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Ahead of Wall Street: Archive

Mark Vickery

December PCE Steady with Expectations; Plenty of Mixed Q4 Earnings

PCE results were as in-line with expectations as one could expect: +0.3% on headline month over month, +2.6% year over year.

CVXNegative Net Change XOMNegative Net Change CLNegative Net Change ABBVNegative Net Change

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Markets Modestly in the Green Ahead of Earnings for AAPL, INTC, V & More

A last-minute swing toward the upside in trading ahead of the session close has kept a Trump announcement on new tariffs at bay for now.

INTCNegative Net Change AAPLNegative Net Change VPositive Net Change DECKNegative Net Change

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Jobless Claims, GDP Fall; More Earnings

Just when we think Weekly Jobless Claims may break out to a new level higher, they pull back down.

AAPLNegative Net Change MANegative Net Change LUVPositive Net Change UPSNegative Net Change

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Fed Holds Steady, Big Earnings Afternoon: MSFT, TSLA, META & More

Microsoft, Meta, IBM and ServiceNow all outperformed earnings estimates, while Tesla came up short.

MSFTPositive Net Change IBMNegative Net Change TSLAPositive Net Change NOWNegative Net Change METAPositive Net Change

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Pre-Markets Modestly Lower on Weak Trade Numbers, Good Earnings

A headline U.S. Trade Deficit of -$122.1 billion last month was easily the lowest print for all of 2024.

MSFTPositive Net Change IBMNegative Net Change VFCNegative Net Change TSLAPositive Net Change NOWNegative Net Change TMUSNegative Net Change METAPositive Net Change

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Markets Stage Shallow Rebound from Monday Sell-off

We continue our Q4 earnings parade, particularly after Wednesday's close.

MSFTPositive Net Change SBUXNegative Net Change FFIVNegative Net Change TSLAPositive Net Change QRVOPositive Net Change

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Durable Goods Stronger, Q4 Earnings Mixed Pre-Market

Pre-market futures are mixed, with the Dow -14 points, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq +19 and +96 points, respectively, and the small-cap Russell 2000 -0.6 points.

BAPositive Net Change JBLUPositive Net Change RCLPositive Net Change GMNegative Net Change

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New Trading Week Starts in the Red

A general re-think on AI spending led the bearish sentiment, with China's reported DeepSeek AI open-source module reportedly having been developed in two months and costing no more than $6 million.

BAPositive Net Change LMTNegative Net Change TNegative Net Change MSFTPositive Net Change CEGNegative Net Change JBLUPositive Net Change SBUXNegative Net Change RCLPositive Net Change NVDAPositive Net Change GMNegative Net Change TSLAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Ease-of-Use AI Platform DeepSeek Send U.S. Pre-Markets Reeling

We're looking at a big drop in pre-market equities to start the last week on the first month of 2025.

NVDAPositive Net Change SOFINegative Net Change

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Pre-Markets Reflect on High Valuations: Q4 Earnings, Econ Data Continue

We've blasted off mid-month lows over the past week and a half.

VZNegative Net Change AXPNegative Net Change

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Markets Ramp Up to End Session; Q4 Beats for TXN, ISRG

Markets finished in robust fashion in the green today, ramping up in the final 20 minutes of trading.

NEEPositive Net Change TXNNegative Net Change CSXPositive Net Change VZNegative Net Change AXPNegative Net Change ISRGPositive Net Change

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Pre-Markets Seek Direction on Warmer Jobless Claims, Q4 Earnings

While new and continuing jobless claims both move higher, American Airlines and GE Aerospace release Q4 earnings.

GEPositive Net Change TXNNegative Net Change CSXPositive Net Change ISRGPositive Net Change AALNegative Net Change GEVNegative Net Change

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S&P 500 Misses New Closing High by 4 Points

The S&P came close to closing at a new all-time high today at 6,086, but was just a few points shy of the record close on December 6th of last year.

CNegative Net Change GEPositive Net Change TXNNegative Net Change AAPLNegative Net Change CSXPositive Net Change NFLXPositive Net Change ISRGPositive Net Change AALNegative Net Change GOOGLPositive Net Change

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Pre-Markets Keep Optimistic, Earnings Beats for JNJ, PG, ALLY & More

Pre-market futures are picking up where they left off Tuesday afternoon: higher.

JNJNegative Net Change NFLXPositive Net Change PGNegative Net Change APHNegative Net Change ALLYNegative Net Change

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Big Trading Day Ends with Q4 Earnings Beats: NFLX, UAL, COF

Indexes have rocketed up from 2025 lows hit a week to a week and a half ago.

JNJNegative Net Change UALNegative Net Change NFLXPositive Net Change PGNegative Net Change COFNegative Net Change GEVNegative Net Change

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Pre-Markets Start Trading Week in the Green

As Davos parses the incoming Trump administration's vast policy changes, DHI and SCHW outperform quarterly estimates.

UALNegative Net Change NFLXPositive Net Change COFNegative Net Change SCHWPositive Net Change DHINegative Net Change

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Markets Closed for MLK Day; Trump II Inauguration Today

President-elect Trump becomes the second U.S. president after Grover Cleveland in 1892 to be elected to two non-consecutive terms.

JPMPositive Net Change CNegative Net Change JNJNegative Net Change NFLXPositive Net Change AXPNegative Net Change COINPositive Net Change

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Pre-Markets Strongly Up Again; Indexes in Green for Week, YTD

The Dow has now climbed into positive territory over the past month of trading; all major indexes are in the green year-to-date.

AAPLNegative Net Change MSFTPositive Net Change NFLXPositive Net Change TSLAPositive Net Change

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Markets Take a Breather Thursday; JBHT Mixed in Q4

The Dow returned -68 points of yesterday's +700, or -0.16% on the session.

JBHTPositive Net Change QQQPositive Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative Net Change

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Pre-Markets Mixed on Jobless Claims, Retail Sales & More

While Jobless Claims remained subdued, Imports and Exports sprang to life -- along with monthly Philly Fed numbers.

BACPositive Net Change WFCPositive Net Change JPMPositive Net Change MSPositive Net Change

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Markets Rally on Soft CPI, Good Q4 Bank Earnings

There's no guarantee that a cut is coming, but more soft economic data may eventually prod the Fed to be convinced to follow its own dot-plot from late last year.

GSPositive Net Change WFCPositive Net Change JPMPositive Net Change CNegative Net Change

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Pre-Markets Up Huge on CPI, Q4 Bank Numbers

While CPI numbers ultimately lack a level of glamour, pre-market trading is taking them as a permission to push higher.

WFCPositive Net Change JPMPositive Net Change CNegative Net Change

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Investors Await Clouds Parting; CPI Ahead of Wednesday's Bell

Consumer Price data joins Big Banks reporting Q4 results ahead of Hump Day market activity.

WFCPositive Net Change JPMPositive Net Change CNegative Net Change

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PPI Inflation Comes in Tame; Pre-Markets Up

PPI numbers are decidedly cooler month over month, coming in at +0.2% which is only half the +0.4% expected.

QQQPositive Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative Net Change

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Markets Mostly Up on to Start a New Trading Week

Markets are down over the past month of trading, but still up nicely over the past six months.

KBHNegative Net Change QQQPositive Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative Net Change