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Ahead of Wall Street: Archive

Mark Vickery

Trump, Musk War of Words Send Indexes Lower Late

An open rift between recently departed DOGE leader and Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk sent indexes southward.

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Mark Vickery

Trump, Xi Speak; Jobless Claims, Productivity & Deficit Reports Out

Pre-market futures are rebounding back into the green on a report that President Trump and President Xi have spoken on the phone this morning.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Slide to Flat on Jobs, Trade, Beige Book, Earnings

ADP payrolls and the Beige Book slipped today, ahead of earnings results from Five Below.

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Mark Vickery

ADP Weak 2nd Straight Month: +37K, but Wages Stable

Just +37K new private-sector jobs were created, only a third of the +110K projected. This followed the downwardly revised +60K ADP headline the previous month.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Slightly Lower Ahead of Open; JOLTS, Earnings to Come

The JOLTS report for April is expected to further tick down from 7.19 million job openings in March.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Close in Green on Mostly Quiet Trading Day

Jobs Week reports begin with the JOLTS numbers out Tuesday morning.

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Mark Vickery

Jobs Week Starts with More Trade Tensions

Currently both the blue-chip Dow and the tech-heavy Nasdaq are down -100 points, with the S&P 500 down -20.

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Mark Vickery

PCE for April Shows Economic Resilience

This is good news in terms of demonstrating economic strength, though not for those who'd like to see the Fed lower interest rates.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Stay Green on More Tariff Discourse; Earnings from COST, GAP & More

Market indexes spent almost all day in the green this Thursday, save for a brief scare mid-day.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Stay Green After Tariff Ruling, Jobless Claims, Q1 GDP

Futures had been as high as +2.8% (Russell 2000; half that on the Dow: +1.4%), but have dragged closer to unchanged as the administration vows to appeal the court ruling on tariffs.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Slide into the Close; NVIDIA, CRM & More Report

The long-awaited Q1 earnings report from semiconductor giant NVIDIA (NVDA) is out this afternoon, and mixed.

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Mixed Ahead of Last Big Q1 Earnings Day

Macy's (M) beat estimates ahead of the open, and NVIDIA (NVDA) is expected to grow double-digits again after today's close.

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Mark Vickery

Big Market Gains on Tariff Delay, Improved Consumer Confidence

Stronger Consumer Confidence for May helps illustrate some of the positive sentiment the market has gained since tariff delays have been instilled.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Up on New Tariff Developments

A new pause to +50% tariffs on EU imports is leading pre-markets higher this morning.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Drop Hard on New Trump Tariff Talk

President Trump is warning Apple (AAPL) will be facing additional +25% tariffs on iPhones, while flexing new +50% tariffs on the EU.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Mostly Flat; Big Afternoon for Earnings: WDAY, DECK, INTU & More

Market indexes broke the spell today about high bond yields providing a headwind for equities, but nosedived into the close.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Even Out as Investors Digest Tax Bill

Indexes dipped early but are in the process of rebounding following yesterday's sell-off.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Slide on Bond Option; Q1 Earnings After the Close

The prospect of adding trillions to the national deficit has rattled bond markets, while three major Q1 beats came in the late session.

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Mark Vickery

Q1 Retailers Report Earnings: TGT Misses, LOW & TJX Beat

We're beginning to see something resembling the top of the parabolic curve, with most major indexes flat over the past five trading days.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Cool on Low News Cycle; PANW, TOL Report

Concerns over extending the deficit by trillions of dollars based on proposed massive extended tax cuts are emerging.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Flat After "V-Shaped Rally" Off April Lows

Market sentiment -- likely due to partiality toward positive trade deals in the works with global trading partners of the U.S. -- has been positively buoyant.

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John Blank

Big-Box Retailers Supply Earnings: Global Week Ahead

U.S. shelves may not be empty at Christmas, after all. But trade tensions have not disappeared. They have merely receded.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Lower as the Street Absorbs Downgrade, Warnings

Moody's has followed Fitch and S&P in downgrading U.S. credit -- from AAA to AA1.

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Mark Vickery

Housing Numbers, Imports & Exports Close Out Eventful Week

We're seeing in-line Housing Starts for the month of April, while Building Permits were light.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Mostly Up on Mid-East Wheeling, Dealing

With President Trump continuing his tour through the Middle East, we're seeing a plethora of deals being made there with American corporations.

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