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Ahead of Wall Street: Archive

Mark Vickery

"Hold Onto Your Hockey Sticks" - Econ Data All Surprises (revised)

We have lots of economic data out before today's opening bell, and all of it is surprising.

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Mark Vickery

"Hold Onto Your Hockey Sticks" - Econ Data All Surprises

We have lots of economic data out before today's opening bell, and all of it is surprising.

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Mark Vickery

An End to TikTok in the U.S.? Plus DLTR's Miss & More

A TikTok ban would force app stores to remove it unless the company is sold to a non-Chinese entity.

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Mark Vickery

S&P 500 Notches New All-Time Closing High

Nearing 3-year lows on core CPI year over year helped the S&P catch a bid today.

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Mark Vickery

CPI Sticky, but Still Pointed in the Right Direction

While core CPI year over year is down to +3.8%, we're still nearly double where the Fed's preferred inflation rate continues to be.

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Mark Vickery

Oracle (ORCL) Beats; Markets Mixed, Cool

Tomorrow morning, new Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures for February come out.

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Mark Vickery

Approaching Earnings Island; Pre-Markets Lower

While Q4 earnings season is essentially over, we will see off-quarter reports from a decent number of significant companies this week.

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Mark Vickery

BLS Jobs Headline Pops, Moderating Elsewhere

+275K new jobs is a big jump from expectations, but more than made up for with a downward January revision.

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Mark Vickery

A Wrap for Powell, but Big Late Trading Day

Of the four major indices, only the Dow is in the red over the past five trading days.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Up on Jobless Claims, Productivity, etc.

Following new jobless claims, productivity and trade balance data, the Dow is +90 points, the S&P 500 is +20 and the Nasdaq +110 points at this hour.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Up but Off Session Highs: JOLTS, Beige Book Flat

Tomorrow morning brings us more economic grist for the mill, with Weekly Jobless Claims, a revision to Q4 Productivity and a new Trade Deficit.

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Mark Vickery

ADP Jobs +140K, but Part-Time Work Is Rising

A headline number of +140K is below consensus expectations of +150K, but still +29K month over month.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Sell Off Ahead of Jobs & Powell News

Private-sector payrolls for February and Fed Chair Powell's testimony before the House will headline a busy day for economic data Wednesday.

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Mark Vickery

Target, NIO Beat; "Jobs Week" Starts Tomorrow

What we're seeing in today's pre-market is continued light selling, akin to Monday's overall trading attitude.

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Mark Vickery

New Jobs Week to Keep Bull Market Charging?

There will also be a healthy number of additional economic and earnings reports through the course of this week.

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Mark Vickery

New Month, New All-Time Highs: What's Next?

The Nasdaq has seen a wider distribution of bullish sentiment beyond the futuristic tech market, which has buoyed the index to where it is presently.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Enjoy PCE Report; Jobless Claims Rise

PCE numbers suggest that the consumer appetite is cooling a bit, but perhaps in a responsible way.

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Mark Vickery

Salesforce, HP, Snowflake All Down on Reported Earnings

Shares of Snowflake (SNOW) have fallen precipitously, nearly -25%, on the news that its CEO, Frank Slootman, would retire after 5 years on the job.

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Mark Vickery

Q4 GDP, Trade Deficit Both Dip; TJX Beats in Q4

The first revision to Q4 GDP came in 10 bps light of estimates and the previous print.

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Mark Vickery

Beyond Meat (BYND) Beyond This World in Late Trading

The meat-substitute company is now up to levels not seen since before the company's big slide back in August of 2023.

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Mark Vickery

Macy's, Lowe's Beat in Q4; Durable Goods Lower

We have some grist for the trading mill ahead of the opening bell, but it's not likely to cause any meaningful tremors from this vantage point.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Flattish; Zoom, Workday Different Directions Post-Q4

Shares are up +4% in late trading for Zoom Video on a $1.5 billion buyback program and the fact that the stock is still -40% from its peak back in March 2020.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Up to Start a New Trading Week

The all-important Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) on Thursday will take center stage, as it is the Fed's favored metric for tracking inflation.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Look to Close Trading Week Higher

We're at monthly and year-to-date highs on all but the small-cap Russell 2000.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Bask in NVIDIA, Lower Jobless Claims

The Nasdaq, led by NVIDIA, is up +360 points at this hour. Even the Dow is +200 points.

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