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Ahead of Wall Street: Archive

Mark Vickery

Markets Flat Ahead of Key Data; PYPL, PLTR Post Beats

We'll see fresh inflation data with CPI and PPI prints for April, but earlier today we saw Wholesale Inventories for March, which were flat month over month.

PYPLNegative Net Change PLTRNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Not Pricing-In Future Rate Hikes (For Now)

The general outlook had been -- prior to the latest jobs data -- that the Fed was finished with rate hikes as of its dot-plot issued a few months back.

ZIONNegative Net Change TSNNegative Net Change WALNegative Net Change PACWPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Jobs Numbers Hotter than Expected: 253K; Unemployment Rate 3.4%

Today's BLS report looks once again like the jobs market is proving resilient in the face of higher interest rates.

WALNegative Net Change QQQNegative Net Change PACWPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Down 4 Straight Sessions: Earnings from AAPL, EXPE, SQ & More

We see a full parade of consumer-facing quarterly earnings results -- and this is the part of the economy continuing to show resiliency.

AAPLNegative Net Change EXPENegative Net Change PACWPositive Net Change SQPositive Net Change BKNGNegative Net Change LYFTNegative Net Change DASHNegative Net Change COINNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

New Economic Data Curbs Pre-Market Losses

Once we saw a few economic prints hit the tape this morning, market indices have cut their losses notably.

QQQNegative Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Fed Hikes 25bps; Markets Fall on Powell's Forecast

The Fed funds rate now lies at a range of 5.00-5.25%, the highest levels we've seen since George W. Bush was still president.

QQQNegative Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

ADP for April: 296K New Jobs - Stronger than Expected

The 296K headline was more than double the 133K anticipated by analysts. It also was more than double the previous month's downwardly revised 142K.

QQQNegative Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Swing Lower Ahead of Fed Rate Decision; AMD, SBUX, F Beat Earnings

The specter of a pending Fed funds rate increase, possibly without a clear message that the rate hikes are over, looms larger than earnings metrics.

FNegative Net Change AMDNegative Net Change SBUXNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

JOLTS Data After the Bell, Q1 Reports for PFE, UBER & More

The JOLTS report for March will be out today, making it the first of several employment-related releases out this week.

FNegative Net Change AMDNegative Net Change PFENegative Net Change MARNegative Net Change SBUXNegative Net Change YUMCNegative Net Change UBERNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Close Flat After Eventful Day; MGM, NXPI, CHGG Beat in Q1

We went on a bit of a roller-coaster ride in the first trading day of a new week, at least compared to the low-VIX environment we'd been existing in.

MGMNegative Net Change NXPINegative Net Change QQQNegative Net Change CHGGNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Big Week for Q1 Earnings, Jobs, etc.

Who ordered the busy week for market participants? Your shipment is in.

JPMNegative Net Change AAPLNegative Net Change AMDNegative Net Change NXPINegative Net Change LSCCNegative Net Change FCNCANegative Net Change ONNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

PCE Not Weak Enough to Change Fed's Mind; XOM, CVX Report Q1

Year over year, core PCE came in at cycle lows to +4.6%, but still 10 basis points (bps) ahead of expectations.

JPMNegative Net Change CNegative Net Change CVXNegative Net Change XOMNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Close in the Green; AMZN, INTC & More Beat on Earnings

This was a strong enough trading day to pull major indices into positive territory for the past five trading days.

AMZNNegative Net Change INTCNegative Net Change CATNegative Net Change SNAPNegative Net Change PINSNegative Net Change METANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Q1 GDP 1.1% Lower than Expected; Jobless Claims Down

This is the lightest read since we were negative in Q2 2022, and notably down from the final +2.6% GDP from Q4.

AMZNNegative Net Change CATNegative Net Change LUVNegative Net Change AALNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Continue Steady Slide; META, EBAY Beat Q1 Earnings

Except the Nasdaq, which snapped a two-day losing streak and was the only major index in the green all day.

AMZNNegative Net Change INTCNegative Net Change SNYPositive Net Change BMYNegative Net Change MRKNegative Net Change LLYNegative Net Change EBAYNegative Net Change FRCPositive Net Change SNAPNegative Net Change METANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Aircraft Skew Durable Goods, Boeing Mixed in Q1

There's no bigger aircraft maker on the planet than Boeing (BA), which posted mixed results in its Q1 report this morning.

BANegative Net Change MSFTNegative Net Change CMGNegative Net Change TMONegative Net Change GOOGLPositive Net Change

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Markets Close at Session Lows: Good Earnings for MSFT, GOOGL & More

Odds are firming rapidly that another 25 basis-point (bps) hike to the Fed funds rate a week from tomorrow will set the highest interest rate levels in over 15 years.

TXNNegative Net Change MSFTNegative Net Change VNegative Net Change UPSNegative Net Change CMGNegative Net Change FRCPositive Net Change GOOGLPositive Net Change METANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Case-Shiller Shrinking but Q1 Earnings Better: MCD, PEP, GE, etc.

Pre-market futures are slightly in the red ahead of the open on plenty to digest in early trading hours.

GENegative Net Change MSFTNegative Net Change UPSNegative Net Change MCDNegative Net Change CMGNegative Net Change PEPNegative Net Change GMNegative Net Change FRCPositive Net Change GOOGLPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

First Republic Beats on -40.8% Deposits; Whirlpool Outperforms

Things still don't look rosy at First Republic, but so far in Q1 earnings season, we don't see its issues affecting the entire banking industry.

GENegative Net Change MSFTNegative Net Change VNegative Net Change UPSNegative Net Change MCDNegative Net Change CMGNegative Net Change ADMNegative Net Change WHRNegative Net Change PEPNegative Net Change GMNegative Net Change FRCPositive Net Change GOOGLPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Big Data Week: Q1 Earnings, Econ Reports; Coke Beats on Q1

We'll keep a close eye on whether PCE figures continue to decline meaningfully or whether they're showing us in a trough.

AMZNNegative Net Change MSFTNegative Net Change KOPositive Net Change MCDNegative Net Change FRCPositive Net Change GOOGLPositive Net Change METANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

P&G Outperforms in Fiscal Q3; Flash PMI Numbers Later

P&G stock has now swung to positive for the year on +2.3% gains in early trading today.

BANegative Net Change AMZNNegative Net Change CATNegative Net Change PGNegative Net Change FRCPositive Net Change GOOGLPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Econ Data, Q1 Earnings: Drip, Drip, Drip; CSX Beats

Myriad economic and earnings releases may accumulate into something more meaningful ahead of the Fed's next policy meeting.

CSXNegative Net Change PGNegative Net Change NSCNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims Higher, Philly Fed & AmEx Lower

Continuing Jobless Claims ratcheted up to 1.865 million -- the highest single-week read since November 2021.

AXPNegative Net Change TSLANegative Net Change

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Tesla (TSLA) and IBM (IBM) Mixed in Q1, ZION Misses

The question for Tesla is whether we have seen the bottom in gross margins for this cycle.

IBMNegative Net Change ZIONNegative Net Change TSLANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Morgan Stanley, USB Beat in Q1; Pre-Markets Down

The Dow and the Nasdaq are both down -100 points currently, whereas the S&P 500 is -25 points in the red at this hour.

MSNegative Net Change IBMNegative Net Change NFLXPositive Net Change USBNegative Net Change TSLANegative Net Change