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Ahead of Wall Street: Archive

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Slightly Higher Ahead of CPI, Q1 Earnings

Wednesday will bring us new Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for March, followed by the latest Producer Price Index (PPI) print the next morning.

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Mark Vickery

BLS Jobs +303K, Higher than Expected; Pre-Markets OK

The Unemployment Rate ticked down to 3.8% from the 3.9% posted a month ago.

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Mark Vickery

Alerted - Not Alarmed - By Market Pullback

A -2% pullback might be seen as a re-firming of saner valuations considering these myriad issues in play.

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Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims Bump Higher, Trade Deficit Sinks Lower

221K new jobless claims is a notable jump from the 213K expected, and the highest figure in 10 weeks.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Coming to Terms with Limited Rate Cuts in 2024

The hotter the forthcoming economic prints, the more in-doubt investors may turn regarding whether three 25 bps cuts are even viable.

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Mark Vickery

Cursed with a Good Economy: ADP Jumps to +184K

This is the highest monthly ADP read since July; the trailing six months only averaged 127K.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Slide Further from Last Week's Highs; JOLTS Up Slightly

Tomorrow morning brings us monthly private-sector jobs totals from ADP, and here we get an accurate assessment of the labor market.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Market Futures Lower Ahead of JOLTS, U.S. Auto Sales

Markets look to start a new trading day in the red after closing lower Monday. Bond yields, gold and oil are all up.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Pull Back to Start a Fresh Quarter

Sometimes a pause refreshes, but sometimes a pause gives us time to reason out current valuations.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Turn Tepid to Start a New Quarter

By Friday afternoon, we'll have a lot more understanding about the U.S. economy than we do right now.

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Mark Vickery

GDP Up to +3.4%, Jobless Claims Down to 210K

Strong economic figures like these may cause the Fed to wait even longer before lowering interest rates.

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Mark Vickery

Are Bulls Likely to Enter the China Shop?

Current market vibes don't seem to be at all concerned about Friday morning's PCE report.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Pause Mid-Week Ahead of PCE Friday

This week, we've seen a mixed bag from economic report results. The biggest this week comes Friday.

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Zacks Equity Research

Wall Street Set to Post Fifth Winning Month Amid Volatility

Wall Street is likely to record the fifth consecutive winning month despite volatility.

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Zacks Equity Research

Key Data in Focus to Start the Last Week of an Eventful March

March is turning out to be an eventful one for Wall Street. This week, investors are waiting for a series of key economic data.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Revisiting Goldilocks This Week

Stock market indices were actually buoying higher ahead of the Fed meeting Wednesday, following a slightly down week last week.

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Mark Vickery

Mixed After-Market Results from Late Earnings: NKE, FDX, LULU

Overall, the U.S. economy is clicking and the market is not missing out.

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Mark Vickery

Good Days for the Market, Employment & More

Jobless Claims, Philly Fed and Current Account Balance are all better than analysts had projected. Pre-markets are up again.

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Mark Vickery

FOMC, Powell Give Investors the Warm Fuzzies

Powell said the monetary policy body now has "greater confidence" that inflation is coming down to 2%.

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Mark Vickery

FOMC Keys: Dot-Plot, Rate-Cut Expectations & More

Concerns are that the Fed won't cut rates soon enough to avoid skidding the economy into recession.

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Mark Vickery

Who's Afraid of the Fed's New Dot-Plot?

The Dow has its biggest trading session in almost a month, while the S&P 500 notched a fresh all-time closing high.

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Mark Vickery

Housing Market Data Shows Bounce-Back in February

Mortgage rates have drifted back up to the 7% range, expectations are for lower interest rates from the Fed at some point this year.

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Mark Vickery

Jensen Huang Sends A.I. Partners Higher in Late Trading

Huang is describing new partnerships and/or associations with Ansys (ANSS), Synopsis (SNPS) and Cadence Design Systems (CDNS).

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Up Ahead of FOMC, Housing Data and Jensen Huang

Apparently, market participants are expecting good things for the tech sector this week.

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Mark Vickery

How Many Rate Cuts Is the Market Pricing In Now?

Analysts still have a June rate cut on their calendars, but in pencil this time.

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