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Ahead of Wall Street: Archive

Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims Up, Consumption Down; Walgreens Down Big

New jobless claims shrank a tad, but longer-term came in the highest in 2 1/2 years.

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Mark Vickery

Micron, Levi's Trade Down After Market on Earnings

After finishing mostly in the green today, late trading has gotten harsh for MU and LEVI.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Lower; New Home Sales, Micron Earnings Today

While General Mills (GIS) reported a mixed Q4, Micron's (MU) Q3 today is expected to bring triple-digit earnings growth.

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Mark Vickery

Big Jumps for RIVN, CCL, FDX and NVDA Today

Both Carnival and FedEx beat earnings today, while Rivian got a major partner in VW, and NVIDIA returned to being NVIDIA.

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Mark Vickery

Case-Shiller Home Prices Cooling; FedEx After the Close

April home prices came down slightly to +6.3% according to Case-Shiller data. FedEx is expected to fetch +8% earnings growth.

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Mark Vickery

A.I. Trade Rolls Over to Energy; Consumer Discretionary in Focus

We're seeing an evening out of index levels, with something of a downward bias on consumer spending.

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Mark Vickery

PCE, Housing, Earnings to Inform Trading Week

Reports this week will help inform the Fed on how to adjust inflation rates in the (near?) future.

NKEPositive Net Change GISPositive Net Change MUPositive Net Change FDXNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

June PMI After the Bell: Headed for a Green Week?

We expect to see growth on both S&P Services and Manufacturing PMI later this morning.

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Mark Vickery

A.I. Stocks Switch Places with Energy Plays Today

The Nasdaq saw a seven-day winning streak come to an end today, though it's still up +6% month to date.

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Mark Vickery

Economic Data Deluge: Claims, Starts, Philly Fed & More

From the labor market to homebuilding figures to regional manufacturing and a new account balance, we fill in a lot of gaps ahead of today's opening bell.

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Mark Vickery

NVIDIA Literally Pulls Nasdaq to New All-Time High

NVIDIA's +3.5% share gain today tipped the Nasdaq into the green, and a fresh all-time closing high to 17,862.

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Mark Vickery

Retail Sales Add to Cooling Narrative; Pre-Markets Up

This morning's Retail Sales continue the narrative of a cooling economy, if a tad less steady compared with other metrics of late.

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Mark Vickery

Fresh Closing Highs for S&P, Nasdaq; Lennar Beats in Q2

Month over month, Retail Sales are expected to tick up 20 basis points (bps) from the flat 0.0% read in April.

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Mark Vickery

PPI Wholesale Shrinks, Jobless Claims Jump

Final demand in goods dropped -0.8% last month, led by -7.1% in wholesale gasoline costs.

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Mark Vickery

Fed, Powell Lay Out Inflation Expectations

"We saw today's CPI report as progress and building confidence, but it does not warrant changing policy at this time."

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Mark Vickery

Nasdaq/Tech/A.I. Leading Markets Again

The tech-heavy bull run is perhaps looking a little long in the tooth (horn?), with the Nasdaq notching yet another all-time closing high Friday.

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Mark Vickery

Imports, Exports Latest Econ Data to Shrink

Imports posted a big drop month over month: to -0.4% in May from +0.9% in April.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Close Mixed; Adobe Beats in Q2, Jumps +14%

Adobe's Digital Experiences grew an impressive +9% year over year, with notable earnings upgrades for next quarter and full year.

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Mark Vickery

CPI Inflation Rate +3.4%: Back on Track

Headline CPI year over year represents a 10 bps drop from expectations and 20 bps lower month over month.

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Mark Vickery

S&P, Nasdaq Notch New Closing Highs Ahead of CPI, Fed

While Apple (AAPL) helped the Nasdaq and S&P higher, the Dow and Russell 2000 were lower for the session.

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Mark Vickery

On Oddsmaking CPI and the Fed's Decision

Both CPI and the FOMC decision happen tomorrow. Are they yet reliant on each other?

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Mark Vickery

Apple Joins A.I. Race; Lilly Thumbs-Up on Alzheimer's Drug

Considering how many Apple products there are out there in the world at this time, a high number of them will soon be accessing A.I. from an Apple device.

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Mark Vickery

Quiet Day Ahead of Fed, Inflation This Week

Last month, we were greeted with a +3.4% Inflation Rate and +3.6% on core CPI year over year.

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Mark Vickery

Labor Heats Up Again: Jobs +272K, Unemployment +4.0%

While it's nice to see a strong domestic labor force, it throws cold water on the notion of near-term rate cuts.

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Mark Vickery

NVIDIA Splits 10-to-1; Non-farm Payrolls on Deck for Friday

NVIDIA still carries a Zacks Rank of #1 (Strong Buy), with no fewer than 10 earnings estimate upgrades having been made in the last 30 days alone.

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