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inflation: Archive
Party Rally Running Out of Fuel
by Mark Vickery
What can be expected to pull market trading interest back up to earlier levels? Tough to see.
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S&P 500, Nasdaq Close at Fresh Highs on FOMC Minutes
by Mark Vickery
Market participants hadn't been sure we'd see additional rate cuts into the end of the year, but today's release of the September Fed minutes put that to rest.
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Pre-Markets Up Ahead of Fed Minutes Release
by Mark Vickery
Expected later today are the prepared minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in mid-September.
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Markets Take a Break from Setting New All-Time Highs
by Mark Vickery
Red closes among all major indexes today snapped a seven-day winning streak on the S&P 500.
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No News Is Good News: Pre-markets Up on Dormant BLS Report
by Mark Vickery
All major indexes are in the green for the trading week, plus-mid-single digits for the month, and double digits (except for the Dow, +9%) year to date.
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Is Nike (NKE) a 'Buy' Ahead of Its Upcoming Earnings Announcement?
by Bryan Hayes
Despite rallying off the April lows, Nike shares are down roughly 7% this year and are underperforming the major indexes.
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PCE Delivers Goldilocks Numbers for the Stock Market
by Mark Vickery
Inflation is still present, but not running out of control. Sounds like "Goldilocks" to pre-market traders.
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Bull Market Set for Further Gains on Earnings: Stocks to Watch
by Bryan Hayes
Earnings have been the steady engine throughout this multi-year bull market, which has broadened out in 2025 and is now approaching its third birthday.
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Fed Speeches Today, PCE Report End-of-Week
by Mark Vickery
We hear from a number of Fed members today, including its most-recent member, Stephen Miran.
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A Late Summer Reflection on Growth, Inflation & Jobs
by Mark Vickery
We know that the main concern for the Fed is now the weakening jobs market and not inflation.
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Fed Sees "Two-Sided Risk" in Lowering Interest Rates
by Mark Vickery
We now have interest rates between 4.00-4.25% for the first time since December of 2022.
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Housing Numbers Down Ahead of Fed Rate Cut Today
by Mark Vickery
With expectations high that interest rates will come down further in the near future, it keeps some homebuying prospects on the sidelines.
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Retail Sales, Imports & Exports Warmer Ahead of Fed Meeting
by Mark Vickery
The new inflation figures out this morning are warmer than expected: will they matter to the Fed?
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New Record Highs on S&P, Nasdaq: Tech Stocks Still Lead
by Mark Vickery
The (AI-based) tech trade joins a pending lower interest rate environment for a market-friendly blend.
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Moving Pieces Ahead of Fed Rate Decision
by Mark Vickery
It is widely expected that the Fed will cut rates at this meeting for the first time in 2025.
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Stock Market On Top of the World Ahead of Fed Meeting
by Mark Vickery
The Fed is data dependent, so that means a rate cut is ripe for the picking.
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ETFs to Gain as Inflation Edges Higher in August
by Sanghamitra Saha
Inflation rose in August, but jobless claims rose, too, shaping Fed rate cut odds and boosting the appeal of large-cap blend ETFs like ITOT, EDOW and IVV.
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Stocks & Index Items to Watch from August's CPI Data
by Shaun Pruitt
Diving deeper into August's CPI summary, here is the breakdown of the main movers of individual item indexes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and a strategic opinion of what stocks could stand to benefit or be affected.
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Jobless Claims Spike to +263K, CPI Mild & In-Line
by Mark Vickery
Today's Initial Jobless Claims headline seals the deal for next week's rate cut: +263K new claims.
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PPI Cools Notably: Is a 50 bps Rate Cut in the Works?
by Mark Vickery
Inflation is now cooling and employment is clearly weakening. Perhaps the Fed is back to considering a 50 bps cut, instead?
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Oracle Misses in Q3, Gains +22% - Plus Jobs Revisions & More
by Mark Vickery
While Oracle missed on Q3 revenues it grew +55% in Cloud Infrastructure year over year.
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CPI, PPI This Week - Also ORCL, ADBE Earnings
by Mark Vickery
Pleased this morning are investors of Robinhood (HOOD) and Applovin (APP), which will soon enter the S&P 500.
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BLS Jobs for August: +22K, Unemployment +4.3%
by Mark Vickery
The Unemployment Rate ticks up to +4.3%, the highest level since October 2021.
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August ADP Weaker at +54K, & More
by Mark Vickery
This ADP headline roughly tracks the trailing 4-month average in private-sector jobs growth: +55K. Compare this to a nearly double previous 4-month average of +102K.
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Tech Ruling, Q2 Earnings Help Boost Hump Day Market
by Mark Vickery
The favorable ruling for Alphabet yesterday buoyed the Nasdaq today; Q2 results came in late for Salesforce, American Eagle.
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