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Ahead of Wall Street: Archive

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Stay Flat a Week Ahead of Tariffs

While most metrics depict a healthy economy overall, it's impossible to truly prepare for what is to come.

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Markets Flat-to-Higher; Bears Look Exhausted

Markets were higher today for three of the four major indexes, marking three-straight up-days for both the S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq.

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Pre-Markets Swing Back into Green

We saw tariff fears tamped down significantly yesterday when President Trump suggested he would narrow their scope.

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Big Bounce in Markets on Tamed-Down Tariff Proposals

Market indexes, down at or near correction territory, sprang back between 1.4% (Dow) and +2.6% (Russell 2000).

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Pre-Markets Up on "Narrower" April 2nd Tariffs

A lighter touch on tariff policy this morning is helping pre-market futures fill in some holes.

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Pre-Markets Sinking on Dimming Outlook

We got all the data we could want this week, but are still in the dark as much as were Monday morning.

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Welcome to Earnings Island: NKE, FDX, MU

While Nike and Micron easily beat Estimates, FedEx was mixed for the quarter.

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Pre-Markets Lower; Economic News Decent

Jobless Claims, Philly Fed, Darden's outlook are green shoots on a gloomy morning.

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Markets Rise After Fed Report; Earnings Due Thursday

The Fed is not forecasting a higher possibility of a recession based on proposed tariffs.

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A Brief History of Fed Funds Moves in the 21st Century

Today's FOMC statement will include a new dot-plot to map out where the Fed sees future moves, and Fed Chair Jerome Powell will give his customary press conference.

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Markets Drop Ahead of Fed Meeting; Huang Speech Can't Save NVIDIA

The Nasdaq dropped -304 points, -1.71% on the session, with NVIDIA (NVDA) down -3.4%.

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Housing Starts, Imports/Exports Better than Expected

Aside from better-than-expected economic data, Alphabet just made its largest acquisition to date.

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Markets Close in the Green After Rollercoaster Ride

All major indexes finished off intra-day highs, but have now swung into the green over the past five trading days.

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Pre-Markets Turn Green for St Patrick's Day

The S&P 500 has swung from -5 points to +8, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq emerging from flat to +64 points at this hour.

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Pre-Market Futures in the Green... for Now

Session after session we've seen market indexes erode during normal trading hours.

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Markets Stay Bleak on More Tariff Warnings

Radical shifts are coming to trade and immigration, but market participants are not yet seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

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PPI Wholesale & Jobless Claims Both Lower

Market participants are already discounting this morning's good news because they can see the inflationary road ahead.

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CPI +0.2%, Inflation Rate +2.8%: Lower than Expected

How much of this morning's buying appetite is due to sunken valuation levels on key stocks and how much is due to a mildly better CPI?

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Markets Slide Again on Tariff Realities

Market indexes were down again today in this continued freefall on tariff fears and open discussion of a potential economic recession.

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Pre-Markets Melting Away Early-Morning Gains

After today's open, albeit a month in arrears: January JOLTS figures report.

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"R-Word" Fears Send Stock Market Much Lower

While the tech-heavy Nasdaq and small-cap Russell 2000 are both -11% over the past month, the Dow is down "only" half that.

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Pre-Markets Down Again to Start a New Trading Week

Market indexes last week came in anywhere from -2.25% (Dow) to -3.25% (Nasdaq), and are pointing lower ahead of the open Monday.

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BLS Jobs Numbers: +151K, Unemployment +4.1%

A headline number of +151K was below the +170K expected, but pre-markets breathed a sigh of relief.

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Mark Vickery

Heavy March Headwinds Continue: Stocks Market Indexes Down

It's been a dire month for market indexes, no doubt. The Dow is -4.8% over that time period, the S&P 500 is -5.6% and the Nasdaq -8.7%.

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ECB Cuts, Jobless Claims Mixed, Trade Deficit Hits Record

While the ECB cut rates 25 bps despite a potential trade war, jobless claims stayed within range but the trade deficit fell through the floor.

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