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Ahead of Wall Street: Archive

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.

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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.

BAHNegative Net Change CNCNegative 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.

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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 LUVNegative Net Change HASNegative Net Change UPSNegative Net Change VRSNNegative Net Change SKXPositive 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.

IBMNegative Net Change LVSNegative Net Change TSLAPositive Net Change NOWNegative 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.

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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 SBUXNegative Net Change MCDPositive Net Change TSLAPositive 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.

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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 IBMNegative Net Change VZNegative Net Change NVDAPositive Net Change SAPNegative Net Change GMPositive Net Change NOWNegative 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 UPSNegative Net Change GMPositive Net Change TSLAPositive 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?

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Mark Vickery

A Mixed Bag on Mixed Stock Market Data

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

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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.

NFLXNegative 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.

TRVNegative Net Change TSMPositive 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 NFLXNegative Net Change ISRGNegative Net Change TRVNegative Net Change TSMPositive Net Change VSCONegative 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.

MSNegative Net Change ABTNegative Net Change CSXPositive Net Change USBNegative Net Change LVSNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Unwind China, Oil Prices; UAL, IBKR, JBHT Report Q3

While the Dow and S&P 500 rolled back closing highs, United (UAL) and J.B. Hunt (JBHT) are up on strong Q3 figures.

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Mark Vickery

Q3 Earnings Beats: C, GS, BAC, JNJ, WBA; Empire State Lower

While Goldman Sachs (GS) and Citi (C) both impressed on earnings this morning, Walgreens (WBA) looks to bounce back.

GSNegative Net Change BACNegative Net Change CNegative Net Change JNJNegative Net Change WBANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Bank Holiday Ahead of Busy Stock Trading Week

Despite today's day off from econ metrics, we see a pretty busy week ahead.

GSNegative Net Change BACNegative Net Change CNegative Net Change UNHPositive Net Change JNJNegative Net Change NFLXNegative Net Change PGNegative Net Change WBANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

PPI Inflation Flat for September; JPM and WFC Beat on Q3 Earnings

Year-over-year PPI has been the low water mark for inflation levels going back several months, and today shows a +1.8% for September.

WFCPositive Net Change JPMNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

CPI Inflation, Jobless Claims: Both Warmer Than Expected

September's CPI numbers have all come in higher than consensus estimates.

DALNegative Net Change DPZNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Up Ahead of CPI, Jobless Claims Thursday

The Inflation Rate, which is CPI year over year headline, is expected to come down 20 basis points from +2.5% to +2.3%.

DALNegative Net Change AANegative Net Change DPZNegative Net Change TLRYNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Hurricane Milton and the Economic Outlook

Florida has an economy bigger than Spain's but just smaller than South Korea's, and Milton will be the second major hurricane to hit the state in as many weeks.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Bounce Back Behind Mag-7 Momentum

The tech-heavy Nasdaq led the way higher - +259 points, +1.45% - followed by the S&P +0.97% and the blue-chip Dow +0.30%.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Bounce Back Ahead of Big Data: CPI, Q3 Earnings

On Thursday and Friday of this week, we'll see Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Producer Price Index (PPI) figures out for September.

JPMNegative Net Change CNegative Net Change DALNegative Net Change PEPNegative Net Change