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Ahead of Wall Street: Archive

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Down as Q4 Earnings Season Kicks Off Mid-Week

We're up more than 100 bps on 10-year Treasury bond yields from mid-September levels.

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Mark Vickery

U.S. Jobs Much Hotter than Expected; Pre-markets Sell

+256K new jobs filled in December is the largest monthly figure since March of last year.

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Mark Vickery

Carter Funeral Suspends Stock Market; What to Expect Friday

Expectations are for 155K jobs to have been filled in December, with an Unemployment Rate holding steady at +4.2%.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Mixed, Flatten After Fed Minutes Released

While the Fed sees longer-term trends still pointing generally toward +2% inflation, several of the members also now see risks inherent in the economy ahead.

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Mark Vickery

ADP Numbers Lowest Since August; Initial Claims Also Down

+122K new private-sector jobs filled in December is below expectations for +136K and the previous month's unrevised +146K.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Swing to Negative on Healthy Econ Data (& Higher Bond Yields)

Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq lost their two-day winning streak, -1.11% and -1.88%, respectively today.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-markets in the Green Following CES 2025, Ahead of JOLTS

Pre-market futures are starting to climb higher this morning, following a strong day on the tech-heavy Nasdaq.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Mixed Ahead of Huang at CES, Jobs Week

The Nasdaq and S&P 500 notched positive closes for the second straight day, while the Dow and small-cap Russell 2000 were modestly lower.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Up Ahead of a New Jobs Week

As jobs reports hit the tape, keep in mind the Fed's dual mandate: not just curbing inflation but also fostering full employment.

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Mark Vickery

Quiet Pre-Market Friday Ahead of Big Jobs Week

Job gains over the past two months have been volatile, but the Unemployment Rate has remained fairly steady.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Fail to Stay in the Green, Construction Spending Flat

The S&P and Nasdaq now have spent five straight sessions closing lower; the Dow -- just off a long losing streak of its own -- is down in the past four trading days.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets in the Green to Start 2025

This will hopefully lead to a bounce-back from a weak December, where only the Nasdaq finished marginally in the green.

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Zacks Equity Research

U.S. Stock Futures in Green, to End 2024 on a High Note

U.S. stock futures are in positive territory ahead of the last trading day of 2024.

Zacks Equity Research

U.S. Stock Futures in Red, Doubts on Santa Claus Rally

Pre-markets are in negative territory at the start of the week marking the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025.

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Zacks Equity Research

U.S. Stock Futures in Negative Territory at the Close of an Eventful Week

U.S. Stock Futures in Negative Territory at the Close of an Eventful Week.

Zacks Equity Research

Wall Street to Watch for a Santa Rally, Weekly Jobless Claims Drop

Wall Street to Watch for a Santa Rally, Weekly Jobless Claims Drop.

Mark Vickery

Xmas Eve Pre-Markets Mixed (Red & Green)

The Dow is -24 points at this hour, adding a little red to the green for the S&P 500, Nasdaq and small-cap Russell 2000 this morning.

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Mark Vickery

Is Consumer Confidence on the Way Up?

Should expected Consumer Confidence numbers be met later this morning, it will be the highest level of we'll have seen since mid-2023.

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Mark Vickery

PCE Cools in November; Are We Getting an Xmas Government Shutdown?

A federal government shutdown has not happened since 2018-19, the second of two shutdowns in 2018.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Flat After Big Selloff Day; FDX, NKE Beat on Earnings

Results were nowhere near as bad as they were yesterday, but only the Dow had modestly positive numbers.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Look to Bounce Back from Big Wednesday Selloff

Early trading is filling in some of the big holes dug in the stock market yesterday.

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Mark Vickery

Stock Market Sells Off on New Fed Rate Policy

The Fed is only looking to cut two more times in the new year, instead of the previous dot-plot's indicated four cuts.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Go Green Ahead of Fed Interest Rate Decision

The big news will likely not be the decision on interest rates, but how the Fed's tone has changed.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Lower Ahead of Fed Policy Decision, Forward View

The Dow slipped another -267 points, -0.61%, the S&P 500 was -0.39%, the Nasdaq -0.32%.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-market Futures in the Red on Warmer Retail Sales

Near-term Retail Sales lows are not from the trailing 4-month average of +0.6%, but the prior 4-month average of +0.2%.

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