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Ahead of Wall Street: Archive

Mark Vickery

Mixed Pre-Markets on Weaker Jobs & Hiring Data, More Q3 Earnings

Weekly private-sector hiring and Small Business Optimism lagged, while the blue-chip Dow remains in the green at this hour.

MSFTPositive Net Change ADPNegative Net Change AUNegative Net Change BYNDNegative Net Change METAPositive Net Change NBISPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Big Bounceback Trading Day for AI & Tech

This was the best single-day of trading on the Nasdaq since May, led by chipmakers generally and the AI infrastructure trade more specifically.

CSCOPositive Net Change NVDAPositive Net Change ORCLPositive Net Change DISNegative Net Change AMATPositive Net Change AUNegative Net Change TSMNegative Net Change BYNDNegative Net Change RGTIPositive Net Change NBISPositive Net Change CRWVPositive Net Change PSKYPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Up as Government Shutdown Looks to End

We don't officially see the government opened this morning, but a major impediment from the minority party is being removed.

TSNNegative Net Change MNDYPositive Net Change RGTIPositive Net Change PSKYPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

The Jobs Week That Wasn't, Plus More Q3 Earnings

For employment numbers, we can cobble together what we have, and try to construct something that resembles a realistic labor market scenario.

ADPNegative Net Change CEGPositive Net Change FLRPositive Net Change WENNegative Net Change FUNNegative Net Change CGCPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Improve on Big Earnings Morning

One might say the relative volatility we started seeing in early October has continued into this month as well.

AZNNegative Net Change COPPositive Net Change RLNegative Net Change MRNAPositive Net Change TRIPNegative Net Change PLNTPositive Net Change TPRPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Positive on Supreme Court Ruminations, Big Earnings

A ban on tariff policy would likely provide a major market catalyst to the upside.

QCOMNegative Net Change APPPositive Net Change ELFPositive Net Change SNAPPositive Net Change DASHNegative Net Change

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.

ADPNegative Net Change MCDPositive Net Change HUMNegative Net Change ACBPositive Net Change

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.

AMDNegative Net Change AMGNNegative Net Change SMCIPositive Net Change PINSNegative Net Change RIVNPositive Net Change

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.

BPNegative Net Change ADPNegative Net Change PFEPositive Net Change HTZNegative Net Change ADMNegative Net Change SHOPPositive Net Change SPOTPositive Net Change PLTRPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Does the Market Have Bad Breadth?

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

AMZNNegative Net Change AMDNegative Net Change BPNegative Net Change PFEPositive Net Change AMGNNegative Net Change NVDAPositive Net Change KMBNegative Net Change CLXNegative Net Change SMCIPositive Net Change SHOPPositive Net Change UBERPositive Net Change PLTRPositive Net Change KVUEPositive Net Change

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.

WMBPositive Net Change SPGPositive Net Change KMBNegative Net Change CLXNegative Net Change LSCCPositive Net Change ONNegative Net Change PLTRPositive Net Change KVUEPositive Net Change

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.

AMZNNegative Net Change AAPLNegative Net Change CVXPositive Net Change XOMNegative Net Change TROWPositive Net Change

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.

WDCPositive Net Change RKTNegative Net Change TWLONegative Net Change

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.

AMZNNegative Net Change AAPLNegative Net Change MANegative Net Change LLYNegative Net Change ELPositive Net Change CROXNegative Net Change

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."

MSFTPositive Net Change SBUXNegative Net Change NOWPositive Net Change GOOGLNegative 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.

BANegative Net Change MSFTPositive Net Change CATPositive Net Change VZPositive Net Change SBUXNegative Net Change NVDAPositive Net Change NOWPositive Net Change GOOGLNegative Net Change METAPositive Net Change

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.

BANegative Net Change AMZNNegative Net Change AAPLNegative Net Change MSFTPositive Net Change VNegative Net Change SBUXNegative Net Change CMGPositive Net Change NVDAPositive Net Change BRK.BNegative Net Change ORCLPositive Net Change AVGOPositive Net Change TSLAPositive Net Change MDLZNegative Net Change BKNGNegative Net Change METAPositive Net Change

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.

ADPNegative Net Change UPSNegative Net Change VFCNegative Net Change PYPLPositive Net Change

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.

AMZNNegative Net Change AAPLNegative Net Change MSFTPositive Net Change NUENegative Net Change FFIVPositive Net Change WHRNegative Net Change BBBYNegative Net Change NXPINegative Net Change GOOGLNegative Net Change KDPPositive Net Change METAPositive Net Change

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.

AMZNNegative Net Change GDPositive Net Change AAPLNegative Net Change MSFTPositive Net Change PGNegative Net Change HCAPositive Net Change GOOGLNegative Net Change

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.

INTCNegative Net Change FPositive Net Change DECKPositive Net Change NEMPositive Net Change

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.

INTCNegative Net Change FPositive Net Change HONNegative Net Change FCXPositive Net Change UNPPositive Net Change DECKPositive Net Change NEMPositive Net Change AALNegative Net Change TMUSNegative Net Change

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.

INTCNegative Net Change FPositive Net Change IBMPositive Net Change LUVPositive Net Change NEMPositive Net Change TSLAPositive Net Change AALNegative Net Change

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.

GEPositive Net Change TPositive Net Change IBMPositive Net Change LUVPositive Net Change TMONegative Net Change TSLAPositive Net Change TECKPositive Net Change GEVPositive Net Change

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%.

TPositive Net Change TXNNegative Net Change IBMPositive Net Change LUVPositive Net Change NFLXNegative Net Change MATNegative Net Change WBDNegative Net Change TSLAPositive Net Change GEVPositive Net Change