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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 MUFGPositive 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 ONONNegative 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 ADPPositive Net Change AUNegative Net Change BYNDPositive Net Change METANegative Net Change NBISNegative 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 CEGNegative Net Change FLRNegative Net Change WENNegative Net Change FUNNegative 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.

AZNPositive Net Change COPNegative Net Change RLNegative Net Change MRNAPositive Net Change TRIPNegative 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.

QQQPositive Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative 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 SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative 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 NVDAPositive Net Change TSLANegative Net Change QBTSNegative 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 SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative 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.

NVDAPositive Net Change QQQPositive Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative 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.

NKENegative 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 LGRDYNegative 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.

COSTNegative Net Change QQQPositive Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative 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 NVDAPositive 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 LENNegative 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 SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative 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 IBMNegative 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.

AAPLNegative Net Change ORCLNegative Net Change GMEPositive Net Change SNPSPositive Net Change FCELNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

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

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

QQQPositive Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative Net Change

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.

ADPPositive Net Change QQQPositive Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative Net Change

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.

AAPLNegative Net Change MNegative Net Change GOOGLPositive Net Change

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%.

GSNegative Net Change CRMPositive Net Change KHCNegative Net Change ZSPositive Net Change