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Ahead of Wall Street: Archive

Mark Vickery

CPI +0.2%, Inflation Rate +2.8%: Lower than Expected

How much of this morning's buying appetite is due to sunken valuation levels on key stocks and how much is due to a mildly better CPI?

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Mark Vickery

Markets Slide Again on Tariff Realities

Market indexes were down again today in this continued freefall on tariff fears and open discussion of a potential economic recession.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Melting Away Early-Morning Gains

After today's open, albeit a month in arrears: January JOLTS figures report.

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Mark Vickery

"R-Word" Fears Send Stock Market Much Lower

While the tech-heavy Nasdaq and small-cap Russell 2000 are both -11% over the past month, the Dow is down "only" half that.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Down Again to Start a New Trading Week

Market indexes last week came in anywhere from -2.25% (Dow) to -3.25% (Nasdaq), and are pointing lower ahead of the open Monday.

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Mark Vickery

BLS Jobs Numbers: +151K, Unemployment +4.1%

A headline number of +151K was below the +170K expected, but pre-markets breathed a sigh of relief.

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Mark Vickery

Heavy March Headwinds Continue: Stocks Market Indexes Down

It's been a dire month for market indexes, no doubt. The Dow is -4.8% over that time period, the S&P 500 is -5.6% and the Nasdaq -8.7%.

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Mark Vickery

ECB Cuts, Jobless Claims Mixed, Trade Deficit Hits Record

While the ECB cut rates 25 bps despite a potential trade war, jobless claims stayed within range but the trade deficit fell through the floor.

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Mark Vickery

ADP +77K, Far Lower than Expected; Tariff News Forthcoming?

We started out this morning in the green across the board, but now see the Dow and S&P 500 lower.

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Mark Vickery

ADP +77K, Far Lower than Expected; Tariff News Forthcoming?

We started out this morning in the green across the board, but now see the Dow and S&P 500 lower.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Break Lower as Tariff Realities Manifest

The specter of higher production costs across the board based on fresh tariffs are giving the market heartburn.

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Mark Vickery

Tariffs Front & Center in Today's Pre-Market: Futures Down

We have no major economic prints out ahead of today's opening bell, so the tariffs are our main focus.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Pull Back Late on New Tariff Talk

Today's fall was steady and modest until this afternoon, when it was announced +25% tariffs are indeed being levied onto our direct neighbors Canada and Mexico.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Pick Up Where Friday Left Off

There seemed to be something of a re-think Friday after indexes had fallen from February 20th through the 27th.

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Mark Vickery

PCE Brings Good News to the Stock Market

Today's PCE report brings something for everyone to be happy about.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Fall Again; Q4 Results After the Bell: ADSK, SOUN & More

The major indexes cannot catch a break. Q4 earnings have remained decent and economic prints have good news. But we continue to slide.

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Mark Vickery

Big Morning for Economic Data: Jobless Claims, GDP & More

Pre-market indexes are up again this morning, though all week this has been the case.

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Mark Vickery

NVIDIA Beats Q4 Earnings, Markets Mostly Climb Out of the Muck

This marks the ninth-straight earnings beat for the graphics chips innovator.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Try, Try Again to Break into Green

All indexes are still up year to date besides the Russell, although the Nasdaq is hanging on by less than a percentage point.

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Mark Vickery

Consumer Confidence Wanes, Big Q4 After-Market

It's the third-straight downward monthly move for Consumer Confidence.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Try Again to Ramp Higher

The last five days of trading on the major indexes overall look like stair steps heading down to the basement.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Mostly Dip Red Late in Regular Trading

After the closing bell, Zoom shares are -4% and HIMS are trading -17% lower on Q4 earnings results.

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John Blank

Nvidia Earnings After Wednesday Close: Global Week Ahead

Nvidia (NVDA) suffered a record one-day loss in market value last month over how low-cost DeepSeek might shake up the "AI" ecosystem, although shares have since mostly bounced back.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Bouncing Back from Dismal Friday

The Dow has so far clawed back around +250 points of the nearly -750 it lost on Friday, +0.59%.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Market Dow Sinks on UNH Report; Econ Reports After the Open

The DOJ is bringing a civil case against UnitedHealthcare (UNH) -- the largest healthcare company in the world.

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