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Ahead of Wall Street: Archive

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Holding Breath Ahead of Biggest Week of 2024

Between the General Election Tuesday and a new Fed interest rate Thursday, pre-markets are understandably mute.

MARNegative Net Change FRPTPositive Net Change YUMCNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Jobs Shrink to 12K on Hurricanes, Strikes; Pre-Markets Up

12K new jobs were filled in October, with downward revisions to the previous two months. The Unemployment Rate remained unchanged at 4.1%.

CVXPositive Net Change XOMPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Slide into Red on Halloween; Plus AAPL, AMZN, INTC Report

Market uncertainty has crept back into market sentiment, and those recent all-time-high closes may for now be a thing of the past.

AMZNNegative Net Change INTCPositive Net Change AAPLNegative Net Change MSFTPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Un-spooky Halloween: PCE, Jobless Claims Tame

It's hard to wish for a more in-line PCE report, especially considering it's the preferred print on inflation for the Fed.

AMZNNegative Net Change INTCPositive Net Change AAPLNegative Net Change BMYPositive Net Change IPNegative Net Change SIRIPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Give Back Gains as Hovering Continues

As we've stated in this space previously, the big news the market is waiting for is not here yet.

AMZNNegative Net Change INTCPositive Net Change AAPLNegative Net Change MSFTPositive Net Change MAPositive Net Change BMYPositive Net Change COPPositive Net Change SBUXPositive Net Change UBERNegative Net Change METANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Goldilocks ADP Jobs Numbers, Q3 GDP and Earnings

ADP private-sector payrolls for October came in at +253K, far ahead of the 113K expected.

ADPPositive Net Change LLYPositive Net Change XPONegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Alphabet, Visa, Reddit Up on Strong Earnings Numbers

Meanwhile, Chipotle and AMD beat on earnings but are sliding in late trading on weaker guidance.

AMDNegative Net Change VPositive Net Change CMGNegative Net Change GOOGLNegative Net Change RDDTNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Lower as Investors Seek Equilibrium

After the close this afternoon, we'll see earnings results from Alphabet (GOOGL), AMD (AMD), Chipotle (CMG) and Visa (V), to name but a few.

PFEPositive Net Change JBLUNegative Net Change CROXNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Reporting Companies Up Big in Late Trading

VF Corp., Cadence and F5 are all up nicely in today's after-market, following earnings beats across the board.

FPositive Net Change VFCPositive Net Change FFIVPositive Net Change CDNSNegative Net Change GOOGLNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Jobs Figures, Q3 Earnings Heat Up a Week Before Election

We're a week and a day ahead of the General Election, which is what most investors are waiting on in order to get a clearer sense of direction in the markets.

AMZNNegative Net Change FPositive Net Change AAPLNegative Net Change AMDNegative Net Change MSFTPositive Net Change ADPPositive Net Change PFEPositive Net Change JBLUNegative Net Change RCLNegative Net Change MCDPositive Net Change VFCPositive Net Change GOOGLNegative Net Change ONNegative Net Change METANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Holding Pattern Continues; CNC, BAH Post Big Beats

We don't expect much directional impetus in the stock market until after the presidential election is decided.

BAHPositive Net Change CNCPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Mixed Again; DECK, SKX Beat After the Bell

The Dow was -0.33% lower on the day, while all other major indexes were higher.

SNYPositive Net Change IBMPositive Net Change SKXNegative Net Change DECKNegative Net Change CLPositive Net Change ANPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims, Q3 Earnings Mixed: AAL, LUV, UPS and More

Longer-term jobless claims are on the rise after a year-long plateau, while American, Southwest, UPS and Hasbro report Q3 earnings.

NOCPositive Net Change LUVPositive Net Change HASPositive Net Change UPSPositive Net Change VRSNPositive Net Change SKXNegative Net Change DECKNegative Net Change AALNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Up from Session Lows, Still Close in Red

After the close, Tesla (TSLA), ServiceNow (NOW) and IBM (IBM) beat on earnings, while Las Vegas Sands (LVS) missed.

IBMPositive Net Change LVSNegative Net Change TSLANegative Net Change NOWPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Trade Down on Q3 Earnings from Boeing, Coke and More

This morning brings us a good amount of meaningful Q3 results: BA, KO, BSX and NEE.

BAPositive Net Change NEEPositive Net Change BSXPositive Net Change IBMPositive Net Change KOPositive Net Change TSLANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Tread Water Ahead of Tesla Q3 Earnings Wednesday

Tesla (TSLA) expects -12% earnings growth year over year, but +9.5% on revenues.

TXNPositive Net Change SBUXPositive Net Change MCDPositive Net Change TSLANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Stock Markets Taper on High Valuations, Upcoming Election

In two weeks we potentially could see a number of prominent news items which could change the trajectory of stock market enthusiasm.

GEPositive Net Change VZPositive Net Change DHRPositive Net Change PHMPositive Net Change GMNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Investors Book Some Profits to Start a New Trading Week

Tech stocks led the way Monday, as the Nasdaq finished in the green while the others slipped into the red.

LMTPositive Net Change GEPositive Net Change IBMPositive Net Change VZPositive Net Change NVDANegative Net Change SAPPositive Net Change GMNegative Net Change NOWPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Key Earnings Reports Expected This Week: TSLA, BA, GE

What's ahead of us is the busiest week of Q3 earnings season so far. A total of 761 companies are listed in our Zacks Earnings Calendar.

BAPositive Net Change LMTPositive Net Change GEPositive Net Change UPSPositive Net Change GMNegative Net Change TSLANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

A Mixed Bag on Mixed Stock Market Data (revised)

Also, will the Fed be forced to stop cutting interest rates this year?

PGPositive Net Change AXPNegative Net Change QQQNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

A Mixed Bag on Mixed Stock Market Data

Also, will the Fed be forced to stop cutting interest rates this year?

PGPositive Net Change AXPNegative Net Change QQQNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Netflix, Intuitive Beat Q3 Earnings Easily

Earnings of $5.40 per share for NFLX surged past the $5.09 in the Zacks consensus, demonstrating +45% growth year over year.

NFLXPositive Net Change ISRGNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Retail Sales, Philly Fed, TSM All Stronger than Expected

The only people disappointed this morning will be people who are looking for an economic downturn in the U.S.

TRVPositive Net Change TSMNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Small-Cap Russell Dominates Stock Market Hump Day

Many stocks in the Russell 2000 are small community banks, and we've seen big banks perform very well overall so far in Q3 earnings season.

CSXPositive Net Change NFLXPositive Net Change ISRGNegative Net Change TRVPositive Net Change TSMNegative Net Change VSCOPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Imports/Exports Lower; Morgan Stanley, Abbott Beat in Q3

Both Imports and Exports were deeper into the negative than expected. Meanwhile, MS, ABT and USB all beat of Q3 earnings.

MSPositive Net Change ABTPositive Net Change CSXPositive Net Change USBPositive Net Change LVSNegative Net Change