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Ahead of Wall Street: Archive

Mark Vickery

Can Markets Keep the Winning Streak Intact?

Uber missed on headline although business was good, D.R. Horton beat and raised, and the U.S. trade deficit got slimmer.

GILDNegative Net Change EBAYPositive Net Change DISNegative Net Change ARMNegative Net Change WBDNegative Net Change DHIPositive Net Change UBERPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Stay Green Amid Higher Bond Yields

We imagine some profit-taking took place through the course of the trading session, after the markets' strongest week in a year.

NXPIPositive Net Change TRIPNo Net Change UBERPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Follow Strong Week in the Green Again

Ahead of today's opening bell, the Dow and Nasdaq are +40 points, and the S&P is +10.

EXPEPositive Net Change RLPositive Net Change DISNegative Net Change ARMNegative Net Change TSLAPositive Net Change TRIPNo Net Change BKNGPositive Net Change UBERPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Jobs Cut in Half to 150K; Unemployment +3.9%

Today's headline BLS number is 150K, below the 170-180K expected, and well below the downwardly revised 297K the previous month.

ADPNegative Net Change QQQNegative Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Up Big Again; Apple (AAPL) Beats Modestly

Bond yield rates came down notably from their multi-year highs, with the 2-year back below 5% and the 10-year down to 4.663%.

AAPLPositive Net Change EXPEPositive Net Change BKNGPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims, Q3 Productivity Up - So Are the Pre-Markets

Much of what we see up on major indices this morning came after much of this economic data was reported.

ADPNegative Net Change SBUXPositive Net Change CROXNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Fed Holds, Big Afternoon for Q3 Earnings: QCOM, ABNB & More

While Qualcomm and e.l.f. Beauty beat and raised, other companies reporting after the bell did not fare as well.

QCOMPositive Net Change AMDNegative Net Change MDLZPositive Net Change ETSYPositive Net Change PYPLPositive Net Change ELFPositive Net Change ABNBPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

ADP Jobs +113K Lower than Expected; Fed at 2pm

This means we're still creating more than the amount of monthly private-sector jobs the economy needs to offset retiring Baby Boomers.

ADPNegative Net Change QQQNegative Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Close Higher, Still Red for October; AMD, CZR Beat, Sell

Major indices were up for a second-straight session, but down for a third-straight month.

AMDNegative Net Change FSLRPositive Net Change CZRNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

UAW Wins; CAT & PFE Beat, Fall in Pre-Market

This morning, a muted version of yesterday's bull market continues: the Dow is +2 points, and the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq are +6.

CATNegative Net Change PFENegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Dow Gains 500+ Points; PINS Beats & Raises

While Zacks Rank #1-rated Pinterest is up +11% on Q3 beats, VF Corp and LSCC are selling off in late trading.

VFCNegative Net Change LSCCPositive Net Change PINSPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Busy Week for Earnings, Fed, Reports; MCD, ON Beat in Q3

Mid-October near-term highs have given way to lower trading levels for the most part in the past couple weeks.

AAPLPositive Net Change AMDNegative Net Change CATNegative Net Change COPNegative Net Change PFENegative Net Change LLYPositive Net Change SBUXPositive Net Change MCDNegative Net Change ONPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

PCE Index In-Line, +0.4%; Core YoY +3.7% - Lowest Since 2021

Spending continued to climb: +0.7% compared with the +0.5% anticipated and the +0.4% posted a month ago.

AMZNPositive Net Change XOMNegative Net Change CLNegative Net Change PSXPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Q3 GDP +4.9%, Earnings Beats for UPS, Bristol Myers and Honeywell

In the preliminary Q3 GDP print, consumer spending jumped to +4.0% while private domestic investment roared ahead +8.4%.

AMZNPositive Net Change INTCPositive Net Change FPositive Net Change BMYNegative Net Change HONNegative Net Change UPSNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

META Up +4% on +23% Revenue Growth; IBM and NOW Also Beat

The social media leader posted a big beat on earnings -- $4.39 per share versus expectations of $3.62 and the year-ago number of $1.64 per share.

AMZNPositive Net Change FPositive Net Change MSFTNegative Net Change BMYNegative Net Change IBMPositive Net Change UPSNegative Net Change CMGPositive Net Change NOWPositive Net Change METAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Q3 Earnings Mixed, Big Results Expected After-Hours

The Dow is the sole major index in the green this morning, boosted by Microsoft's strong performance yesterday afternoon.

BANegative Net Change AAPLPositive Net Change IBMPositive Net Change ADPNegative Net Change TMONegative Net Change NOWPositive Net Change METAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Big Earnings Beats for Microsoft, Visa, Snap & Others

Microsoft (MSFT) shares gained +4% on better-than-expected results, while Alphabet (GOOGL) sold off on a miss in its cloud business.

BANegative Net Change TXNPositive Net Change MSFTNegative Net Change VNegative Net Change IBMPositive Net Change GOOGLPositive Net Change SNAPPositive Net Change METAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Solid Q3 Earnings Assisting Dow Up Triple Digits Early

GM, 3M, ADM and Coke all outperformed expectations on their bottom lines in Q3 this morning.

KONegative Net Change MMMNegative Net Change ADMPositive Net Change GMPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Big Q3 Earnings Headed Our Way: MSFT, GOOGL & More

The self-policing of high-bond-yield wariness is keeping equities from jumping ahead.

AMZNPositive Net Change GEPositive Net Change INTCPositive Net Change TXNPositive Net Change AAPLPositive Net Change MSFTNegative Net Change VNegative Net Change KONegative Net Change NVDANegative Net Change ARMNegative Net Change GMPositive Net Change QQQNegative Net Change GOOGLPositive Net Change METAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Busy Week for Q3, Economic Reports Starts Slowly

Off mid-October highs, all major indices are down roughly -0.4%: the Dow -160 points, the S&P 500 -17 and the Nasdaq -57.

AMZNPositive Net Change MSFTNegative Net Change CVXNegative Net Change XOMNegative Net Change LOGINegative Net Change HESNo Net Change WRBPositive Net Change PXDPositive Net Change AGYSNegative Net Change GOOGLPositive Net Change METAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Market Breaking Up with TINA

a 5% 10-year bond yield is a psychological barrier for those investors who used to look at stocks and say "TINA (There Is No Alternative)."

BANegative Net Change AMZNPositive Net Change GEPositive Net Change FPositive Net Change MSFTNegative Net Change IBMPositive Net Change SLBNegative Net Change MMMNegative Net Change AXPNegative Net Change GMPositive Net Change QQQNegative Net Change GOOGLPositive Net Change METAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Struggle with Bond Yields, Fed Chair and Earnings

Powell said inflation is still too high, and that monetary policy -- at 5.25-5.50%, the highest in 16 years -- was still not too tight.

CSXNegative Net Change TSLAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims Sub-200K; AAL, FITB Mixed in Q3

Meanwhile, bond yields continue to climb, with the 10-year only 4 basis points from 5%.

FITBPositive Net Change AALPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Bond Yields Squeezing Equities; NFLX, LRCX, LVS Beat, TSLA Misses

The 10-year reached 4.91% today, its loftiest perch since March 2007, and the 2-year hit 5.22% -- its biggest payout since December 2000!

NFLXNegative Net Change LRCXNegative Net Change LVSNegative Net Change TSLAPositive Net Change

Zacks Equity Research

Pre-Markets in Red on Mid-East Concerns, Q3 Earnings in Focus

U.S. stock futures are trading lower as the geopolitical conflicts between Israel and Palestine-based terrorist group Hamas heightened.

MSNegative Net Change ABTPositive Net Change PGNegative Net Change