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Mark Vickery

Market Participants Thankful Ahead of the Open

Pre-market futures are in the green again this hour and holding steady through the release of a few key pieces of data this morning.

DALNegative Net Change UALPositive Net Change DENegative Net Change AALPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Big Morning of Data: Any of It Good?

Retail Sales, PPI, Weekly ADP and retail earnings reports all hit the tape ahead of the opening bell.

ADPPositive Net Change KSSPositive Net Change ANFPositive Net Change BBYNegative Net Change DELLPositive Net Change URBNNegative Net Change ADSKPositive Net Change DKSNegative Net Change BABANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

BLS Jobs, Jobless Claims, Walmart Warnings All Up Slightly

September jobs reached +119K, new claims were low at +220K and WMT beat Q3 earnings by a penny.

WMTPositive Net Change NVDANegative Net Change

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.

ADPPositive Net Change NVDANegative Net Change HDPositive 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 TJXNegative Net Change WMTPositive Net Change NVDANegative Net Change HDPositive 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.

SMFGPositive 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.

TMEPositive 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.

MSFTPositive Net Change ADPPositive Net Change AUNegative Net Change BYNDNegative Net Change METAPositive Net Change NBISPositive Net Change

Tracey Ryniec

Bear of the Day: Robert Half (RHI)

Is the job market about to turn around?

RHINegative 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.

ADPPositive Net Change CEGPositive Net Change FLRPositive Net Change WENNegative Net Change FUNPositive Net Change CGCNegative 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.

AZNNegative Net Change COPPositive Net Change RLNegative Net Change MRNAPositive Net Change TRIPPositive Net Change PLNTPositive Net Change TPRNegative 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.

QQQPositive Net Change SPYPositive Net Change DIAPositive 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.

QQQPositive Net Change SPYPositive Net Change DIAPositive 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.

ADPPositive Net Change NVDANegative Net Change TSLAPositive Net Change QBTSPositive Net Change

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.

ADPPositive Net Change QQQPositive Net Change SPYPositive Net Change DIAPositive 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.

NVDANegative Net Change QQQPositive Net Change SPYPositive Net Change DIAPositive Net Change

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.

NKEPositive Net Change ADPPositive Net Change

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.

MARUYPositive Net Change RDDTPositive Net Change LGRDYPositive 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.

ADPPositive Net Change EAPositive Net Change

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.

COSTPositive Net Change QQQPositive Net Change SPYPositive Net Change DIAPositive 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%).

ADPPositive Net Change NVDANegative Net Change GOOGLPositive Net Change

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.

QQQPositive Net Change SPYPositive Net Change DIAPositive 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.

INTCPositive Net Change MSFTPositive Net Change IBMPositive 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.

AAPLPositive Net Change ORCLNegative Net Change GMEPositive Net Change SNPSPositive Net Change FCELPositive Net Change