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Ahead of Wall Street: Archive

Mark Vickery

Markets Pull Back on Consumer Spending Concerns

From October lows, all four major indices are trading extraordinarily higher.

MCDPositive Net Change ADBEPositive Net Change ULTAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

"Hold Onto Your Hockey Sticks" - Econ Data All Surprises (revised)

We have lots of economic data out before today's opening bell, and all of it is surprising.

QQQPositive Net Change SPYPositive Net Change DIAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

"Hold Onto Your Hockey Sticks" - Econ Data All Surprises

We have lots of economic data out before today's opening bell, and all of it is surprising.

QQQPositive Net Change SPYPositive Net Change DIAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

An End to TikTok in the U.S.? Plus DLTR's Miss & More

A TikTok ban would force app stores to remove it unless the company is sold to a non-Chinese entity.

AAPLNegative Net Change MSFTPositive Net Change DLTRNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

S&P 500 Notches New All-Time Closing High

Nearing 3-year lows on core CPI year over year helped the S&P catch a bid today.

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Mark Vickery

CPI Sticky, but Still Pointed in the Right Direction

While core CPI year over year is down to +3.8%, we're still nearly double where the Fed's preferred inflation rate continues to be.

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Mark Vickery

Oracle (ORCL) Beats; Markets Mixed, Cool

Tomorrow morning, new Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures for February come out.

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Mark Vickery

Approaching Earnings Island; Pre-Markets Lower

While Q4 earnings season is essentially over, we will see off-quarter reports from a decent number of significant companies this week.

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Mark Vickery

BLS Jobs Headline Pops, Moderating Elsewhere

+275K new jobs is a big jump from expectations, but more than made up for with a downward January revision.

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Mark Vickery

A Wrap for Powell, but Big Late Trading Day

Of the four major indices, only the Dow is in the red over the past five trading days.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Up on Jobless Claims, Productivity, etc.

Following new jobless claims, productivity and trade balance data, the Dow is +90 points, the S&P 500 is +20 and the Nasdaq +110 points at this hour.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Up but Off Session Highs: JOLTS, Beige Book Flat

Tomorrow morning brings us more economic grist for the mill, with Weekly Jobless Claims, a revision to Q4 Productivity and a new Trade Deficit.

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Mark Vickery

ADP Jobs +140K, but Part-Time Work Is Rising

A headline number of +140K is below consensus expectations of +150K, but still +29K month over month.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Sell Off Ahead of Jobs & Powell News

Private-sector payrolls for February and Fed Chair Powell's testimony before the House will headline a busy day for economic data Wednesday.

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Mark Vickery

Target, NIO Beat; "Jobs Week" Starts Tomorrow

What we're seeing in today's pre-market is continued light selling, akin to Monday's overall trading attitude.

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Mark Vickery

New Jobs Week to Keep Bull Market Charging?

There will also be a healthy number of additional economic and earnings reports through the course of this week.

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Mark Vickery

New Month, New All-Time Highs: What's Next?

The Nasdaq has seen a wider distribution of bullish sentiment beyond the futuristic tech market, which has buoyed the index to where it is presently.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Enjoy PCE Report; Jobless Claims Rise

PCE numbers suggest that the consumer appetite is cooling a bit, but perhaps in a responsible way.

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Mark Vickery

Salesforce, HP, Snowflake All Down on Reported Earnings

Shares of Snowflake (SNOW) have fallen precipitously, nearly -25%, on the news that its CEO, Frank Slootman, would retire after 5 years on the job.

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Mark Vickery

Q4 GDP, Trade Deficit Both Dip; TJX Beats in Q4

The first revision to Q4 GDP came in 10 bps light of estimates and the previous print.

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Mark Vickery

Beyond Meat (BYND) Beyond This World in Late Trading

The meat-substitute company is now up to levels not seen since before the company's big slide back in August of 2023.

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Mark Vickery

Macy's, Lowe's Beat in Q4; Durable Goods Lower

We have some grist for the trading mill ahead of the opening bell, but it's not likely to cause any meaningful tremors from this vantage point.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Flattish; Zoom, Workday Different Directions Post-Q4

Shares are up +4% in late trading for Zoom Video on a $1.5 billion buyback program and the fact that the stock is still -40% from its peak back in March 2020.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Up to Start a New Trading Week

The all-important Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) on Thursday will take center stage, as it is the Fed's favored metric for tracking inflation.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Look to Close Trading Week Higher

We're at monthly and year-to-date highs on all but the small-cap Russell 2000.

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