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Ahead of Wall Street: Archive

Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Down on Questions: Fed, Jobs & Q3 Earnings

Weekly Jobless Claims are not out again this Thursday morning, for the fifth straight week.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Fall Back on Fed Cut - Big Earnings After the Close

Fed Chair Powell insists the Fed's decision for the final FOMC meeting will be data-dependent, and that a cut in December is "not a forgone conclusion -- far from it."

MSFTNegative Net Change SBUXPositive Net Change NOWPositive Net Change GOOGLPositive Net Change METAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Advance Ahead of FOMC Rate Cut, Mag 7 Earnings

Today's rate cut will bring the Fed funds rate down to 3.75-4.00% -- the lowest we've seen since mid-December 2022.

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Mark Vickery

New Record Closing Highs Ahead of Fed Cut, Mag 7 Earnings

Companies reporting earnings Wednesday include Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, Boeing, Chipotle and Starbucks.

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Mark Vickery

Prelim Jobs, Fed Data Join Q3 Earnings Beats: Pre-markets Up

ADP job growth averages, a positive Fed survey and Case-Shiller numbers join this morning's earnings reports.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Pick Up Where They Left Off Last Week

From mid-day lows last Wednesday, the Dow is +1.92%, the S&P +2.60%, Nasdaq +3.79% and +4.27% on the Russell.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Soar on Softer CPI Numbers

The Dow moved from +87 points immediately ahead of the release to +210 points now, the S&P 500 went from +23 to +41, and the Nasdaq shot up from +125 points to +222 points at this hour.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Strengthen Ahead of Friday CPI Report

All major indexes were up for the day, from +0.31% on the Dow to +1.22% on the small-cap Russell 2000.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Mostly Lower on Biggest Earnings Day of the Week

American Airlines and T-Mobile are among the reportees ahead of the open. Intel and Ford are later.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Close Off Session Lows - Q3 Earnings Continue

The S&P 500 lost -35 points, -0.53%, and the Nasdaq was -213 points, -0.93%. The small-cap Russell 2000 was down -1.41% on the day.

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Mark Vickery

Q3 Earnings Bonanza Pulls a Flat Pre-Market: T, TMO, TSLA, etc.

Q3 earnings reports released yesterday afternoon did not quite have the positive sheen we've seen elsewhere this far into earnings season.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Reflect Flattish - Q3 Earnings from NFLX, TXN, MAT

While the S&P 500 and Nasdaq were modestly on either side of zero, the Dow finished the session up +0.47% and the small-cap Russell 2000 was -0.49%.

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Mark Vickery

Cornucopia of Q3 Earnings: GE, GM & More

Major market indexes rebounded into the green over the past month in what has so far been a fairly turbulent October, and are back to all-time highs.

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Mark Vickery

Strong Day for Market Indexes - AAPL at New All-Time High

Apple (AAPL) stock rose +3.94% today to $262 per share -- its highest close ever, and the first such all-time closing high since late 2024.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Let It Ride from Friday's Gains

Hopefulness prevails that Q3 earnings season will continue posting strong results from the past three months.

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Mark Vickery

Friday Pre-markets Fighting Out of the Red

Yesterday brought a significant drop, especially in small-cap stocks, from all-time highs earlier in the week.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Retreat on Regional Bank Issues

A $50 million wrinkle at Zions Bancorp was enough for traders to start questioning the bull market.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Continue to Rise - Q3 Earnings & Philly Fed

We're devoid some key economic data with this protracted government shutdown today: Retail Sales and Producer Price Index (PPI) for September, as well as Weekly Jobless Claims.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Mostly Up, Russell 2000 Sets New Closing High

The biggest movers on the day were the Nasdaq, +148 points or +0.66%, and the small-cap Russell 2000 +24 points, +0.97%.

JNJPositive Net Change CSXPositive Net Change DALPositive Net Change UALPositive Net Change ISRGPositive Net Change SCHWPositive Net Change TRVPositive Net Change TSMNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Strengthen on Solid Q3 Bank Earnings

We also see another better-than-expected manufacturing report out of New York State.

BACPositive Net Change MSNegative Net Change ABTPositive Net Change UALPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Volatile as Q3 Bank Earnings Come Out

The market continues to work toward some equilibrium amid plenty of near-term challenges.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Rebound Nicely Ahead of Q3 Earnings Season

Even though we've seen more than a dozen companies already officially report Q3 earnings results this period, Q3 earnings season really kicks off with the release of earnings from some of the biggest banks on Wall Street.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Filling Gaps to Start New Trading Week

Pre-market futures are climbing this morning, filling in some of the deep holes dug Friday.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Up Slightly to Start Friday Trading

We're devoid of major market catalysts until Q3 earnings season builds next week, when the Big Banks begin reporting on Tuesday morning.

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Mark Vickery

Party Rally Running Out of Fuel

What can be expected to pull market trading interest back up to earlier levels? Tough to see.

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