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Ahead of Wall Street: Archive

Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Try Again, Begin Session in the Green

We were in a similar position yesterday, only to see the strong open to the stock market slide away into negative territory and stay there.

NVDAPositive Net Change QQQNegative Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative Net Change

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Reversal of Market Fortunes on Leveraged Buying Fears

What happened? Consider it something of a second thought on these positive metrics we'd seen earlier.

NVDAPositive Net Change ROSTPositive Net Change INTUNegative Net Change GAPPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

BLS Jobs, Jobless Claims, Walmart Warnings All Up Slightly

September jobs reached +119K, new claims were low at +220K and WMT beat Q3 earnings by a penny.

WMTPositive Net Change NVDAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

A Tale of Two Tech Giants: NVDA and PANW

Non-GAAP gross margins for NVIDIA reached an astounding +73.6%, with an outperformance in its Blackwell chips that not all analysts expected.

NVDAPositive Net Change PANWNegative Net Change

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Pre-markets Recoup Some Losses Ahead of NVIDIA Earnings

Ahead of NVIDIA's Q3 numbers this afternoon, TGT, LOW and TJX all outperformed on quarterly bottom-line estimates.

TGTPositive Net Change TJXPositive Net Change LOWPositive Net Change NVDAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Stay Red Ahead of NVIDIA Earnings, Jobs Data

Until one or both of these brings a sigh of relief to market participants, we'll likely see a "risk-off" trading environment.

ADPNegative Net Change NVDAPositive Net Change HDNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Econ Data Comes Out This Week, Along with NVDA, WMT Earnings

New jobs data joins Trump's food tariff exemptions on the last big earnings week of Q3.

TGTPositive Net Change TJXPositive Net Change WMTPositive Net Change NVDAPositive Net Change HDNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Pick Up Where Thursday Left Off: Down

A plurality of Fed members have by now spoken up this week doubting that 25 basis-point (bps) cuts will continue indefinitely.

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Pulling Back for a Fresh Look at This Recent Pullback

Fed members are openly having second thoughts about further cuts to interest rates, especially with no new data on the jobs or inflation front.

MRKNegative Net Change BRK.BPositive Net Change AMATPositive Net Change AUPositive Net Change BZHNegative Net Change PLTRNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Down on AI Spending, Disney Earnings, Fed Rate Speculation

No new government data yet on jobs or inflation. Disney beats, but shares are falling in early trading.

DISNegative Net Change AMATPositive Net Change SBHNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Big Banks Up, Speculative AI Down in Hump Day Markets

The Dow closed over 48K for the first time, while the Nasdaq gave back -0.25% today. And Cisco posted a Q1 beat late.

GSPositive Net Change MSNegative Net Change CPositive Net Change AMDNegative Net Change CSCOPositive Net Change DISNegative Net Change AMATPositive Net Change IONQNegative Net Change RGTINegative Net Change QBTSNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Up as Government Plans to Re-open

Not to say we're definitely going to get this week's planned CPI, PPI, Weekly Jobless Claims and Retail Sales reports, but they are still a possibility.

TMENegative Net Change ONONNegative Net Change MHPositive Net Change

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.

MSFTNegative Net Change ADPNegative Net Change AUPositive Net Change BYNDNegative Net Change METAPositive Net Change NBISNegative Net Change

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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 ORCLNegative Net Change DISNegative Net Change AMATPositive Net Change AUPositive Net Change TSMNegative Net Change BYNDNegative Net Change RGTINegative Net Change NBISNegative Net Change CRWVNegative 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 MNDYNegative Net Change RGTINegative 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 FLRNegative Net Change WENNegative Net Change FUNNegative Net Change CGCNegative 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.

AZNPositive Net Change COPNegative Net Change RLPositive Net Change MRNAPositive Net Change TRIPNegative Net Change PLNTPositive Net Change TPRPositive Net Change

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Markets Positive on Supreme Court Ruminations, Big Earnings

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

QCOMPositive Net Change APPPositive Net Change ELFPositive Net Change SNAPNegative Net Change DASHNegative Net Change

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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 HUMPositive Net Change ACBNegative Net Change

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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 AMGNPositive Net Change SMCINegative Net Change PINSNegative Net Change RIVNPositive Net Change

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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 ADMPositive Net Change SHOPNegative Net Change SPOTNegative Net Change PLTRNegative 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 AMGNPositive Net Change NVDAPositive Net Change KMBNegative Net Change CLXNegative Net Change SMCINegative Net Change SHOPNegative Net Change UBERNegative Net Change PLTRNegative Net Change KVUENegative 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.

WMBNegative Net Change SPGPositive Net Change KMBNegative Net Change CLXNegative Net Change LSCCPositive Net Change ONPositive Net Change PLTRNegative Net Change KVUENegative Net Change

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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 CVXNegative Net Change XOMNegative Net Change TROWNegative 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.

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