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Ahead of Wall Street: Archive

Mark Vickery

BLS Jobs Numbers +143K, Unemployment Rate +4.0%

The quick-take on this reaction is that the market recognizes that a healthy labor market subtracts from the possibility a new interest rate cut.

KOPositive Net Change CSCOPositive Net Change LOWPositive Net Change MCDNegative Net Change HMCPositive Net Change SHOPPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Flat Day Ahead of Friday Jobs Report; Q4 Results for AMZN, SKX, EXPE

+170K jobs are expected to have been filled last month, below the December tally of +256K.

AMZNPositive Net Change SKXPositive Net Change EXPEPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Higher on Easy Jobless Claims, Q4 Earnings

Last week, +219K Initial Jobless Claims were made -- higher than the slightly upwardly revised +208K.

COPNegative Net Change LLYPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Jump Ahead of the Close; QCOM, F, ARM Beat Estimates After

Qualcomm (QCOM) notched another big beat on its Q1 bottom line, with earnings of $3.41 per share flying past the $2.93 for the Zacks consensus.

AMZNPositive Net Change FPositive Net Change QCOMNegative Net Change ADPPositive Net Change COPNegative Net Change LLYPositive Net Change ARMPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

ADP Jobs Report Strong in January; Q4 Earnings Roll Along

ADP unveiled +183K new private-sector jobs last month -- well ahead of the +150K expected.

FPositive Net Change QCOMNegative Net Change ADPPositive Net Change DISPositive Net Change ARMPositive Net Change MSTRPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Reverse Tariff Panic; Many Q4 Beats After Hours

Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL) posted beats on both top and bottom lines after today's close.

FPositive Net Change QCOMNegative Net Change AMDNegative Net Change ADPPositive Net Change CMGPositive Net Change DISPositive Net Change GOOGLPositive Net Change SNAPNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Flat Ahead of JOLTS; Q4 Earnings for PFE, PYPL, PEP & More

Pfizer (PFE) put up its most impressive quarterly numbers in recent memory today.

ADPPositive Net Change PFEPositive Net Change MRKNegative Net Change PEPNegative Net Change PYPLPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets React to Softening Trade Tariff Policy

An almost immediate retraction of a 25% tariff on imported goods from Mexico prodded this relief trade.

AMGNPositive Net Change PEPNegative Net Change CLXPositive Net Change NXPIPositive Net Change GOOGLPositive Net Change PYPLPositive Net Change SPOTPositive Net Change PLTRPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Trade War Reality Sets into Pre-Markets

The Dow has so far shed -600 points, the S&P 500 is -100 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq is -400 points at this hour.

AMZNPositive Net Change FPositive Net Change ADPPositive Net Change PEPNegative Net Change CLXPositive Net Change DISPositive Net Change TSNNegative Net Change NXPIPositive Net Change GOOGLPositive Net Change PYPLPositive Net Change UBERPositive Net Change

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.

CVXPositive Net Change XOMPositive Net Change CLPositive Net Change ABBVNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

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.

INTCPositive Net Change AAPLPositive Net Change VPositive Net Change DECKNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

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.

AAPLPositive Net Change MAPositive Net Change LUVPositive Net Change UPSNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

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 IBMPositive Net Change TSLANegative Net Change NOWPositive Net Change METAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

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 IBMPositive Net Change VFCPositive Net Change TSLANegative Net Change NOWPositive Net Change TMUSPositive Net Change METAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Stage Shallow Rebound from Monday Sell-off

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

MSFTPositive Net Change SBUXPositive Net Change FFIVPositive Net Change TSLANegative Net Change QRVOPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

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 JBLUNegative Net Change RCLPositive Net Change GMPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

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 TPositive Net Change MSFTPositive Net Change CEGPositive Net Change JBLUNegative Net Change SBUXPositive Net Change RCLPositive Net Change NVDAPositive Net Change GMPositive Net Change TSLANegative 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 SOFIPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

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 AXPPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

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 TXNPositive Net Change CSXNegative Net Change VZNegative Net Change AXPPositive Net Change ISRGPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

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 TXNPositive Net Change CSXNegative Net Change ISRGPositive Net Change AALPositive Net Change GEVPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

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.

CPositive Net Change GEPositive Net Change TXNPositive Net Change AAPLPositive Net Change CSXNegative Net Change NFLXPositive Net Change ISRGPositive Net Change AALPositive Net Change GOOGLPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

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

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

JNJPositive Net Change NFLXPositive Net Change PGNegative Net Change APHPositive Net Change ALLYPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

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.

JNJPositive Net Change UALPositive Net Change NFLXPositive Net Change PGNegative Net Change COFPositive Net Change GEVPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

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.

UALPositive Net Change NFLXPositive Net Change COFPositive Net Change SCHWPositive Net Change DHINegative Net Change