Markets Fight Back to Flattish; Q1 After the Close: FFIV, CDNS & More

Today saw a mid-day dip across major indexes, but rebounded into the green by the end of the session -- all but the tech-heavy Nasdaq.

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Mark Vickery

Big Week Ahead for the Stock Market

Jobs Week, PCE and Q1 earnings reports should dominate market headlines all week.

AMZNPositive Net Change AAPLPositive Net Change MSFTPositive Net Change ADPPositive Net Change NUENegative Net Change DPZPositive Net Change FFIVNegative Net Change NXPIPositive Net Change METANegative Net Change

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Conflicting Claims on U.S./China Trade Sends Pre-Markets in the Red

The closer we get to July 10th without a new trade deal, the more precarious these tariff charges become.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Up Today and for the Week; Q1 from GOOGL, INTC, SKX

Alphabet (GOOGL) and Intel (INTC) beat in Q1, but Skechers (SKX) was mixed and fell in after-hours trading.

AMZNPositive Net Change INTCPositive Net Change MSFTPositive Net Change NVDANegative Net Change SKXPositive Net Change TSLAPositive Net Change GOOGLNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

A Busy Morning: Jobless Claims, Durable Goods & Q1 Earnings

While Jobless Claims and Durable Goods outperformed, we saw mixed results in Q1 earnings this morning.

INTCPositive Net Change BMYNegative Net Change CMCSAPositive Net Change FCXPositive Net Change PGNegative Net Change UNPNegative Net Change PEPNegative Net Change AALPositive Net Change GOOGLNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets in Green 2nd Straight Day; Q1 Reports for CMG, IBM & More

While Chipotle and Whirlpool missed estimates after the close, IBM, ServiceNow, Texas Instruments and Newmont Resources all posted beats.

TXNPositive Net Change IBMNegative Net Change CMGNegative Net Change WHRPositive Net Change NEMPositive Net Change NOWPositive Net Change

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Pre-Markets Back Up on Softening Stance from the White House

Much of the markets' attitude seems tethered to public statements made by President Trump.

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Tesla Q1 Misses on Top & Bottom Lines, Kicks Can on Guidance

Tesla (TSLA) posted its sixth earnings miss in the past seven quarters, coming up -38.6% short.

ISRGNegative Net Change TSLAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Up on Q1 Earnings; Tesla Reports After the Close

We have a nice handful of earnings results out this morning, but the big tuna in today's Q1 periscope is Tesla (TSLA).

LMTNegative Net Change GEPositive Net Change VZNo Net Change MMMPositive Net Change PHMNegative Net Change TSLAPositive Net Change