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Ahead of Wall Street: Archive

Mark Vickery

Trading Week Starts Out on the Soft Side

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

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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.

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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.

CVXNegative Net Change XOMNegative Net Change WENNegative Net Change PIPRNegative Net Change SHELNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Amazon, Apple Lead Big Earnings Afternoon

Both "Mag 7" stocks are trading lower on quarterly earnings, while Reddit and Twilio are jumping higher following theirs.

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Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims Higher; Q1 Earnings from LLY, MCD & More

Last week, 241K Americans filed for unemployment on Initial Jobless Claims, with Continuing Claims touching 1.9 million.

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Steady PCE, Higher Pending Home Sales, Help Bolster Hump Day Trading

While PCE month over month was flat on both headline and core, Pending Home Sales increased and late earnings reports posted beats.

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Mark Vickery

First Negative GDP in 3+ Years: -0.3%; Pre-Markets Down

With ADP coming in half of what was expected and Q1 GDP -0.3%, we can understand the downward pressure in the pre-market.

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Mark Vickery

JOLTS, Confidence, Home Prices and Q1 Earnings Make an Eventful Day

Major indexes gains from 0.5-0.75% in today's trading, on a plethora of data across many realms of the market.

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Mark Vickery

Trade Balance in Goods Hits All-Time Record, Plus Q1 Earnings

Pre-market futures are mixed-to-flat once again, this time with the blue-chip Dow leading into positive territory.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Fight Back to Flattish; Q1 After the Close: FFIV, CDNS & More

Today saw a mid-day dip across major indexes, but rebounded into the green by the end of the session -- all but the tech-heavy Nasdaq.

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