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Ahead of Wall Street: Archive

Mark Vickery

Eventful Pre-Market: PPI, Retail Sales, Jobless Claims and WMT Q1

As if all this isn't enough, Fed Chair Jerome Powell is speaking at this hour, discussing the forthcoming update to its Framework Review.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Mixed on Uneventful Trading Day

We were quiet on the reports front today, but plenty of economic reports hit the tape ahead of Thursday's open.

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No Econ Reports Equals Good News in Pre-Market

Even though the stock market has grown optimistic on global tariff deals, we expect the Fed to pay more attention to economic details.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Mostly Higher: Dow Kept Down by UNH Selling

While UnitedHealthcare fights another unforeseen headwind, NVIDIA helped the Nasdaq cruise higher.

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CPI Inflation Rate at +2.3%, Earnings Reports Mixed

The Inflation Rate for April came in at a 4-year low to +2.3%, 10 bps beneath expectations.

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Mark Vickery

U.S., Chinese Markets Cruise on Cooling Trade Tensions

With all the market ups and downs, today's big surge into the green has brought the S&P 500 within 5% of its all-time trading high.

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U.S.-China De-escalation: Markets Rip Higher

This de-escalation in the burgeoning trade war has opened the floodgates to stock buyers this morning.

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Pre-Markets Stay Buoyant on Trade-Deal Hopefulness

Futures are buoying up again, with tariff progress being declared by the White House -- not only with a tentative deal in the UK but also supposed progress with China.

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Mark Vickery

Signs of Trade Deal Hope Fuels Markets

Markets rose today on hopeful sentiment regarding trade deals with U.S. partners after an agreement with the UK.

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Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims, Q1 Productivity Hit Multi-Year Levels

Continuing Jobless Claims stayed above 1.9 million, and Productivity posted its first negative headline, in years.

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Mark Vickery

Fed Keeps Rates Unchanged at 4.25-4.50%; Market Closes Higher

While inflation is still running slightly higher than ideal levels and the labor force remains near maximum employment, there was no hard data Powell could point to to substantiate any policy changes at this point.

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Pre-Markets in the Green: Disney Beats, Fed Report Awaits

The Walt Disney Company (DIS) is seeing shares up +8% ahead of the opening bell after beating estimates on both top and bottom lines.

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Mark Vickery

Tariff Talk Returns to Sink Markets; Plus Q1 Earnings

President Trump's return to tough tariff talk has informed today's market sentiment.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Slip Lower on Record Trade Deficit, Q1 Earnings

A new record-low trade deficit may be contributing to the sour mood this morning in pre-market trading.

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Mark Vickery

Trading Week Starts Out on the Soft Side

Decent ISM Services numbers couldn't turn the tide on Monday's mild selloff.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Market Futures in the Red to Start New Trading Week

Following a storng end to last week's trading and the "surprise" announcement of Warren Buffett stepping down, pre-markets are lower the Monday.

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BLS Jobs +177K, Better than Expected; Unemployment +4.2%

Monthly jobs stayed at a healthy level, with wage growth cooling. Pre-market traders love it, sending major indexes up higher this morning.

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Amazon, Apple Lead Big Earnings Afternoon

Both "Mag 7" stocks are trading lower on quarterly earnings, while Reddit and Twilio are jumping higher following theirs.

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Jobless Claims Higher; Q1 Earnings from LLY, MCD & More

Last week, 241K Americans filed for unemployment on Initial Jobless Claims, with Continuing Claims touching 1.9 million.

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Steady PCE, Higher Pending Home Sales, Help Bolster Hump Day Trading

While PCE month over month was flat on both headline and core, Pending Home Sales increased and late earnings reports posted beats.

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First Negative GDP in 3+ Years: -0.3%; Pre-Markets Down

With ADP coming in half of what was expected and Q1 GDP -0.3%, we can understand the downward pressure in the pre-market.

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Mark Vickery

JOLTS, Confidence, Home Prices and Q1 Earnings Make an Eventful Day

Major indexes gains from 0.5-0.75% in today's trading, on a plethora of data across many realms of the market.

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Trade Balance in Goods Hits All-Time Record, Plus Q1 Earnings

Pre-market futures are mixed-to-flat once again, this time with the blue-chip Dow leading into positive territory.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Fight Back to Flattish; Q1 After the Close: FFIV, CDNS & More

Today saw a mid-day dip across major indexes, but rebounded into the green by the end of the session -- all but the tech-heavy Nasdaq.

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Mark Vickery

Big Week Ahead for the Stock Market

Jobs Week, PCE and Q1 earnings reports should dominate market headlines all week.

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