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Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Down on Questions: Fed, Jobs & Q3 Earnings

Weekly Jobless Claims are not out again this Thursday morning, for the fifth straight week.

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Bryan Hayes

Nvidia's Headline Flurry: Why You're Not Bullish Enough

Nvidia powered to a fresh record high following its GTC event, becoming the world's first company to achieve a $5 trillion market value.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Fall Back on Fed Cut - Big Earnings After the Close

Fed Chair Powell insists the Fed's decision for the final FOMC meeting will be data-dependent, and that a cut in December is "not a forgone conclusion -- far from it."

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Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Advance Ahead of FOMC Rate Cut, Mag 7 Earnings

Today's rate cut will bring the Fed funds rate down to 3.75-4.00% -- the lowest we've seen since mid-December 2022.

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Mark Vickery

New Record Closing Highs Ahead of Fed Cut, Mag 7 Earnings

Companies reporting earnings Wednesday include Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, Boeing, Chipotle and Starbucks.

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Mark Vickery

Prelim Jobs, Fed Data Join Q3 Earnings Beats: Pre-markets Up

ADP job growth averages, a positive Fed survey and Case-Shiller numbers join this morning's earnings reports.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Pick Up Where They Left Off Last Week

From mid-day lows last Wednesday, the Dow is +1.92%, the S&P +2.60%, Nasdaq +3.79% and +4.27% on the Russell.

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Shaun Pruitt

Buy Intel Stock After Favorable CPI Data & Q3 Earnings Beat?

Hitting a fresh one-year high of $41 a share in Friday's trading session, Intel stock has continued an attention-getting rebound from a 52-week and multi-year low of $17.

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Bryan Hayes

Year-End Rally Odds Increase: Stocks to Watch

The start to the third-quarter earnings season has been very positive, bolstering the case for a sustained rally in the final months of the year.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Soar on Softer CPI Numbers

The Dow moved from +87 points immediately ahead of the release to +210 points now, the S&P 500 went from +23 to +41, and the Nasdaq shot up from +125 points to +222 points at this hour.

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Mark Vickery

S&P 500, Nasdaq Close at Fresh Highs on FOMC Minutes

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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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Up Ahead of Fed Minutes Release

Expected later today are the prepared minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in mid-September.

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Mark Vickery

PCE Delivers Goldilocks Numbers for the Stock Market

Inflation is still present, but not running out of control. Sounds like "Goldilocks" to pre-market traders.

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Mark Vickery

New Home Sales Way Up, KB Home & StitchFix Report

StitchFix shares are +10% on its earnings print, while KB Home is vacillating in late trading.

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Mark Vickery

Fed Speeches Today, PCE Report End-of-Week

We hear from a number of Fed members today, including its most-recent member, Stephen Miran.

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Bryan Hayes

Stocks Hit All-Time Highs as Small-Caps Stage Breakout

A sustained breakout for small-caps could usher in a new regime.

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Mark Vickery

A Late Summer Reflection on Growth, Inflation & Jobs

We know that the main concern for the Fed is now the weakening jobs market and not inflation.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-market Futures Up After 1st Rate Cut of 2025

New data out this morning sees futures rolling off their early tops, but ultimately the reports are good.

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Mark Vickery

Fed Sees "Two-Sided Risk" in Lowering Interest Rates

We now have interest rates between 4.00-4.25% for the first time since December of 2022.

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Mark Vickery

Housing Numbers Down Ahead of Fed Rate Cut Today

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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Mark Vickery

Markets Sell Ahead of FOMC Rate Cut

The Nasdaq looked as if it may eke out a green close, but dipped just ahead of the bell.

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Mark Vickery

Retail Sales, Imports & Exports Warmer Ahead of Fed Meeting

The new inflation figures out this morning are warmer than expected: will they matter to the Fed?

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Andrew Rocco

FOMC Looms: 'Irrational Exhuberance' 2.0?

No matter the outcome of Wednesday's meeting, all signs point to one of the most pivotal FOMC meetings in recent memory. While a 25-bps cut appears baked in, the potential for market volatility is elevated.

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Mark Vickery

New Record Highs on S&P, Nasdaq: Tech Stocks Still Lead

The (AI-based) tech trade joins a pending lower interest rate environment for a market-friendly blend.

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Mark Vickery

Moving Pieces Ahead of Fed Rate Decision

It is widely expected that the Fed will cut rates at this meeting for the first time in 2025.

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