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Mark Vickery

Mixed Markets Reflect Weaker Jobs, Still-Strong Consumer

While the jobs market continues to lose steam, Retail Sales provided some reasons to be cheerful.

LENNegative Net Change TSLAPositive Net Change PSXNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Jobs Come In at +64K in November, Unemployment +4.6%

Today's Unemployment Rate is the fifth straight month higher, assuming October does not remain a blank space.

LENNegative Net Change QQQPositive Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative Net Change

John Blank

Finally! U.S. Federal Jobs Data - Global Week Ahead

The shutdown-delayed U.S. jobs report for November will shed light on the extent of labor market weakening that could help determine the Federal Reserve's next rate move.

DDSNegative Net Change DYNegative Net Change SKFRYNegative Net Change

John Blank

Finally! U.S. Federal Jobs Data - Global Week Ahead

The shutdown-delayed U.S. jobs report for November will shed light on the extent of labor market weakening that could help determine the Federal Reserve's next rate move.

DDSNegative Net Change DYNegative Net Change SKFRYNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Mixed Ahead of Consequential Week of Data

Doubts continue about the levels of AI infrastructure spending, and whether they are sustainable into the new year.

AVGOPositive Net Change QQQPositive Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

More Good News for Pre-market Trading: Jobless Claims & More

Weekly Jobless Claims and the U.S. Trade Balance came in better than expected, for the most part. Bond yields are even winding down off near-term highs.

COSTNegative Net Change LULUPositive Net Change AVGOPositive Net Change LOVEPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

A Dovish Message Within a Hawkish Rate Cut

Starting in two days, the Fed will be purchasing $40 billion in Treasury bills, maintaining its balance sheet with an "ample level of reserves."

ORCLPositive Net Change ADBENegative Net Change SNPSPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Remain "Wait & See" Ahead of Fed Decision

We expect a narrow range of trading to continue until at least after today's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decision on monetary policy.

ORCLPositive Net Change ADBENegative Net Change SNPSPositive Net Change JILLPositive Net Change CHWYPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Stay Flat Second-Straight Day, 10-Year Yield Rises

The small-cap Russell 2000 looked headed for a new record all-time closing high before petering out in the final trading minutes.

CBRLNegative Net Change CASYPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-markets "Risk Off" Ahead of Wednesday's Fed Decision

Small businesses were positive, and October JOLTS data comes out after the bell.

ADPNegative Net Change CPBPositive Net Change AZONegative Net Change GIIINegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims Puzzlingly Light, Lowest in 3 Years

The current weakness in the labor market may be due to letting retirees' jobs expire, or pink slips accompanied by longer-term severance payments.

ADPNegative Net Change DGPositive Net Change KRNegative Net Change BMONegative Net Change BBWPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

ADP Disappoints: -32K Private Sector Jobs Last Month

Small businesses lost -120K jobs last month, the biggest decline since the Covid pandemic in 2020.

ADPNegative Net Change MNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Market Indexes Stay Mostly Green Ahead of ADP Wednesday

We haven't seen back-to-back positive ADP jobs numbers since April and May of this year, illustrating the difficulties within the domestic labor market in 2025.

ADPNegative Net Change AEOPositive Net Change MRVLNegative Net Change MSTRPositive Net Change CRWDPositive Net Change

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.

ADPNegative Net Change KSSPositive Net Change ANFNegative Net Change BBYNegative Net Change DELLPositive Net Change URBNNegative Net Change ADSKNegative 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.

WMTNegative Net Change NVDAPositive 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.

ADPNegative Net Change NVDAPositive Net Change HDNegative 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 WMTNegative Net Change NVDAPositive Net Change HDNegative 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.

SMFGNegative 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.

TMENegative Net Change ONONPositive Net Change MHNegative 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 ADPNegative Net Change AUNegative Net Change BYNDPositive Net Change METAPositive Net Change NBISNegative Net Change

Tracey Ryniec

Bear of the Day: Robert Half (RHI)

Is the job market about to turn around?

RHIPositive 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.

ADPNegative Net Change CEGPositive Net Change FLRNegative Net Change WENPositive Net Change FUNPositive Net Change CGCPositive 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 COPNegative Net Change RLNegative Net Change MRNANegative Net Change TRIPPositive Net Change PLNTNegative 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.

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