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inflation: Archive

Mark Vickery

Record Closing Highs Amid Interest Rate Catch-22

This CPI report put the domestic inflation trajectory back on the "soft landing" path, where it had veered away from somewhat.

WMTPositive Net Change CSCOPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

CPI Down 1st Time in 2024, Pre-Markets Up

The Inflation Rate was +3.4%, 10 bps lower than the previous month and well off the peak +9.1% from June 2022.

QQQNegative Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Nasdaq Closes at New Record High; CPI on Deck

Considering the challenges with PPI this morning, this demonstrates a bullish sentiment remaining in the market.

HDPositive Net Change GMEPositive Net Change BOOTPositive Net Change SPWRPositive Net Change AMCNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

PPI Shows Higher Wholesale Inflation; Meme Stocks Rule (Again)

Certain Producer Price levels are the hottest we've seen in a year. Speaking of hot, have you seen SPWR, GME and AMC this morning?

GMEPositive Net Change SPWRPositive Net Change AMCNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Dow Streak Ends; Inflation Data & Q1 Earnings Ahead

Also, news about next-level OpenAI offerings add to the stew for nourishing market activity.

HDPositive Net Change QQQNegative Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIAPositive Net Change

Andrew Rocco

Embracing Market Dynamics as Inflation Data Looms

As investors wait for key economic events, they are bracing for short-term volatility. While the data points to volatility in the short-term, the intermediate/long term picture appears to be bullish.

GMEPositive Net Change SPYNegative Net Change AMCNegative Net Change BABANegative Net Change FUTUPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Big Inflation Prints on Deck This Week

Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers for April will be preceded by the Producer Price Index (PPI) wholesale report on Tuesday.

MNegative Net Change WMTPositive Net Change CSCOPositive Net Change DENegative Net Change HDPositive Net Change TCEHYNegative Net Change BABANegative Net Change TMENegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets in the Green; Next Week Heats Up for Data

Big inflation reports - from CPI to Housing Starts - join another heavy week in Q1 releases starting Monday.

SBUXPositive Net Change CMGPositive Net Change NVDAPositive Net Change AALPositive Net Change WINGNegative Net Change SPOTNegative Net Change UBERNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Blossom on Goldilocks Jobs Data

175K new jobs and +0.2% wage growth are both lower than expected but still clearly positive.

QQQNegative Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Up on Thin Jobless Claims, Productivity

Jobless Claims stayed low, Q1 Productivity was light, but Unit Labor Costs jumped high month over month.

AAPLNegative Net Change COPPositive Net Change EXPEPositive Net Change WENPositive Net Change BKNGPositive Net Change

Bryan Hayes

All Eyes on Fed Rate Decision: Key Stocks to Watch

Investors are hoping to avoid a replay of January's outcome, which saw the worst performance for the S&P 500 on a Fed day dating back to March 2023.

AMZNPositive Net Change AMDNegative Net Change PINSPositive Net Change

Shaun Pruitt

Top Stocks to Buy with Rising EPS Estimates After Earnings

These companies saw their stocks spike after impressively beating earnings expectations last week and more upside could be ahead considering EPS estimates for fiscal 2024 have trended higher afterwards.

VLONegative Net Change RMDPositive Net Change AEMPositive Net Change APPFPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

PCE In-Line to Warmer, Pre-Market Calms; ABBV Beats, XOM Misses

Pre-market futures are up across the board: +106 points on the Dow, +45 points on the S&P 500 and +195 on the Nasdaq immediately following this important data's release.

XOMPositive Net Change ABBVPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Is "Bad News" Still "Good News" for the Market?

If we're looking for the Fed to lower interest rates, don't we need softer economic data like what we saw today?

INTCPositive Net Change AZNPositive Net Change MSFTNegative Net Change CATNegative Net Change IBMNegative Net Change LUVPositive Net Change AALPositive Net Change GOOGLNegative Net Change SNAPPositive Net Change METAPositive Net Change

Shaun Pruitt

Time to Buy These Top Gold Mining Stocks Amid Recent Market Volatility

With gold traditionally acting as a hedge against inflation, investors may be eying stocks that give exposure to the commodity amid recent market volatility.

AUPositive Net Change AEMPositive Net Change GFIPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Busy Week Hoping to Shake Some Life into Markets

Much of what concerns us will have been addressed by the end of the week, including important economic reports and Q1 earnings season hitting a higher gear.

MSFTNegative Net Change VNegative Net Change VZPositive Net Change UPSPositive Net Change PEPPositive Net Change ZIONPositive Net Change GMPositive Net Change TSLANegative Net Change GOOGLNegative Net Change METAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Import/Exports Send Pre-Markets Lower; Big Banks Beat

Import Prices came in hotter than expected, while Exports came down considerably.

WFCNo Net Change JPMPositive Net Change CNegative Net Change

Shaun Pruitt

3 Affordable REITs to Buy While Others Are Fearful

Earnings estimate revisions have risen for several affordable REITs that have made their way onto the coveted Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) list.

HSTPositive Net Change GOODPositive Net Change CTOPositive Net Change

Shaun Pruitt

Don't Overlook These High-Growth Business Services Stocks it's time to Buy

Rising earnings estimates are starting to magnify the attractive growth trajectories of these highly ranked business services stocks.

HNINegative Net Change CNMNegative Net Change GCTPositive Net Change

Bryan Hayes

Volatility Spikes as Inflation Resurfaces: Stocks to Watch

Several stocks are bucking the recent selling pressure amid a hot inflation print.

BJPositive Net Change TGLSNegative Net Change

Andrew Rocco

Equity Pullback: Garden Variety or Long Term? (5 Data Points to Watch)

U.S. equities are experiencing their first pullback of any substance after a hotter-than-expected CPI print. Will the pullback be short-lived or something more violent? Stock Strategist Andrew Rocco uses data to break it down.

QQQNegative Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Salved by Mixed PPI, Low Jobless Claims

Pre-market indices shrank their further sell-off levels to mixed, almost instantaneously with the release of March PPI figures.

QQQNegative Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Fall on High CPI, Rate-Cut Speculation

These aren't easy realizations for the market to absorb, especially coming off such high levels only a couple weeks ago.

QQQNegative Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Robust March CPI Spooks Pre-Markets

Fifteen minutes after the CPI release, we're now -490 points on the Dow, -77 on the S&P and -225 points on the Nasdaq.

DALPositive Net Change QQQNegative Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Competition for A.I.? CPI, Delta Q1 Ahead of Wednesday's Open

The most recent Inflation Rate at +3.2% is the mean average on the Inflation Rate going back to October of last year.

AMZNPositive Net Change INTCPositive Net Change AAPLNegative Net Change DALPositive Net Change NVDAPositive Net Change GOOGLNegative Net Change