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Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Stay Red Ahead of NVIDIA Earnings, Jobs Data

Until one or both of these brings a sigh of relief to market participants, we'll likely see a "risk-off" trading environment.

ADPNegative Net Change NVDANegative Net Change HDNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Econ Data Comes Out This Week, Along with NVDA, WMT Earnings

New jobs data joins Trump's food tariff exemptions on the last big earnings week of Q3.

TGTPositive Net Change TJXPositive Net Change WMTNegative Net Change NVDANegative Net Change HDNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Pick Up Where Thursday Left Off: Down

A plurality of Fed members have by now spoken up this week doubting that 25 basis-point (bps) cuts will continue indefinitely.

SMFGNegative Net Change MUFGNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Up as Government Plans to Re-open

Not to say we're definitely going to get this week's planned CPI, PPI, Weekly Jobless Claims and Retail Sales reports, but they are still a possibility.

TMENegative Net Change ONONPositive Net Change MHPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Mixed Pre-Markets on Weaker Jobs & Hiring Data, More Q3 Earnings

Weekly private-sector hiring and Small Business Optimism lagged, while the blue-chip Dow remains in the green at this hour.

MSFTNegative Net Change ADPNegative Net Change AUPositive Net Change BYNDNegative Net Change METANegative Net Change NBISPositive Net Change

Tracey Ryniec

Bear of the Day: Robert Half (RHI)

Is the job market about to turn around?

RHIPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

The Jobs Week That Wasn't, Plus More Q3 Earnings

For employment numbers, we can cobble together what we have, and try to construct something that resembles a realistic labor market scenario.

ADPNegative Net Change CEGPositive Net Change FLRPositive Net Change WENNegative Net Change FUNPositive Net Change CGCPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Improve on Big Earnings Morning

One might say the relative volatility we started seeing in early October has continued into this month as well.

AZNPositive Net Change COPPositive Net Change RLPositive Net Change MRNAPositive Net Change TRIPPositive Net Change PLNTPositive Net Change TPRPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Take a Break from Setting New All-Time Highs

Red closes among all major indexes today snapped a seven-day winning streak on the S&P 500.

QQQNegative Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

No News Is Good News: Pre-markets Up on Dormant BLS Report

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.

QQQNegative Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

No Jobless Claims, Factory Orders - Tech Trade Still Hot

The government shutdown will also likely keep nonfarm payrolls from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) from seeing the light of day tomorrow.

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Mark Vickery

ADP Sees Negative -32K Jobs in September

-32K jobs were created in the private sector last month, way down from the +45K expected from analysts.

ADPNegative Net Change QQQNegative Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

More Record Closing Highs as Fed Government May Be Closing

All market indexes closed higher today on renewed exuberance for AI.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Fight Toward the Green with Gov't Shutdown Top of Mind

Conditions appear to be ripe for a government shutdown, as party politics resist effectively working across the aisle on either side.

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John Blank

Back to Nonfarm Payrolls: Global Week Ahead

As share markets gear up for the home stretch of an eventful year, loads of key macro data in the U.S. and in Japan is due.

MARUYNegative Net Change RDDTNegative Net Change LGRDYNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Up at Record Highs - Will Jobs Numbers Be a Wet Blanket?

Within the specter of new jobs numbers, we do see a bit of risk with market indexes trading at all-time highs.

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Mark Vickery

Econ Data Surprisingly Good: Jobless Claims, Q2 GDP, Durable Goods & More

Q2 GDP, instead of moving incrementally higher or lower, blossomed from +3.3% to +3.8% -- half a percentage point.

COSTNegative Net Change QQQNegative Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Flat Following AI Tech Boost

The tech rally looks a bit exhausted at this hour: the Nasdaq is up 1.5 points (0.006%).

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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.

DRINegative Net Change FDXNegative Net Change LENPositive Net Change

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.

QQQNegative Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims Spike to +263K, CPI Mild & In-Line

Today's Initial Jobless Claims headline seals the deal for next week's rate cut: +263K new claims.

INTCNegative Net Change MSFTNegative Net Change IBMNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Small Biz Positive, New Jobs Revisions & Oracle Earnings On Deck

As we look forward to the unveiling of the iPhone 17, we also keep an eye out for year-long jobs revisions from the BLS.

AAPLNegative Net Change ORCLPositive Net Change GMENo Net Change SNPSNegative Net Change FCELPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

BLS Jobs for August: +22K, Unemployment +4.3%

The Unemployment Rate ticks up to +4.3%, the highest level since October 2021.

QQQNegative Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Stride Higher on Rate Cut Expectations

Lower jobs numbers are what will guarantee at least one Fed rate cut before the end of 2025.

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Mark Vickery

August ADP Weaker at +54K, & More

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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