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Mark Vickery

Markets Tumble on Fed Rate Hold, New Dot-Plot

Investors were looking for significant rate cuts next year, and Powell is only suggesting we'll get down to where we were in May of this year by the end of 2024.

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Mark Vickery

Market Indices Close Gently in the Red

What was behind the selloff? The better question is: what's ahead of it?

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Mark Vickery

Housing Starts Depict Slowdown as Fed Meeting Begins

New Starts brought the lowest print since June 2020, and helps illustrate how 7%+ mortgage rates have thrown a wet blanket over the housing market as a whole.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Flat, with Homebuilders Turning Negative

Over the past five trading days, only the Dow clings to gains of -0.09% -- the other indices are slightly in the red.

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Ethan Feller

Momentum Mondays: Stocks Breaking Out Ahead of the Fed Meeting

Want to start the week ahead of the pack? Check out Momentum Mondays

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Mark Vickery

Fed Funds, FedEx Q1 Mid-Week; Strikes Continue

After 40+ years of rolling back union membership in the U.S. economy, we're seeing a clear push-back against the ownership class.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Flatten Post-CPI Report; PPI, Jobless Claims Thursday

Even though CPI numbers were a little warmer than we'd have preferred, on year over year core this was the lowest read in almost two years.

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Mark Vickery

Gearing Up for a Busy Trading Week

Mid-week, we'll see new CPI and PPI data. These will be the last of the big economic prints reporting ahead of next week's Fed meeting.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Still Tepidly Wait-and-See

Bonds rates and oil prices have been stagnating equity moves somewhat, but really we¿¿¿re still in wait-and-see mode following a favorable Jobs Week.

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Mark Vickery

Slow Start to Shortened Week

The last week of trading was a good one, if off the intra-day highs of Thursday and Friday.

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Mark Vickery

Jobs +187K, Unemployment +3.8%: Cooling but Healthy

This looks like a very favorable report, labor market- and inflation-wise. Goldilocks, in fact.

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Mark Vickery

Cooling Numbers: ADP +177K, Q2 GDP +2.1% & More

This is good news for those looking for jobs figures to create less of a headwind for bringing down inflation.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Up Second-Straight Day; Lots of Data On Deck

All major indices are up over the past week of trading, though are still underwater for the past month.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Up as Challenging August Dwindles

Today we do not have any major economic reports scheduled, but this week will be an eventful one.

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Mark Vickery

Markets to Take Cues from Powell at Jackson Hole

Today, analysts will be paying close attention to how warm the Fed Chair might be toward keeping rates where they are.

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Mark Vickery

Q2 Retailers GPS, JWN, ULTA Beat Ahead of Jackson Hole

Fed Chair Powell's speech at Jackson Hole tomorrow gains focus, and Nordstrom, Gap and Ulta all posted solid earnings beats.

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Andrew Rocco

Garden Variety Pullback or Bear Market Beginning? (3 Clues)

Corrections are a necessary evil for those who want a sustained bull market. Stock Strategist Andrew Rocco provides evidence as to why the current pullback is "garden variety" and not the start of a new bear market.

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Mark Vickery

Retail Sales, Home Depot Q2 On Deck

We await tomorrow morning's results on July Retail Sales and Import Prices, which are both expected to increase month over month.

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Mark Vickery

Dog Days of the Market: Taking It Slow This Morning

Pre-market futures were in the green but have slid into the red roughly an hour before today's opening bell.

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Mark Vickery

PPI for July Up on Headline, Flat on YOY Core

Core CPI year over year is now +2.4%, down from the +2.5% expected but in-line with the downwardly revised June read.

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Andrew Rocco

5 Signs a Market Bounce May Be Imminent

The market has changed its character recently. However, several factors suggest that the recent decline in stocks may be close to over.

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Mark Vickery

July CPI Data Behaves; Are Fed Rate Hikes Over?

CPI data moving down as analysts had hoped will likely diminish the probability of another Fed rate hike.

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Bryan Hayes

Here's What to Know About This Market Pullback

Following such a strong market rally, it's natural to question whether or not the momentum can continue.

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Ethan Feller

We Are So Back: 3 Signs the Bull Market is Just Getting Started

Plus, three top ranked stocks to ride the bull market

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Bryan Hayes

All Eyes on the Fed: Final Hike of the Cycle?

Yields tend to fall after periods of steep increases.

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