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Ahead of Wall Street: Archive

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Reflect on High Valuations: Q4 Earnings, Econ Data Continue

We've blasted off mid-month lows over the past week and a half.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Ramp Up to End Session; Q4 Beats for TXN, ISRG

Markets finished in robust fashion in the green today, ramping up in the final 20 minutes of trading.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Seek Direction on Warmer Jobless Claims, Q4 Earnings

While new and continuing jobless claims both move higher, American Airlines and GE Aerospace release Q4 earnings.

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Mark Vickery

S&P 500 Misses New Closing High by 4 Points

The S&P came close to closing at a new all-time high today at 6,086, but was just a few points shy of the record close on December 6th of last year.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Keep Optimistic, Earnings Beats for JNJ, PG, ALLY & More

Pre-market futures are picking up where they left off Tuesday afternoon: higher.

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Mark Vickery

Big Trading Day Ends with Q4 Earnings Beats: NFLX, UAL, COF

Indexes have rocketed up from 2025 lows hit a week to a week and a half ago.

JNJPositive Net Change UALNegative Net Change NFLXNegative Net Change PGNegative Net Change COFNegative Net Change GEVPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Start Trading Week in the Green

As Davos parses the incoming Trump administration's vast policy changes, DHI and SCHW outperform quarterly estimates.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Closed for MLK Day; Trump II Inauguration Today

President-elect Trump becomes the second U.S. president after Grover Cleveland in 1892 to be elected to two non-consecutive terms.

JPMNegative Net Change CNegative Net Change JNJPositive Net Change NFLXNegative Net Change AXPNegative Net Change COINPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Strongly Up Again; Indexes in Green for Week, YTD

The Dow has now climbed into positive territory over the past month of trading; all major indexes are in the green year-to-date.

AAPLNegative Net Change MSFTPositive Net Change NFLXNegative Net Change TSLAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Take a Breather Thursday; JBHT Mixed in Q4

The Dow returned -68 points of yesterday's +700, or -0.16% on the session.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Mixed on Jobless Claims, Retail Sales & More

While Jobless Claims remained subdued, Imports and Exports sprang to life -- along with monthly Philly Fed numbers.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Rally on Soft CPI, Good Q4 Bank Earnings

There's no guarantee that a cut is coming, but more soft economic data may eventually prod the Fed to be convinced to follow its own dot-plot from late last year.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Up Huge on CPI, Q4 Bank Numbers

While CPI numbers ultimately lack a level of glamour, pre-market trading is taking them as a permission to push higher.

WFCPositive Net Change JPMNegative Net Change CNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Investors Await Clouds Parting; CPI Ahead of Wednesday's Bell

Consumer Price data joins Big Banks reporting Q4 results ahead of Hump Day market activity.

WFCPositive Net Change JPMNegative Net Change CNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

PPI Inflation Comes in Tame; Pre-Markets Up

PPI numbers are decidedly cooler month over month, coming in at +0.2% which is only half the +0.4% expected.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Mostly Up on to Start a New Trading Week

Markets are down over the past month of trading, but still up nicely over the past six months.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Down as Q4 Earnings Season Kicks Off Mid-Week

We're up more than 100 bps on 10-year Treasury bond yields from mid-September levels.

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Mark Vickery

U.S. Jobs Much Hotter than Expected; Pre-markets Sell

+256K new jobs filled in December is the largest monthly figure since March of last year.

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Mark Vickery

Carter Funeral Suspends Stock Market; What to Expect Friday

Expectations are for 155K jobs to have been filled in December, with an Unemployment Rate holding steady at +4.2%.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Mixed, Flatten After Fed Minutes Released

While the Fed sees longer-term trends still pointing generally toward +2% inflation, several of the members also now see risks inherent in the economy ahead.

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Mark Vickery

ADP Numbers Lowest Since August; Initial Claims Also Down

+122K new private-sector jobs filled in December is below expectations for +136K and the previous month's unrevised +146K.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Swing to Negative on Healthy Econ Data (& Higher Bond Yields)

Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq lost their two-day winning streak, -1.11% and -1.88%, respectively today.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-markets in the Green Following CES 2025, Ahead of JOLTS

Pre-market futures are starting to climb higher this morning, following a strong day on the tech-heavy Nasdaq.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Mixed Ahead of Huang at CES, Jobs Week

The Nasdaq and S&P 500 notched positive closes for the second straight day, while the Dow and small-cap Russell 2000 were modestly lower.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Up Ahead of a New Jobs Week

As jobs reports hit the tape, keep in mind the Fed's dual mandate: not just curbing inflation but also fostering full employment.

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