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Ahead of Wall Street: Archive

Mark Vickery

Markets Cool on Apple 15 News; CPI Tomorrow

As expected, Apple (AAPL) unveiled the new iPhone 15 and Watch 9 series today.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Drifting Ahead of CPI, UAW News

Core CPI tomorrow is expected to take another step down, and the Fed is expected to pause interest rates next week.

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Mark Vickery

Dow Up 3 Straight Sessions, Nasdaq Leads on Tesla Upgrade

Tesla's potential half-trillion-dollar gain in market value on the company's Dojo supercomputer is leading the stock higher +10% on the day.

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Mark Vickery

Gearing Up for a Busy Trading Week

Mid-week, we'll see new CPI and PPI data. These will be the last of the big economic prints reporting ahead of next week's Fed meeting.

ORCLNegative Net Change TSLAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

September Remains Markets' Cooling Saucer

The four major indices have not been in lock-step, but are all down month to date: the Dow -1.22%, the S&P 500 -1.51%, the Nasdaq -1.46% and the small-cap Russell 2000 -2.42%.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Sag Again, Jobless Claims Remain Light

This latest downturn seems to be pricing-in something other than strong employment and better chances for a soft landing.

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Mark Vickery

Good News/Bad News for Markets; AI, AEO, GME Beat

From mid-March of this year, every minor setback in the S&P and elsewhere has risen to the challenge and gone higher within a few sessions.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Still Tepidly Wait-and-See

Bonds rates and oil prices have been stagnating equity moves somewhat, but really we¿¿¿re still in wait-and-see mode following a favorable Jobs Week.

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Mark Vickery

Don't Fear This September's Trading; Zscaler Beats in Q4

There is no reason to expect that anything this September is particularly expected to drag down market indices meaningfully.

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Mark Vickery

Slow Start to Shortened Week

The last week of trading was a good one, if off the intra-day highs of Thursday and Friday.

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Mark Vickery

Jobs +187K, Unemployment +3.8%: Cooling but Healthy

This looks like a very favorable report, labor market- and inflation-wise. Goldilocks, in fact.

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Mark Vickery

Only Nasdaq Keeps String Alive; LULU, AVGO Beat on Earnings

Except for the Nasdaq, major market indices could not sustain a fifth-straight trading day higher.

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Mark Vickery

PCE In-Line, Jobless Claims Mixed: Pre-Markets Up Again

Year-over-year PCE increases were predicted by analysts; all of this PCE data has come in-line with estimates.

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Mark Vickery

4th Straight Trading Day Higher; CRM, CRWD & More Report

Salesforce, Crowdstrike and Okta all beat expectations on both top and bottom lines today.

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Mark Vickery

Cooling Numbers: ADP +177K, Q2 GDP +2.1% & More

This is good news for those looking for jobs figures to create less of a headwind for bringing down inflation.

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Mark Vickery

Economic Data and Q2 Earnings Foster 3rd Straight Up-Day

Case-Shiller home prices improved, while JOLTS data shrank and HPE and PVH beat earnings after the close.

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Mark Vickery

Medicare Drugs Targeted Under Inflation Reduction Act

Last year, these 10 drugs made up $50 billion, about 20%, of Medicare part D costs.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Up Second-Straight Day; Lots of Data On Deck

All major indices are up over the past week of trading, though are still underwater for the past month.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Up as Challenging August Dwindles

Today we do not have any major economic reports scheduled, but this week will be an eventful one.

HPQPositive Net Change CRMNegative Net Change ADPNegative Net Change BBYPositive Net Change LULUPositive Net Change HPEPositive Net Change CRWDNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets to Take Cues from Powell at Jackson Hole

Today, analysts will be paying close attention to how warm the Fed Chair might be toward keeping rates where they are.

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Mark Vickery

Q2 Retailers GPS, JWN, ULTA Beat Ahead of Jackson Hole

Fed Chair Powell's speech at Jackson Hole tomorrow gains focus, and Nordstrom, Gap and Ulta all posted solid earnings beats.

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Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims Stay Low, Durables Sink; DLTR Beats, Stock Falls

The Nasdaq, still riding off NVIDIA's (NVDA) blowout Q2 report yesterday after the close.

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Mark Vickery

NVIDIA Posts Giant Q2 Beats, Guides Way Higher

NVIDIA took quarterly expectations and completely blew them out of the water.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Green but Losing Steam; ANF, FL, KSS Report

The Dow is +20 points currently (as opposed to +150 an hour ago), the Nasdaq +19 points, the S&P 500 +3 points and the Russell -1.3%.

KSSPositive Net Change ANFPositive Net Change FLPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Urban Outfitters, Toll Bros Beat After Market Close

Both the specialty retailer and luxury homebuilder easily surpassed earnings estimates.

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