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Ahead of Wall Street: Archive

Mark Vickery

Attacks on Iran Send Oil Prices Up, Pre-Markets Down

Year to date, the Dow holds onto slight gains and the Russell 2000 is still +4%, but otherwise the markets are selling off.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Down as Tensions Rise Ahead of Weekend

Futures have fallen deep into the red this morning, threatening to kick off 2026 with two consecutive down months of trading.

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Mark Vickery

Weekly Jobless Claims Remain Tame, More Q4 Earnings Beats

Initial Claims reached 212K for last week, below the 215K expected but generally within range.

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Mark Vickery

NVIDIA Slam Dunks on Earnings Once Again

Once again, the world's biggest company by market cap demonstrates how it got to this position.

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Push Higher Ahead of NVIDIA Earnings

NVIDIA's earnings will grab today's headlines, but we also have results from TJX and LOW this morning, CRM and URBN after the close.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Begin to Climb Out of Their Monday Hole

Tariff concerns and possible military conflict with Iran are issues that have not gone away, but neither have they poisoned the well.

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Mark Vickery

NVIDIA Highlights This Week of Market Reportage

We cap off "Mag 7" earnings with Wednesday afternoon's NVIDIA (NVDA) Q4 report, and see new PPI data at the end of the week.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Dip on GDP & PCE Figures

With preliminary Q4 GDP at +1.4% and core PCE +3.0% year over year, we're moving the wrong direction on both fronts.

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Mark Vickery

Solid Reports This Morning for Jobless Claims & Earnings

New Jobless Claims were down to 206K while Walmart, Deere and Etsy beat on earnings.

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Mark Vickery

Housing Data (for December) Better than Expected

Housing Starts for December came in nicely ahead of expectations, just like basically all delayed federal economic reports since the latest shutdown.

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