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Ahead of Wall Street: Archive

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Down Again on "Liberation Day"

Economic conditions are different today than they were back when President Trump first levied tariffs against China in 2018.

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Markets Turn Positive Late, a Day Ahead of Tariffs

Will it be blanket tariffs or custom carve-out rates for certain goods from certain countries, or perhaps multi-tiered tariff rates? No one knows.

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Mark Vickery

Countdown to "Liberation Day;" Pre-Markets in the Red

It's 50/50 whether immediate or near-term capitulation from our trading partners forms... or is it?

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Mark Vickery

Markets Mixed to Start a New Week; PVH +11% on Q4 Earnings

Big Tech closed its worst quarter in 3 years, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq dipping another -23 points on the day, -0.14%.

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Q1 Ends Today, Jobs Week & Tariffs - Oh My!

Wednesday is private-sector payrolls from ADP (ADP), Thursday has Weekly Jobless Claims and Friday is the Employment Situation report from the U.S. government.

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PCE Levels Steady-to-Warmer; Pre-Markets Down

The monthly PCE report shows headline steadiness with some undercurrents of inflation getting a bit warmer.

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Markets Lower, Pending Home Sales Up, LULU Falls on Guidance

Stock markets remain in a range of -2% to -4% from a month ago, and next week when April 2nd tariffs hit, we'll start seeing some of the dust settle.

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Moderating Economic Prints, Mixed Pre-Markets

Jobless Claims stay steady, Trade Balance in Goods comes down slightly but are still historically deep.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Stay Flat a Week Ahead of Tariffs

While most metrics depict a healthy economy overall, it's impossible to truly prepare for what is to come.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Flat-to-Higher; Bears Look Exhausted

Markets were higher today for three of the four major indexes, marking three-straight up-days for both the S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq.

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Pre-Markets Swing Back into Green

We saw tariff fears tamped down significantly yesterday when President Trump suggested he would narrow their scope.

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Mark Vickery

Big Bounce in Markets on Tamed-Down Tariff Proposals

Market indexes, down at or near correction territory, sprang back between 1.4% (Dow) and +2.6% (Russell 2000).

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Pre-Markets Up on "Narrower" April 2nd Tariffs

A lighter touch on tariff policy this morning is helping pre-market futures fill in some holes.

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Pre-Markets Sinking on Dimming Outlook

We got all the data we could want this week, but are still in the dark as much as were Monday morning.

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Mark Vickery

Welcome to Earnings Island: NKE, FDX, MU

While Nike and Micron easily beat Estimates, FedEx was mixed for the quarter.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Lower; Economic News Decent

Jobless Claims, Philly Fed, Darden's outlook are green shoots on a gloomy morning.

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Markets Rise After Fed Report; Earnings Due Thursday

The Fed is not forecasting a higher possibility of a recession based on proposed tariffs.

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Mark Vickery

A Brief History of Fed Funds Moves in the 21st Century

Today's FOMC statement will include a new dot-plot to map out where the Fed sees future moves, and Fed Chair Jerome Powell will give his customary press conference.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Drop Ahead of Fed Meeting; Huang Speech Can't Save NVIDIA

The Nasdaq dropped -304 points, -1.71% on the session, with NVIDIA (NVDA) down -3.4%.

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Housing Starts, Imports/Exports Better than Expected

Aside from better-than-expected economic data, Alphabet just made its largest acquisition to date.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Close in the Green After Rollercoaster Ride

All major indexes finished off intra-day highs, but have now swung into the green over the past five trading days.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Turn Green for St Patrick's Day

The S&P 500 has swung from -5 points to +8, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq emerging from flat to +64 points at this hour.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Market Futures in the Green... for Now

Session after session we've seen market indexes erode during normal trading hours.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Stay Bleak on More Tariff Warnings

Radical shifts are coming to trade and immigration, but market participants are not yet seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

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Mark Vickery

PPI Wholesale & Jobless Claims Both Lower

Market participants are already discounting this morning's good news because they can see the inflationary road ahead.

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