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Ahead of Wall Street: Archive

Mark Vickery

Markets Mixed Monday: NVIDIA Forecast and More

Markets are back to seeing a post-election stock market reducing regulations and letting valuations ride higher.

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Big Week for NVDA, Retail Earnings and Housing

NVIDIA is the last of the Big Tech companies to report, joining Walmart (WMT), Target (TGT) and other retailers reporting this week.

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Economic Prints Bring Some Heat: Retail Sales, Imports and More

Retail Sales, Imports and Exports, and the Empire State bring some multi-month highs.

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Wholesale Inflation Higher, Disney Posts Earnings Beat

Year over year PPI came in at +2.4%, the third-highest print of 2024 so far.

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Mixed Session Gives Way to Mixed Cisco Q1 Results

Cisco (CSCO) was mixed but Beazer Homes (BZH) beat expectations Wednesday afternoon.

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October CPI Does Not Jeopardize December Rate Cut

What this means for further cuts in 2025, however, especially with new economic policy initiatives from a second President Trump term, is very much in question.

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Q3 Earnings for Young Growth Companies: CAVA, CART, SPOT & More

Don't consider today's lower trading as anything more than the post-election euphoria beginning to dissipate.

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Pre-Markets Flat After Relief Rally Starts Second Week

It's also the single-busiest day of Q3 earnings season, with nearly 800 companies reporting.

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A Moment to Reflect on an Historic Trading Week

We had two major questions entering this week, and we got answers to both of them.

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Fed Cuts Rates 25 bps; Powell Mum on Election Results

The current Fed funds rate of between 4.50-4.75%. This is the lowest level we've seen since March of 2023.

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Ahead of Fed Decision, Big Earnings Wins for Forgotten Names

The long-expected big news item for market participants this afternoon is the Fed interest rate move.

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Markets Tear Off the Lid in Hump-Day Trading

A decisive win for Donald Trump and the Republican Party in both the White House and Congress will likely usher in very aggressive pro-business policies.

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Pre-Markets Surge on Historic Trump Victory

The Dow is currently +1300 points, the S&P 500 +132, the Nasdaq +361 and the small-cap Russell 2000 +141 points.

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Markets Up as Traders Come to Terms with Potential Election Results

Odds seem to be getting better that an election this close will not produce a clean-sweep in either party direction. The market hates uncertainty, but it loves political gridlock.

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When Will Election Bring Market Clarity?

We have a better chance of seeing how Congress aligns by this time tomorrow, and that's equally as important.

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Markets Temper Enthusiasm Ahead of Election Day

We don't expect any sudden movements in the stock market until Wednesday morning the earliest.

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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.

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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%.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Goldilocks ADP Jobs Numbers, Q3 GDP and Earnings

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

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Alphabet, Visa, Reddit Up on Strong Earnings Numbers

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

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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.

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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.

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