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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Down Again; Trade Deficit and Dick's Q2 Improve

While the latest Trade Deficit was slimmer than expected, Dick's (DKS) and Dollar Tree (DLTR) report vastly different Q2 results.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Sell Off as Labor Market Data Looms

This was the worst single trading day for tech stocks two years -- the worst for the chips segment since 2020.

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John Blank

U.S. August Jobs Numbers Dominate: Global Week Ahead

In the Global Week Ahead, U.S. jobs numbers dominate the agenda, as markets brace for a choppy September.

AIZNegative Net Change CARTNegative Net Change ORINYPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Down Ahead of "Jobs Week"

This is the latest Jobs Week, and one that comes only a week before the next FOMC meeting.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Mildly Positive; WSM and BJ Drop on Q2 Earnings

Weekly Jobless Claims stayed well behaved, and Williams-Sonoma and BJ's beat on earnings but trade down on guidance.

BJNegative Net Change WSMPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Close Higher on Earnings, Job Revisions and Fed Minutes

BLS employment numbers are now -818K fewer than originally reported from April 2023 to March 2024.

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Mark Vickery

Target Up Big on Q2 Beat; Payroll Adjustment, Fed Minutes Expected

The return to top-line growth - the first since 2022 - is a welcome development for Target stock buyers this morning.

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Ethan Feller

Bear of the Day: Robert Half Inc. (RHI)

Robert Half Inc. is seeing its core business stagnate while holding on to a premium valuation

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Mark Vickery

The Fear Is Real: Pre-Markets Plummet on Jobs Numbers

Once the Employment Situation numbers hit the tape this morning, three of the four major indices fell like a stone.

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Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims, Productivity Higher; TM, WEN, CROX Report

Initial Jobless Claims came in at their highest levels in almost a year, to 249K -- well above the 235K anticipated.

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Brian Bolan

Bear Of The Day: Robert Half Inc (RHI)

This ended a streak of beat with a recent miss and earnings estimates have dropped as a result.

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Mark Vickery

Big Day of Market Data: Q2 Earnings, GDP, Jobless Claims

Following the worst trading day of the year so far, this data has helped swing pre-market indices into the green.

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Mark Vickery

CPI, Jobless Claims Brings Goldilocks Scenario

Today brings us the slimmest Inflation Rate we've seen since March 2021 -- back when inflation was going the opposite direction.

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Mark Vickery

Back-Ended Week: CPI, PPI, Q2 Earnings

Major inflation reports, combined with some of the top companies at the front end of Q2 earnings season, will bring us to a new level of understanding.

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Tracey Ryniec

Bear of the Day: AMN Healthcare (AMN)

When will travel nurse demand return?

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Mark Vickery

BLS Jobs +206K, Big Downward Revisions

Job revisions to the previous two months reached triple-digits, -110K, to 218K in May and 108K in April.

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Mark Vickery

ADP Payrolls +150K; Jobless Claims Climb Higher

While ADP private-sector payrolls were light of estimates, new and longer-term jobless claims reached new multi-year highs.

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Mark Vickery

Q2 Auto Sales, May JOLTS Data Higher than Expected

Q2 auto sales proved to be a pretty good quarter, and JOLTS data for May was also higher than expected.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Look for Weaker JOLTS Data; Tesla Outperforms in Q2

May JOLTS data, out today at 10am ET, is expected to show 7.9 million job openings that month. This would be the lowest we've seen since February 2021.

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Mark Vickery

Holiday-Shortened Jobs Week: What Would Downward Surprises Bring?

Projections currently are for fewer than 200K new jobs filled last month and more than 230K new jobless claims for last week.

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Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims Up, Consumption Down; Walgreens Down Big

New jobless claims shrank a tad, but longer-term came in the highest in 2 1/2 years.

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Mark Vickery

Economic Data Deluge: Claims, Starts, Philly Fed & More

From the labor market to homebuilding figures to regional manufacturing and a new account balance, we fill in a lot of gaps ahead of today's opening bell.

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Mark Vickery

Labor Heats Up Again: Jobs +272K, Unemployment +4.0%

While it's nice to see a strong domestic labor force, it throws cold water on the notion of near-term rate cuts.

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Mark Vickery

Economic Progress in U.S., Europe: ECB, Jobless Claims & More

ECB President Christine Lagarde said underlying pressure in the European economy has eased.

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Mark Vickery

Jobs, Services Data Lead to Green Markets

S&P and ISM Services PMI were accommodating this morning, along with ADP payrolls. LULU beats, while FIVE misses.

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