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Ahead of Wall Street: Archive

Mark Vickery

Markets Slide on Bond Option; Q1 Earnings After the Close

The prospect of adding trillions to the national deficit has rattled bond markets, while three major Q1 beats came in the late session.

AAPLPositive Net Change URBNNegative Net Change SNOWPositive Net Change ZMPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Q1 Retailers Report Earnings: TGT Misses, LOW & TJX Beat

We're beginning to see something resembling the top of the parabolic curve, with most major indexes flat over the past five trading days.

TGTNegative Net Change TJXPositive Net Change LOWPositive Net Change VFCPositive Net Change URBNNegative Net Change SNOWPositive Net Change ZMPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Cool on Low News Cycle; PANW, TOL Report

Concerns over extending the deficit by trillions of dollars based on proposed massive extended tax cuts are emerging.

TGTNegative Net Change TJXPositive Net Change LOWPositive Net Change TOLNegative Net Change PANWPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Flat After "V-Shaped Rally" Off April Lows

Market sentiment -- likely due to partiality toward positive trade deals in the works with global trading partners of the U.S. -- has been positively buoyant.

HDNegative Net Change TOLNegative Net Change PANWPositive Net Change VIKPositive Net Change

John Blank

Big-Box Retailers Supply Earnings: Global Week Ahead

U.S. shelves may not be empty at Christmas, after all. But trade tensions have not disappeared. They have merely receded.

FRFHFPositive Net Change ADRNYPositive Net Change AMADYPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Lower as the Street Absorbs Downgrade, Warnings

Moody's has followed Fitch and S&P in downgrading U.S. credit -- from AAA to AA1.

TGTNegative Net Change TJXPositive Net Change LOWPositive Net Change NVDAPositive Net Change HDNegative Net Change TOLNegative Net Change PANWPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Housing Numbers, Imports & Exports Close Out Eventful Week

We're seeing in-line Housing Starts for the month of April, while Building Permits were light.

QQQPositive Net Change SPYPositive Net Change DIAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Mostly Up on Mid-East Wheeling, Dealing

With President Trump continuing his tour through the Middle East, we're seeing a plethora of deals being made there with American corporations.

BAPositive Net Change AMDNegative Net Change CSCOPositive Net Change NVDAPositive Net Change TTWOPositive Net Change AMATPositive Net Change COINPositive Net Change METAPositive Net Change CAVAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Eventful Pre-Market: PPI, Retail Sales, Jobless Claims and WMT Q1

As if all this isn't enough, Fed Chair Jerome Powell is speaking at this hour, discussing the forthcoming update to its Framework Review.

WMTPositive Net Change DEPositive Net Change BABANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Mixed on Uneventful Trading Day

We were quiet on the reports front today, but plenty of economic reports hit the tape ahead of Thursday's open.

WMTPositive Net Change CSCOPositive Net Change DEPositive Net Change BABANegative Net Change BIRKNegative Net Change CRWVPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

No Econ Reports Equals Good News in Pre-Market

Even though the stock market has grown optimistic on global tariff deals, we expect the Fed to pay more attention to economic details.

UNHPositive Net Change CSCOPositive Net Change NVDAPositive Net Change TCEHYNegative Net Change SONYNegative Net Change CRWVPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Mostly Higher: Dow Kept Down by UNH Selling

While UnitedHealthcare fights another unforeseen headwind, NVIDIA helped the Nasdaq cruise higher.

UNHPositive Net Change CSCOPositive Net Change NVDAPositive Net Change CINegative Net Change CNCNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

CPI Inflation Rate at +2.3%, Earnings Reports Mixed

The Inflation Rate for April came in at a 4-year low to +2.3%, 10 bps beneath expectations.

UNHPositive Net Change HMCPositive Net Change JDNegative Net Change CYBRPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

U.S., Chinese Markets Cruise on Cooling Trade Tensions

With all the market ups and downs, today's big surge into the green has brought the S&P 500 within 5% of its all-time trading high.

AMZNPositive Net Change METAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

U.S.-China De-escalation: Markets Rip Higher

This de-escalation in the burgeoning trade war has opened the floodgates to stock buyers this morning.

AMZNPositive Net Change NRGPositive Net Change SBHPositive Net Change TSLANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Stay Buoyant on Trade-Deal Hopefulness

Futures are buoying up again, with tariff progress being declared by the White House -- not only with a tentative deal in the UK but also supposed progress with China.

TMPositive Net Change WMTPositive Net Change CSCOPositive Net Change SATSPositive Net Change UIPositive Net Change QBTSPositive Net Change SHCONegative Net Change OKLOPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Signs of Trade Deal Hope Fuels Markets

Markets rose today on hopeful sentiment regarding trade deals with U.S. partners after an agreement with the UK.

EXPEPositive Net Change DKNGNegative Net Change AFRMPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims, Q1 Productivity Hit Multi-Year Levels

Continuing Jobless Claims stayed above 1.9 million, and Productivity posted its first negative headline, in years.

COPNegative Net Change CROXPositive Net Change SHOPPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Fed Keeps Rates Unchanged at 4.25-4.50%; Market Closes Higher

While inflation is still running slightly higher than ideal levels and the labor force remains near maximum employment, there was no hard data Powell could point to to substantiate any policy changes at this point.

SWKSPositive Net Change APPPositive Net Change MELIPositive Net Change CVNAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets in the Green: Disney Beats, Fed Report Awaits

The Walt Disney Company (DIS) is seeing shares up +8% ahead of the opening bell after beating estimates on both top and bottom lines.

ADPPositive Net Change DISPositive Net Change TRIPPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Tariff Talk Returns to Sink Markets; Plus Q1 Earnings

President Trump's return to tough tariff talk has informed today's market sentiment.

AMDNegative Net Change WYNNPositive Net Change DISPositive Net Change RIVNPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Slip Lower on Record Trade Deficit, Q1 Earnings

A new record-low trade deficit may be contributing to the sour mood this morning in pre-market trading.

AMDNegative Net Change MARPositive Net Change NVDAPositive Net Change ADMNegative Net Change WYNNPositive Net Change DISPositive Net Change EANegative Net Change DASHNo Net Change

Mark Vickery

Trading Week Starts Out on the Soft Side

Decent ISM Services numbers couldn't turn the tide on Monday's mild selloff.

AMZNPositive Net Change FPositive Net Change AAPLPositive Net Change BRK.BPositive Net Change CLXPositive Net Change PLTRPositive Net Change HIMSPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Market Futures in the Red to Start New Trading Week

Following a storng end to last week's trading and the "surprise" announcement of Warren Buffett stepping down, pre-markets are lower the Monday.

FPositive Net Change AMDNegative Net Change ADPPositive Net Change CMINegative Net Change BRK.BPositive Net Change CLXPositive Net Change DISPositive Net Change TSNNegative Net Change LSCCNegative Net Change COINPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

BLS Jobs +177K, Better than Expected; Unemployment +4.2%

Monthly jobs stayed at a healthy level, with wage growth cooling. Pre-market traders love it, sending major indexes up higher this morning.

CVXPositive Net Change XOMPositive Net Change WENPositive Net Change PIPRPositive Net Change SHELNegative Net Change