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The market indices launched on the Fed Chair's speech: the Dow +737 points, +2.18%, the S&P 500 +3.09% and the Nasdaq zoomed ahead +484 points, or +4.41%.
While we appear to be staving off a pending slide in the overall economy, we do not expect much by way of shifts to the Fed Chair's perspective this afternoon.
For the Global Week Ahead, November U.S. nonfarm jobs data, and Euro harmonized consumer price inflation data, can focus the minds of most stock traders.
This is the first time since 2002 that the party of the White House did not experience big losses in the first midterm election of their administration.
A headline number of 263K jobs filled in the month of September is modestly below 275K expected. The Unemployment Rate ratcheted down to 3.5% from 3.7% previously.
Peak bond yield rates appears to have been the rallying cry, as economists and market analysts all see the rather inflamed 2-year, which had been north of +4.3% just last week, has mellowed to around +4.04%.
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Santa Claus Rally in No Hurry; Markets Close Lower
by Mark Vickery
All 11 S&P 500 sectors finished the regular trading session lower -- even Energy, which looked to have gotten a bid with firming OPEC+ prices.
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basic-materials industrial-products staffing
Non-Farm Payrolls Good News Equals Bad News
by Mark Vickery
Perhaps most revealing about this strong employment report was in wages, which were up big -- and unexpectedly.
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New Jobless Claims Down, PCE Flat-to-Down
by Mark Vickery
Basically, a still-strong economy is shrinking some of its inflation bloat, and the Fed Chair has taken note of this.
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consumer-discretionary consumer-staples retail staffing
Markets Soar Ahead on Powell Rate-Hike Comments
by Mark Vickery
The market indices launched on the Fed Chair's speech: the Dow +737 points, +2.18%, the S&P 500 +3.09% and the Nasdaq zoomed ahead +484 points, or +4.41%.
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cloud-computing earnings staffing tech-stocks
ADP Lower at +127K, Q3 GDP Upped to +2.9% & More
by Mark Vickery
While we appear to be staving off a pending slide in the overall economy, we do not expect much by way of shifts to the Fed Chair's perspective this afternoon.
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banking finance staffing transportation travel-leisure
A Macro Data-Focused Week: Global Week Ahead
by John Blank
For the Global Week Ahead, November U.S. nonfarm jobs data, and Euro harmonized consumer price inflation data, can focus the minds of most stock traders.
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emerging-markets finance semiconductor staffing
Jobless Claims, Goods Orders, Airline Metrics Up Ahead of Holiday
by Mark Vickery
We see higher-than-expected numbers this morning on weekly jobless claims, durable goods and airline travel.
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airlines inflation staffing
Nordstrom (JWN) Beats After Close, Stock Sells Off
by Mark Vickery
Guidance looking ahead has been kept pat -- instead of rising -- indicating this is as good as it gets for the higher-end big-box retailer.
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earnings finance retail staffing
Post-Midterms, Plenty of Things Coming into Focus
by Mark Vickery
This is the first time since 2002 that the party of the White House did not experience big losses in the first midterm election of their administration.
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finance social-media staffing tech-stocks
Economic Data Gradually Dwindles: Jobless Claims, Productivity & More
by Mark Vickery
With a Fed meeting still in our rearview mirror, these data points will not be directly consequential.
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banking finance staffing
ADP Jobs +239K, Better than Expected; Markets Drop
by Mark Vickery
These numbers today -- and the economic prints we've seen since the last Fed meeting, overall -- are not likely to warrant any softening from the Fed.
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Dow Notches Strongest Month of Trading Since 1976
by Mark Vickery
At +11%, it's the best October on record for the blue-chip index and the strongest single-month of trading since the U.S. Bicentennial.
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earnings staffing
British PM Truss Steps Down; Jobless Claims, Philly Fed, AAL Mixed
by Mark Vickery
Initial Jobless Claims came in at the lowest level for a month: 214K.
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airlines earnings staffing
Huge 1500-Point Swing on the Dow After Disappointing CPI
by Mark Vickery
S&P 500 52-week lows were hit like a third rail, and markets recoiled the other direction.
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banking consumer-discretionary consumer-staples earnings staffing
Jobs Numbers +263K in September, Unemployment +3.5%
by Mark Vickery
A headline number of 263K jobs filled in the month of September is modestly below 275K expected. The Unemployment Rate ratcheted down to 3.5% from 3.7% previously.
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finance staffing
Markets Veer Lower Ahead of Friday Jobs Report
by Mark Vickery
Let's look at today as a hedge against a non-farm payroll report tomorrow that doesn't go the way we need it to.
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finance staffing
Jobless Claims Move (Slowly) the "Right" Direction
by Mark Vickery
The headline figure of 219K Initial Jobless Claims last week was more than 15K higher than anticipated and +29K from the previous week.
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ADP, Trade Balance In-Line with Expectations
by Mark Vickery
208K versus 200K expected private-sector jobs is notably higher than the previous month's 185K new hires.
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staffing transportation
Funtober: Has the Market Shifted into Rally Mode?
by Bryan Hayes
As stocks bounce from oversold levels, new opportunities are being created in the process - a welcomed sight for bullish investors.
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earnings investing staffing
Pre-Markets Onward and Upward!
by Mark Vickery
Peak bond yield rates appears to have been the rallying cry, as economists and market analysts all see the rather inflamed 2-year, which had been north of +4.3% just last week, has mellowed to around +4.04%.
QQQNegative Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative Net Change
industrial-products staffing
Market Digests Rate Hike, New Econ Data
by Mark Vickery
Initial Jobless Claims came in lower than expected to 213K, while the Q2 account deficit came off record depths.
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finance staffing
Fed's 75bps Takes Markets on Rollercoaster Ride
by Mark Vickery
An update to the "dot plot" from June amounts to a sharply raised median +4.4% by the end of the year, up from the prior level of +3.4%.
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banking finance staffing
Lots of Data, Most of It Better: Jobless Claims, Retail & More
by Mark Vickery
No fewer than five major metrics are hitting the tape an hour ahead of the opening bell -- most of which can be construed as relatively good news.
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retail staffing
New Jobless Claims Lower: 222K; Powell Starts Q&A
by Mark Vickery
This is the lowest weekly initial jobless claims level since the 202K we saw back ahead of Memorial Day.
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finance staffing
Jobs Numbers Helping the Fed Thread the Needle: 315K, 3.7%
by Mark Vickery
The Unemployment Rate bumped up 20 basis points (bps) to 3.7%, but this is off levels not seen in 50 years.
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finance staffing