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Ahead of Wall Street: Archive

Mark Vickery

PCE Numbers Keep "Soft Landing" Narrative Aloft

Those looking for a 50-bps cut are not likely to find it from this morning's July PCE data.

JKSNegative Net Change QQQNegative Net Change SPYPositive Net Change DIAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Dow Posts New High Close; DELL, LULU, ADSK and MDB Beat in Q2

Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) are out in Friday's pre-market, which is the second-most-important report of the week.

DELLNegative Net Change NVDANegative Net Change ADSKPositive Net Change ULTAPositive Net Change MRVLNegative Net Change LULUPositive Net Change MDBNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims, Q2 GDP Up Slightly; Q2 Earnings from BBY, DG, MBUU

Weekly Jobless Claims, a revision to Q2 GDP, Retail/Wholesale Inventories and the latest Advances Trade Balance join a flurry of late Q2 earnings reports ahead of today's opening bell.

DGPositive Net Change BBYNegative Net Change NVDANegative Net Change MBUUPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

NVIDIA Beats and Raises in Q2; CRM, CRWD Beat on Earnings

The most important stock on the planet, NVIDIA (NVDA), just reported Q2 earnings after the closing bell today.

CRMPositive Net Change NVDANegative Net Change CRWDNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Flat Ahead of Hotly Anticipated NVIDIA Q2 Numbers

If there had to be one stock taking everyone's attention in the year 2024, NVIDIA (NVDA) would be it.

KSSPositive Net Change ANFNegative Net Change NVDANegative Net Change SJMPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Boring Regular Trading, Big After-Market on Q2 Beats: JWN, AMBA, BOX

Nordstrom (JWN), PVH (PVH), Box (BOX) and Ambarella (AMBA) all beat Q2 earnings estimates.

NVDANegative Net Change JWNNegative Net Change PVHNegative Net Change AMBAPositive Net Change BOXPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Follow Dow's Record High Slightly in the Red

The Dow, coming off a record-high close Monday, is down -38 points, the S&P 500 -5 and the Nasdaq -32 points.

JWNNegative Net Change HAINPositive Net Change BMOPositive Net Change PVHNegative Net Change BOXPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Dow Hits Record High on Otherwise Uneventful Trading Day

At 41,240 - +65 points on the day, or +0.16% - the blue-chip 30 stocks have taken out highs posted mid-July.

MUPositive Net Change NVDANegative Net Change SMCINegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Mixed Ahead of Monday's Bell

We begin a new week of trading on a relatively even keel. Pre-market futures are pretty flat.

CRMPositive Net Change KSSPositive Net Change DGPositive Net Change ANFNegative Net Change BBYNegative Net Change NVDANegative Net Change SJMPositive Net Change CRWDNegative Net Change AFRMNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Take a Breather Ahead of Jackson Hole Address

Fed Chair Jerome Powell will deliver his annual address at the Economic Symposium from Jackson Hole, WY.

ROSTPositive Net Change INTUPositive Net Change CAVANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

How Important Is Powell's Speech at Jackson Hole?

Based on the cautious tack Powell has taken, we might expect a 25 bps cut next month.

TOLPositive Net Change KBHPositive Net Change QQQNegative Net Change SPYPositive Net Change DIAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Mildly Positive; WSM and BJ Drop on Q2 Earnings

Weekly Jobless Claims stayed well behaved, and Williams-Sonoma and BJ's beat on earnings but trade down on guidance.

BJPositive Net Change WSMPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Close Higher on Earnings, Job Revisions and Fed Minutes

BLS employment numbers are now -818K fewer than originally reported from April 2023 to March 2024.

URBNPositive Net Change SNPSNegative Net Change ZMPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Target Up Big on Q2 Beat; Payroll Adjustment, Fed Minutes Expected

The return to top-line growth - the first since 2022 - is a welcome development for Target stock buyers this morning.

MNegative Net Change TGTPositive Net Change TJXPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

S&P Breaks Winning Streak on Tepid Trading Day

Due to a lack of wind in our stock market sails at present, it's not really a surprise to see a flattish trading day.

MNegative Net Change TGTPositive Net Change TJXPositive Net Change NVDANegative Net Change URBNPositive Net Change TOLPositive Net Change SNOWPositive Net Change ZMPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Dog Day of Summer: Right Now in the Stock Market

It's this week -- today, precisely -- that best represents a typical late-summer stock market environment.

MDTPositive Net Change LOWPositive Net Change NVDANegative Net Change HDPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Strong Trading Day on Favorable LEI; PANW Beats in Q4

While LEI came in lower than expected earlier today, it no longer forecasts a recession in the near term.

QQQNegative Net Change SPYPositive Net Change PANWPositive Net Change DIAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Big-Box Retail Earnings, Jackson Hole Highlight Trading Week

Without blowing the doors off the market, we're nicely above August 8th lows currently.

MNegative Net Change TGTPositive Net Change WMTNegative Net Change LOWPositive Net Change HDPositive Net Change ELNegative Net Change PANWPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Drift Lower; July Housing Data Down Sharply

Seasonally adjusted, annualized units on Housing Starts is the lightest print we've seen since way back in May 2020.

NVDANegative Net Change QQQNegative Net Change SPYPositive Net Change DIAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Big Trading Day Partially Fills Last Week's Holes

The Dow is the only major index to have climbed back into positive territory after the precipitous slide of the past two weeks.

AMATPositive Net Change QQQNegative Net Change SPYPositive Net Change DIAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims, Retail Sales, Walmart's Q2 Equal Big Pre-Market Gains

Walmart shares are up +8% in today's pre-market, adding to the stock's +30% gains year to date. It's also leading the blue-chip Dow index higher this morning, on what's shaping up to be an explosive open.

WMTNegative Net Change QQQNegative Net Change SPYPositive Net Change DIAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Up, Revert Back to Blue Chips, CSCO Beats in Q4

Cisco (CSCO) stock is up +6% in late trading largely on improved guidance, both for next quarter and the full year on the top line.

CSCOPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

CPI Behaves, but Starts Debate Over Rate Cut Amount

Year over year headline CPI - aka the "Inflation Rate" - came in 10 bps lower than expected to +2.9%.

UBSPositive Net Change EATNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Trading Week Improves Ahead of CPI Wednesday Morning

When Starbucks (SBUX) announced they'd be bringing in Chipotle (CMG) CEO Brian Niccol, SBUX shares shot up +24.5%.

CSCOPositive Net Change SBUXPositive Net Change CMGNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Up on Good PPI Numbers, SBUX Shakeup

While headline and core PPI numbers showed shrinking inflation metrics, Starbucks (SBUX) scores Chipotle's (CMG) CEO.

SBUXPositive Net Change CMGNegative Net Change HDPositive Net Change