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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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Mark Vickery

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

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

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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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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Up for Nasdaq, JOLTS Data After the Bell

Alphabet gets a favorable ruling, Macy's beats in Q2, and JOLTS numbers are expected to reach 7.4M.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Sell Off on Noise About Tariffs, etc.

We kick off the historically weak trading month of September with the Dow closing -0.55%, the S&P 500 -0.69% and the Nasdaq -0.60%.

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John Blank

September Markets Can Be Volatile: Global Week Ahead

This is a short 4-day trading week. But since it is the start of the month of September, it is packed with key macro data. The week ends with the critical U.S. August nonfarm payroll number.

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Mark Vickery

Gearing Up for Jobs Week: What to Expect

Friday will mark the first Employment Situation report since the firing of the head of BLS by President Trump.

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Mark Vickery

Big Morning for Q2 Numbers: GDP +3.3%, Earnings Beats for Retailers

Q2 GDP improves by 30 bps from the initial print, +3.3%, and 20 bps above expectations.

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Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims Up, Philly Fed Down, Walmart Q2 Mixed

Initial Jobless Claims jumped to their highest levels since June, to 235K for last week.

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Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims, Q2 Productivity, Q2 Earnings All Higher

Pre-market futures were at peak highs just ahead of new economic prints this morning, but we remain in healthy, positive territory.

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Mark Vickery

Jobs Shrink in the Summer of '25, Pre-Markets Lower

+73K new jobs were filled last month, lower than the +100K expected. The Unemployment Rate ticked up 10 bps.

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