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Ahead of Wall Street: Archive

Mark Vickery

ADP Rebounds to +42K, Plus Q3 Earnings from MCD & more

ADP marked an improvement of +20K above expectations and a swing to the positive from an upwardly revised -29K the prior month.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Stay Lower on Valuation Questions: AI, etc.

We've entered the rapid-pace phase of Q3 earnings season, where results tend to come in more blended than they do for the earlier-reporting sectors.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Sell Off on No New Economic News

This morning was to bring us new U.S. Trade Deficit figures, Factory Orders and JOLTS, but due to the government shutdown are not out.

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Mark Vickery

Does the Market Have Bad Breadth?

Is the breadth in this market, or lack thereof, a sign of weakening trading sentiment?

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Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Mixed on Big Staples Acquisition

The blue-chip Dow and the small-cap Russell 2000 are both down at this hour, but the Nasdaq and S&P 500 are up.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-market Traders Fill Their Bags on Halloween

The Nasdaq leads major indexes this morning, +350 points on strength in Amazon following Q3 earnings yesterday.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Take a Powder on Biggest Earnings Day of the Week

We???re still up from early Monday, except for the small-cap Russell 2000, which has taken it on the chin over the past two sessions.

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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."

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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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