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Mark Vickery

S&P 500 Misses New Closing High by 4 Points

The S&P came close to closing at a new all-time high today at 6,086, but was just a few points shy of the record close on December 6th of last year.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Closed for MLK Day; Trump II Inauguration Today

President-elect Trump becomes the second U.S. president after Grover Cleveland in 1892 to be elected to two non-consecutive terms.

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Tracey Ryniec

Bear of the Day: AMN Healthcare Services (AMN)

Shares have tumbled to new 5-year lows.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Mixed on Jobless Claims, Retail Sales & More

While Jobless Claims remained subdued, Imports and Exports sprang to life -- along with monthly Philly Fed numbers.

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Shaun Pruitt

Global Week Ahead: Q4 Earnings Season Kicks Off with Key Inflation Data

Markets will be put to the test this week amid recent volatility, as big banks kick off the heart of the Q4 earnings season on Wall Street, while key inflation data from the U.K. and U.S. will also be on tap.

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Mark Vickery

U.S. Jobs Much Hotter than Expected; Pre-markets Sell

+256K new jobs filled in December is the largest monthly figure since March of last year.

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Mark Vickery

Carter Funeral Suspends Stock Market; What to Expect Friday

Expectations are for 155K jobs to have been filled in December, with an Unemployment Rate holding steady at +4.2%.

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Mark Vickery

ADP Numbers Lowest Since August; Initial Claims Also Down

+122K new private-sector jobs filled in December is below expectations for +136K and the previous month's unrevised +146K.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Swing to Negative on Healthy Econ Data (& Higher Bond Yields)

Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq lost their two-day winning streak, -1.11% and -1.88%, respectively today.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-markets in the Green Following CES 2025, Ahead of JOLTS

Pre-market futures are starting to climb higher this morning, following a strong day on the tech-heavy Nasdaq.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Mixed Ahead of Huang at CES, Jobs Week

The Nasdaq and S&P 500 notched positive closes for the second straight day, while the Dow and small-cap Russell 2000 were modestly lower.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Up Ahead of a New Jobs Week

As jobs reports hit the tape, keep in mind the Fed's dual mandate: not just curbing inflation but also fostering full employment.

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Mark Vickery

Quiet Pre-Market Friday Ahead of Big Jobs Week

Job gains over the past two months have been volatile, but the Unemployment Rate has remained fairly steady.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets in the Green to Start 2025

This will hopefully lead to a bounce-back from a weak December, where only the Nasdaq finished marginally in the green.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Look to Bounce Back from Big Wednesday Selloff

Early trading is filling in some of the big holes dug in the stock market yesterday.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Go Green Ahead of Fed Interest Rate Decision

The big news will likely not be the decision on interest rates, but how the Fed's tone has changed.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Take a Breather on Econ Data; COST, AVGO, RH Report Late

We're still near all-time highs on the major indexes, so taking a breather with less-than-stellar economic prints seems perfectly reasonable.

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Mark Vickery

PPI Up Big on Hotter Food Prices, Jobless Claims Higher

Headline PPI month over month came in double expectations to +0.4%, the highest since June of this year.

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Mark Vickery

Jobs Report Warmer than Expected: 227K; 4.2% Unemployment

In two of the last three months of BLS data, we're seeing resistance to a cooling economy in the jobs market.

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Mark Vickery

Stock Markets' Winning Streaks End Ahead of Friday Jobs Report

It looks to be a bit of a wait-and-see thing with tomorrow's all-important jobs numbers from the U.S. government.

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Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims Mixed, Trade Deficit Slimmer

Both Initial and Continuing Jobless Claims are still representative of a healthy labor situation overall.

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Mark Vickery

ADP +146K: Lighter than Expected

Manufacturing shed -26K positions in November, another hard reality for an already struggling sector of the economy.

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Mark Vickery

JOLTS Posts Bigger Numbers; CRM, OKTA Beat in Q3

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq continue to post new all-time closing highs.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Flat Ahead of JOLTS Data

Pre-market futures are flat as a pancake at this hour, with none of the major indexes either up or down 0.1% currently.

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Mark Vickery

Will Jobs Week Pave a Smooth Way Forward?

With Tuesday's JOLTS, Wednesday's ADP, Thursday's Jobless Claims and Friday's non-farm payroll report, we'll obtain a lot of knowledge on the domestic labor market this week.

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