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Ahead of Wall Street: Archive

Mark Vickery

Markets Fight Off Powell Rumor, Close in the Green

A report that President Trump intended on firing Fed Chair Jerome Powell sent all major indexes into the loss column temporarily.

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Mark Vickery

Strong Q2 Earnings, Cooling PPI Lead Pre-Markets Higher

Headline PPI for June, month over month, reached 0.0% -- lower than the +0.2% expected and 30 bps below May.

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Mark Vickery

Nasdaq Clings to Gains, New All-Time High Close

Off last Thursday's highs, the Nasdaq has once again led the way among major market indexes.

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Mark Vickery

Economy Shows Signs of Warming: CPI, Q2 Bank Earnings

Following a fairly dormant period, we're finally getting down to some real nitty-grit.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Close in the Green; Nasdaq at Fresh Highs

We get started with a new CPI report and Q2 earnings results on Tuesday ahead of the open.

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Mark Vickery

Big Week of Inflation Data, Q2 Earnings Reports

Not only do we look forward to the biggest of the Wall Street banks reporting Q2 earnings, but a whole host of economic prints, including a fresh Inflation Rate for the month of June, are expected.

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Mark Vickery

New Tariff Talk Sends Pre-Markets Off Record Highs

President Trump announced a new +35% tariff on all Canadian goods imported to the U.S. this morning. Pre-markets are now in the red.

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Mark Vickery

Small-Cap Russell 2000 Leads Another Up-Day in the Market

The small-cap index has outgained the field of the past month or so.

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Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims Steady, Earnings Season Kicks Off with Delta Beat

Initial Jobless Claims are down for the fourth-consecutive week to 227K, and Delta Air Lines (DAL) beat on top and bottom lines in Q2.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Rally Ahead Despite Potential Complications

As the tariff deadline comes and goes, a new possible 50% tariff on Brazil emerges.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Shrug Off Trade Deadline, FOMC Minutes Out Today

Without a major catalyst to push market indexes to new levels higher, we might expect this sideways chop to continue.

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Mark Vickery

Copper Jumps, Keeping Markets Mixed Below All-Time Highs

The versatile metal shot up as much as +15% intraday, before closing the session +9% -- the highest one-day spring in 36 years.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Mixed at Start of Prime Day, Awaiting Trade Deals

Pre-market futures are bouncing around a bit without much guidance from economic reports or Q2 earnings.

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Mark Vickery

New Tariff Threats Give Market Indexes a Haircut

The slight trim off record highs we saw before the opening bell turned into a full haircut today.

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Mark Vickery

A Relaxing Week Ahead in the Stock Market?

Pre-market futures are taking a little off the top this morning: -18 points on the S&P 500, -31 points on the Dow and -98 points on the Nasdaq.

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Mark Vickery

Jobs Numbers Bring a Sigh of Relief: +147K

Headline job gains from BLS have come in at +147K -- above the consensus estimate of +110K and the upwardly revised +144K for May.

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Mark Vickery

"Jobs Week" Continues Thursday to Close Out the Week

Both Weekly Jobless Claims and the BLS report will hit the wires around the same time tomorrow.

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Mark Vickery

ADP Private-Sector Payrolls -33K, Worst in 2+ Years

Currently, it's white-collar jobs that are disappearing, which may be surprising to some.

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Mark Vickery

Trading Rotation Kicks Off 2nd Half of 2025

Tech stocks lagged after a very strong first half of the year, while healthcare led the way.

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Mark Vickery

Plenty of Data to Start 2nd Half of 2025

Manufacturing PMI, Construction Spending and the start of "Jobs Week" data await today's stock market.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Close Rollercoaster Q2 on Top

After starting calendar Q2 with a huge "Liberation Day" dip, the Nasdaq and S&P 500 once again close at new all-time highs.

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Mark Vickery

Through 1H 2025, U.S. Economy Threads the Needle

It was a turbulent first half of the year, but we are closing strong.

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Mark Vickery

PCE Mostly In-Line, Pre-Markets Rally Again

The biggest potential headwinds have thus far missed the marketplace, and may have already blown past us.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Surge on Tech Trade, "Not Critical" Tariffs

To whatever extent people were checking their calendars for trade-busting tariffs on the horizon, they're not doing so now.

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Mark Vickery

Big Changes in Economic Data, Pre-Markets Hold Gains

Once Continuing Claims reach 2 million per week, expect a change in the narrative -- including from the Fed -- on our steady and secure labor market.

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