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Mark Vickery

Markets Slide Further from Last Week's Highs; JOLTS Up Slightly

Tomorrow morning brings us monthly private-sector jobs totals from ADP, and here we get an accurate assessment of the labor market.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Market Futures Lower Ahead of JOLTS, U.S. Auto Sales

Markets look to start a new trading day in the red after closing lower Monday. Bond yields, gold and oil are all up.

UNHNegative Net Change HUMNegative Net Change RIVNNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Turn Tepid to Start a New Quarter

By Friday afternoon, we'll have a lot more understanding about the U.S. economy than we do right now.

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Mark Vickery

GDP Up to +3.4%, Jobless Claims Down to 210K

Strong economic figures like these may cause the Fed to wait even longer before lowering interest rates.

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Mark Vickery

Good Days for the Market, Employment & More

Jobless Claims, Philly Fed and Current Account Balance are all better than analysts had projected. Pre-markets are up again.

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Mark Vickery

"Hold Onto Your Hockey Sticks" - Econ Data All Surprises (revised)

We have lots of economic data out before today's opening bell, and all of it is surprising.

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Mark Vickery

"Hold Onto Your Hockey Sticks" - Econ Data All Surprises

We have lots of economic data out before today's opening bell, and all of it is surprising.

QQQNegative Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

BLS Jobs Headline Pops, Moderating Elsewhere

+275K new jobs is a big jump from expectations, but more than made up for with a downward January revision.

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Mark Vickery

A Wrap for Powell, but Big Late Trading Day

Of the four major indices, only the Dow is in the red over the past five trading days.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Up on Jobless Claims, Productivity, etc.

Following new jobless claims, productivity and trade balance data, the Dow is +90 points, the S&P 500 is +20 and the Nasdaq +110 points at this hour.

QQQNegative Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Up but Off Session Highs: JOLTS, Beige Book Flat

Tomorrow morning brings us more economic grist for the mill, with Weekly Jobless Claims, a revision to Q4 Productivity and a new Trade Deficit.

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Mark Vickery

ADP Jobs +140K, but Part-Time Work Is Rising

A headline number of +140K is below consensus expectations of +150K, but still +29K month over month.

ADPNegative Net Change QQQNegative Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Sell Off Ahead of Jobs & Powell News

Private-sector payrolls for February and Fed Chair Powell's testimony before the House will headline a busy day for economic data Wednesday.

AAPLNegative Net Change ADPNegative Net Change NVDANegative Net Change JWNPositive Net Change SMCIPositive Net Change CRWDPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Target, NIO Beat; "Jobs Week" Starts Tomorrow

What we're seeing in today's pre-market is continued light selling, akin to Monday's overall trading attitude.

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John Blank

A New Nonfarm Payroll Number: Global Week Ahead

Signs of continued jobs market strength or a hawkish message from the Fed could make it harder for investors to shrug off concerns about interest rates.

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Mark Vickery

New Jobs Week to Keep Bull Market Charging?

There will also be a healthy number of additional economic and earnings reports through the course of this week.

AAPLNegative Net Change ADPNegative Net Change JBLUPositive Net Change TGTNegative Net Change JWNPositive Net Change COSTPositive Net Change AVGOPositive Net Change SAVENegative Net Change NIONegative Net Change CRWDPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

New Month, New All-Time Highs: What's Next?

The Nasdaq has seen a wider distribution of bullish sentiment beyond the futuristic tech market, which has buoyed the index to where it is presently.

ADPNegative Net Change NVDANegative Net Change QQQNegative Net Change BYNDPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Enjoy PCE Report; Jobless Claims Rise

PCE numbers suggest that the consumer appetite is cooling a bit, but perhaps in a responsible way.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Bask in NVIDIA, Lower Jobless Claims

The Nasdaq, led by NVIDIA, is up +360 points at this hour. Even the Dow is +200 points.

NVDANegative Net Change NEMPositive Net Change SQNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

BLS Jobs Up Big: 353K, 3.7% Unemployment

353K new jobs created for January are nearly double the 180K or so analysts were looking for.

CVXPositive Net Change BMYPositive Net Change ADPNegative Net Change XOMNegative Net Change ABBVNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims & Productivity Leap Higher; CAH, IP, HON Report

Once the market closes, we'll await earnings reports from three of the Magnificent 7 stocks: Apple, Amazon and Meta.

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Mark Vickery

ADP Cools to 107K Private-Sector Jobs; BA, NVO Beat in Q4

We've now spent a full six months sub-200K private-sector job gains per month.

BANegative Net Change MSFTNegative Net Change CRMPositive Net Change ADPNegative Net Change NVONegative Net Change GOOGLPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

It's Jobs Week Already? Plus Q4 Reports from MSFT, GOOGL, AAPL, AMZN

This week starts slow, but we'll end it with a full-fledged Jobs Week for February. Plus more than half the Magnificent 7 reports earnings.

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Mark Vickery

Big Morning for Trading News: Q4 GDP, Jobless Claims, Durable Goods & More

The S&P 500 seeks its fifth-straight record high in as many trading sessions.

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Mark Vickery

New Econ Reports Keep Recession at Bay

Domestic employment is as robust an indication there is that a recession remains off the foreseeable horizon.

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