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Mark Vickery

First Negative GDP in 3+ Years: -0.3%; Pre-Markets Down

With ADP coming in half of what was expected and Q1 GDP -0.3%, we can understand the downward pressure in the pre-market.

MSFTPositive Net Change ADPPositive Net Change METANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

JOLTS, Confidence, Home Prices and Q1 Earnings Make an Eventful Day

Major indexes gains from 0.5-0.75% in today's trading, on a plethora of data across many realms of the market.

VPositive Net Change SBUXNegative Net Change STXPositive Net Change BKNGPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Market Drama Shifts: Dow Lower on UNH Miss

Since April 2nd, the Dow is -7.65%, the S&P 500 -6.71%, the Nasdaq -6.19% and the small-cap Russell 2000 -8.62%.

UNHPositive Net Change NFLXPositive Net Change AXPNegative Net Change DHIPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

CPI Falls, Pre-Markets Give Back Some Gains

Futures are down, but better after morning economic data was released an hour ahead of the opening bell.

QQQNegative Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Down Another -2% on Good Jobs Report

China has fire a retaliatory shot in the tariff war begun on the White House lawn Wednesday.

DDPositive Net Change QQQNegative Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative Net Change

John Blank

The March Job Report Informs Traders: Global Week Ahead

Under Elon Musk's DOGE government efficiency drive, tens of thousands of workers from the 2.3 million-strong federal workforce have been fired or agreed to take a buyout.

FMSPositive Net Change UIPositive Net Change RDDTNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Q1 Ends Today, Jobs Week & Tariffs - Oh My!

Wednesday is private-sector payrolls from ADP (ADP), Thursday has Weekly Jobless Claims and Friday is the Employment Situation report from the U.S. government.

WFCNegative Net Change JPMNo Net Change ADPPositive Net Change DALNegative Net Change GESNegative Net Change PVHNegative Net Change RHNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Moderating Economic Prints, Mixed Pre-Markets

Jobless Claims stay steady, Trade Balance in Goods comes down slightly but are still historically deep.

QQQNegative Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Lower; Economic News Decent

Jobless Claims, Philly Fed, Darden's outlook are green shoots on a gloomy morning.

DRIPositive Net Change QQQNegative Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Market Futures in the Green... for Now

Session after session we've seen market indexes erode during normal trading hours.

QQQNegative Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

PPI Wholesale & Jobless Claims Both Lower

Market participants are already discounting this morning's good news because they can see the inflationary road ahead.

QQQNegative Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Slide Again on Tariff Realities

Market indexes were down again today in this continued freefall on tariff fears and open discussion of a potential economic recession.

SFIXNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Melting Away Early-Morning Gains

After today's open, albeit a month in arrears: January JOLTS figures report.

DKSNegative Net Change QQQNegative Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

BLS Jobs Numbers: +151K, Unemployment +4.1%

A headline number of +151K was below the +170K expected, but pre-markets breathed a sigh of relief.

QQQNegative Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

ECB Cuts, Jobless Claims Mixed, Trade Deficit Hits Record

While the ECB cut rates 25 bps despite a potential trade war, jobless claims stayed within range but the trade deficit fell through the floor.

CBRLPositive Net Change MNegative Net Change COSTPositive Net Change AVGOPositive Net Change BURLNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

ADP +77K, Far Lower than Expected; Tariff News Forthcoming?

We started out this morning in the green across the board, but now see the Dow and S&P 500 lower.

FNegative Net Change ADPPositive Net Change GMNegative Net Change TSLANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

ADP +77K, Far Lower than Expected; Tariff News Forthcoming?

We started out this morning in the green across the board, but now see the Dow and S&P 500 lower.

FNegative Net Change ADPPositive Net Change GMNegative Net Change TSLANegative Net Change

John Blank

What Will the FEB U.S. Jobs Report Show? Global Week Ahead

U.S. jobs data on March 7th comes as worrisome indicators about business activity and consumer confidence raise yellow flags about the economy and a push by the Trump administration to slash the federal workforce.

GRMNNegative Net Change ATEYYPositive Net Change CVNAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Pick Up Where Friday Left Off

There seemed to be something of a re-think Friday after indexes had fallen from February 20th through the 27th.

FNegative Net Change ADPPositive Net Change TGTNegative Net Change COSTPositive Net Change GMNegative Net Change AVGOPositive Net Change TSLANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Big Morning for Economic Data: Jobless Claims, GDP & More

Pre-market indexes are up again this morning, though all week this has been the case.

QQQNegative Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Steady Jobless Claims, Good Philly Fed, Healthy Q4 Earnings

Pre-markets are once again starting off lower, but the S&P 500 is working on a two-day record-closing-high.

WMTPositive Net Change TRIPNegative Net Change BABAPositive Net Change WNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

BLS Jobs Numbers +143K, Unemployment Rate +4.0%

The quick-take on this reaction is that the market recognizes that a healthy labor market subtracts from the possibility a new interest rate cut.

KOPositive Net Change CSCOPositive Net Change LOWPositive Net Change MCDPositive Net Change HMCNegative Net Change SHOPNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

ADP Jobs Report Strong in January; Q4 Earnings Roll Along

ADP unveiled +183K new private-sector jobs last month -- well ahead of the +150K expected.

FNegative Net Change QCOMPositive Net Change ADPPositive Net Change DISNegative Net Change ARMPositive Net Change MSTRNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Trade War Reality Sets into Pre-Markets

The Dow has so far shed -600 points, the S&P 500 is -100 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq is -400 points at this hour.

AMZNNegative Net Change FNegative Net Change ADPPositive Net Change PEPPositive Net Change CLXPositive Net Change DISNegative Net Change TSNPositive Net Change NXPIPositive Net Change GOOGLNegative Net Change PYPLNegative Net Change UBERPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Seek Direction on Warmer Jobless Claims, Q4 Earnings

While new and continuing jobless claims both move higher, American Airlines and GE Aerospace release Q4 earnings.

GEPositive Net Change TXNNegative Net Change CSXPositive Net Change ISRGPositive Net Change AALPositive Net Change GEVNegative Net Change