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Ahead of Wall Street: Archive

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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Mark Vickery

Fed Decision Wednesday in Focus This Week

Expectations are strong for another 25 basis-point (bps) cut to the Fed funds rate, which would bring effective interest rates to a range of 4.25-4.50% for the first time since February of 2023.

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Mark Vickery

Nasdaq Up, Dow Down: A Week in Review

It's Friday the 13th, but pre-market futures are not spooked.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Take a Breather on Econ Data; COST, AVGO, RH Report Late

We're still near all-time highs on the major indexes, so taking a breather with less-than-stellar economic prints seems perfectly reasonable.

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PPI Up Big on Hotter Food Prices, Jobless Claims Higher

Headline PPI month over month came in double expectations to +0.4%, the highest since June of this year.

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Mark Vickery

Nasdaq Up Big, Dow Down a Bit, Following CPI, Budget Data

It's now in the Fed's hands what they want to do about interest rates at their two-day meeting starting next Tuesday.

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Mark Vickery

CPI +0.3%, +2.7% Year over Year: Exactly In-Line

The CPI Inflation Rate came in-line with expectations: +2.7%, 10 bps ahead of the prior month.

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Mark Vickery

Market Indexes Close in the Red Ahead of CPI Data

While most CPI numbers are expected to be in-line with the previous month, the Inflation Rate looks to be ticking into the opposite direction.

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Mark Vickery

Small Biz, Productivity, Earnings All Solid in Mixed Pre-Market

Although most attention this trading week is focused on CPI results tomorrow, this morning is actually fairly active.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Slide to Start New Trading Week; ORCL Misses, AI, TOL Beat

The Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq and Russell 2000 all cooled around -0.6% on the initial trading day of the week.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Quiet Ahead of CPI Report Mid-Week

Would a hotter-than-expected CPI headline cause the Fed to pause cutting interest rates?

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Mark Vickery

Jobs Report Warmer than Expected: 227K; 4.2% Unemployment

In two of the last three months of BLS data, we're seeing resistance to a cooling economy in the jobs market.

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Mark Vickery

Stock Markets' Winning Streaks End Ahead of Friday Jobs Report

It looks to be a bit of a wait-and-see thing with tomorrow's all-important jobs numbers from the U.S. government.

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Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims Mixed, Trade Deficit Slimmer

Both Initial and Continuing Jobless Claims are still representative of a healthy labor situation overall.

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Mark Vickery

More All-Time Closing Highs on Big Day for Data

We had a busy morning with economic data today, not only with the lower-than-expected private-sector payroll data from ADP (ADP) ahead of the open, but monthly Services PMI and Factory Orders, as well. We even saw a new Beige Book this afternoon.

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Mark Vickery

ADP +146K: Lighter than Expected

Manufacturing shed -26K positions in November, another hard reality for an already struggling sector of the economy.

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Mark Vickery

JOLTS Posts Bigger Numbers; CRM, OKTA Beat in Q3

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq continue to post new all-time closing highs.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Flat Ahead of JOLTS Data

Pre-market futures are flat as a pancake at this hour, with none of the major indexes either up or down 0.1% currently.

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Mark Vickery

Economic Metrics Solid, Zscaler Sells Off After Q1 Report

Manufacturing and Construction data came in favorable this morning, while ZS has beaten Q1 estimates but sells off late trading.

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Mark Vickery

Will Jobs Week Pave a Smooth Way Forward?

With Tuesday's JOLTS, Wednesday's ADP, Thursday's Jobless Claims and Friday's non-farm payroll report, we'll obtain a lot of knowledge on the domestic labor market this week.

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Mark Vickery

Black Friday: High Expectations on Healthy Economy

Black Friday is anticipated to bring in $12+ billion in sales today.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Thanksgiving Smorgasbord of Econ Data

Weekly Jobless Claims, Durable Goods, Trade Balance and GDP prints dominate today's pre-market headlines.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Mostly Up; Big Afternoon for Earnings

The Dow and the S&P 500 both registered new all-time closes today, +0.28% and +0.57%, respectively.

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Mark Vickery

Flurry of Q3 Earnings: ANF, DKS, BBY and More

Pre-market futures are mixed, with the Dow and the small-cap Russell 2000 -- both coming off record closing highs yesterday -- trading lower.

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Mark Vickery

Dow and Small-Caps Close at New All-Time Highs

The Dow closed at a fresh new high at 44,736, +440 points on the day, and the Russell 2000 notched its first all-time closing high since 2021.

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