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Mark Vickery

How Many Rate Cuts Is the Market Pricing In Now?

Analysts still have a June rate cut on their calendars, but in pencil this time.

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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

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

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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Bryan Hayes

This Stock 'Bundle' Soars on Higher Car Insurance Rates

The biggest beneficiaries of rising insurance prices have undoubtedly been car insurance companies.

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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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Andrew Rocco

Regionals in Flux: Powell's Insights & the Small Bank Challenge

Investors should avoid regional banking stocks with Commercial Real Estate Exposure.

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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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Bryan Hayes

Market Rally Faces Key Test: Stocks to Watch

The Nasdaq takes center stage as the tech-heavy index looks to eclipse its former all-time high.

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Mark Vickery

All Eyes on NVIDIA (NVDA) Q4 Earnings Today

Expectations are still high for the graphics processing innovator, which has built itself up to the third-largest publicly traded corporation by market cap.

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Andrew Rocco

What's Next for Tech Stocks? (3 Upcoming Catalysts to Watch)

Tech stocks are up 44% over the past year and are leading the general market higher. Will the strength continue?

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Mark Vickery

PPI Joins CPI Higher, Housing Starts Post Big Miss

Pre-market futures are not breaking the floor like they did after the CPI report Tuesday, but early traders aren't bullish on this morning's news.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Kiss & Make Up for Valentine's Day

Investors were in a mood to kiss and make up from their stormy session yesterday.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Do Not See the Sky Falling

The Inflation Rate came in a mere 20 bps higher than anticipated. That's not exactly "Chicken Little."

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Andrew Rocco

Volatility Ahead: 5 Signs

The bulls remain in control of equity markets for now. However, five signals point to increased volatility ahead.

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Mark Vickery

CPI Data Brings Pre-Markets Way Down

CPI numbers came in higher than estimates on every single metric, and pre-markets plummeted in a matter of minutes.

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Shaun Pruitt

Meta (META) Beats Earnings Estimates and Announces First Ever Dividend is it Time to Buy?

Investors walked away from the busy investment week with a lot of news to digest including Meta Platforms (META) announcing its first-ever dividend after comfortably surpassing Q4 top and bottom-line expectations on Thursday.

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Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims & Productivity Leap Higher; CAH, IP, HON Report

Once the market closes, we'll await earnings reports from three of the Magnificent 7 stocks: Apple, Amazon and Meta.

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Andrew Rocco

Dotcom Deja Vu? 3 Data Points Suggest a More Bullish Horizon in 2024

In a recent report, JP Morgan's quant team highlighted a "persistently rising concentration" in the U.S. stock market, drawing parallels to the Dotcom Bubble Era. While the concerns are valid, there a three significant reasons to stay optimistic.

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Mark Vickery

Powell Dubious on March Cut, Markets Slide

Indices jumped higher on the Fed's release initially, but in terms of forecasting a March cut, Fed Chair Powell said that this was "not the most-likely case."

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