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Ahead of Wall Street: Archive

Mark Vickery

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.

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Mark Vickery

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.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Take a Breather Thursday; JBHT Mixed in Q4

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

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Mark Vickery

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.

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Mark Vickery

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.

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Mark Vickery

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.

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Mark Vickery

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.

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Mark Vickery

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.

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Mark Vickery

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.

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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.