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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.

LLYPositive Net Change GILDNegative Net Change WYNNPositive Net Change TTWOPositive Net Change RLPositive Net Change WBDPositive Net Change TRIPPositive Net Change TWLOPositive Net Change

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.

REGNPositive Net Change CVXPositive Net Change XOMPositive Net Change CLPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Economy Heating Up on PCE for June

Pre-market and bond yield numbers appear to be in reaction to this morning's economic posts.

AMZNPositive Net Change AAPLPositive Net Change MSFTPositive Net Change MAPositive Net Change BMYPositive Net Change ADPNegative Net Change IPPositive Net Change CVSPositive Net Change SIRIPositive Net Change ABBVNo Net Change ROKUPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

ADP, GDP & FOMC: Alphabet Soup of Market Data

Both ADP jobs and Q2 GDP outperformed estimates this morning. The FOMC meeting concludes later today.

FPositive Net Change QCOMPositive Net Change MSFTPositive Net Change ADPNegative Net Change VFCPositive Net Change ETSYPositive Net Change KHCNegative Net Change METAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Give Up Gains Amid Major News Week

Q2 earnings reports, while demonstrating a healthy quarter overall, has begun to show some dents in the armor, especially in non-Big Tech spaces.

FPositive Net Change QCOMPositive Net Change MSFTPositive Net Change VPositive Net Change ADPNegative Net Change SBUXPositive Net Change VFCPositive Net Change MDLZNegative Net Change BKNGPositive Net Change METAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

S&P 500 & Nasdaq Notch New All-Time Closing Highs

Markets lost a bit of steam mid-session this Monday, but a late surge into the close brought the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq indexes to new record closing highs.

BAPositive Net Change VPositive Net Change UNHPositive Net Change MRKPositive Net Change PGPositive Net Change SBUXPositive Net Change UPSPositive Net Change WHRPositive Net Change CDNSPositive Net Change PYPLPositive Net Change

John Blank

The August 1st Tariff Deadline: Global Week Ahead

Stocks are near record highs and volatility is low. Even with a Federal Reserve meeting and U.S. jobs data on the slate, President Trump's beef with Fed Chair Powell shows no signs of easing.

APHPositive Net Change ANETPositive Net Change SHOPPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Big Week for Jobs, Earnings and the Fed

There's only a 2% chance the Fed has enough votes to cut to outstrip Fed Chair Powell's opinion to keep interest rates where they are.

AMZNPositive Net Change FPositive Net Change QCOMPositive Net Change AAPLPositive Net Change MSFTPositive Net Change VPositive Net Change ADPNegative Net Change XOMPositive Net Change PGPositive Net Change SBUXPositive Net Change WHRPositive Net Change CDNSPositive Net Change METAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Morning Headlines Defy Expectations, but Pre-Markets Sell

Only the tech-heavy (AI-trade-heavy) Nasdaq is in the green at this hour.

INTCPositive Net Change UNHPositive Net Change HONPositive Net Change UNPNegative Net Change DECKPositive Net Change AALPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Good News for GE, Jobless Claims, Retail Sales & More

At 221K, Initial Jobless Claims are down for the fifth week in a row from near-term highs.

GEPositive Net Change QQQPositive Net Change SPYPositive Net Change DIAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims Steady, Earnings Season Kicks Off with Delta Beat

Initial Jobless Claims are down for the fourth-consecutive week to 227K, and Delta Air Lines (DAL) beat on top and bottom lines in Q2.

DALPositive Net Change AAPositive Net Change CAGPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Jobs Numbers Bring a Sigh of Relief: +147K

Headline job gains from BLS have come in at +147K -- above the consensus estimate of +110K and the upwardly revised +144K for May.

ADPNegative Net Change QQQPositive Net Change SPYPositive Net Change DIAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

"Jobs Week" Continues Thursday to Close Out the Week

Both Weekly Jobless Claims and the BLS report will hit the wires around the same time tomorrow.

ADPNegative Net Change QQQPositive Net Change SPYPositive Net Change DIAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

ADP Private-Sector Payrolls -33K, Worst in 2+ Years

Currently, it's white-collar jobs that are disappearing, which may be surprising to some.

ADPNegative Net Change QQQPositive Net Change SPYPositive Net Change DIAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Trading Rotation Kicks Off 2nd Half of 2025

Tech stocks lagged after a very strong first half of the year, while healthcare led the way.

ADPNegative Net Change MRKPositive Net Change AMGNNegative Net Change STZPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Plenty of Data to Start 2nd Half of 2025

Manufacturing PMI, Construction Spending and the start of "Jobs Week" data await today's stock market.

QQQPositive Net Change SPYPositive Net Change DIAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Close Rollercoaster Q2 on Top

After starting calendar Q2 with a huge "Liberation Day" dip, the Nasdaq and S&P 500 once again close at new all-time highs.

JPMPositive Net Change NVDAPositive Net Change HOODPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Through 1H 2025, U.S. Economy Threads the Needle

It was a turbulent first half of the year, but we are closing strong.

ADPNegative Net Change QQQPositive Net Change SPYPositive Net Change DIAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Big Changes in Economic Data, Pre-Markets Hold Gains

Once Continuing Claims reach 2 million per week, expect a change in the narrative -- including from the Fed -- on our steady and secure labor market.

NKEPositive Net Change QQQPositive Net Change SPYPositive Net Change DIAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Non-Tech Markets Lose Steam; Nasdaq Approaches Record High

The Dow slipped 106 points, -0.25%, while the Nasdaq gained +61 points, +0.31% -- approaching new highs.

MUPositive Net Change NVDAPositive Net Change

Tracey Ryniec

Bear of the Day: Robert Half (RHI)

This staffing firm is at 5-year lows.

RHIPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Approach New Highs on Cooling Tensions

Tech stocks reached new record highs, and the S&P 500 is currently about -1% below all-time highs.

FDXPositive Net Change QQQPositive Net Change SPYPositive Net Change DIAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Homebuilding Down, Jobless Claims Up; Fed News Later

As we prepare to honor our Juneteenth holiday Thursday with closed banks and stock markets, we see Weekly Jobless Claims pulled a day earlier to this morning.

QQQPositive Net Change SPYPositive Net Change DIAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Drop on Geopolitical Concerns, Weaker Data

After a mostly weak Retail Sales report this morning, manufacturing data and homebuilder confidence underperformed expectations.

QQQPositive Net Change SPYPositive Net Change DIAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets in the Green Ahead of Eventful Week

A bevy of economic reports and a new FOMC meeting are expected on this holiday-shortened week.

LENPositive Net Change QQQPositive Net Change SPYPositive Net Change DIAPositive Net Change