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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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Tracey Ryniec

Bear of the Day: AMN Healthcare Services (AMN)

There's no bottom yet in medical staffing.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Thanksgiving Smorgasbord of Econ Data

Weekly Jobless Claims, Durable Goods, Trade Balance and GDP prints dominate today's pre-market headlines.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Up on NVIDIA Earnings, Jobless Claims and More

This is the biggest day of the trading week for economic data, with Weekly Jobless Claims and manufacturing numbers from the Philly Fed index.

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Supriyo Bose

Workday Gains 17% in the Past Year: Reason to Buy WDAY Stock?

With solid fundamentals and healthy revenue-generating potential driven by robust demand trends, WDAY appears to be a solid investment proposition.

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Mark Vickery

Jobs Shrink to 12K on Hurricanes, Strikes; Pre-Markets Up

12K new jobs were filled in October, with downward revisions to the previous two months. The Unemployment Rate remained unchanged at 4.1%.

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Mark Vickery

Un-spooky Halloween: PCE, Jobless Claims Tame

It's hard to wish for a more in-line PCE report, especially considering it's the preferred print on inflation for the Fed.

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Mark Vickery

Goldilocks ADP Jobs Numbers, Q3 GDP and Earnings

ADP private-sector payrolls for October came in at +253K, far ahead of the 113K expected.

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Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims, Q3 Earnings Mixed: AAL, LUV, UPS and More

Longer-term jobless claims are on the rise after a year-long plateau, while American, Southwest, UPS and Hasbro report Q3 earnings.

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Mark Vickery

Retail Sales, Philly Fed, TSM All Stronger than Expected

The only people disappointed this morning will be people who are looking for an economic downturn in the U.S.

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Mark Vickery

CPI Inflation, Jobless Claims: Both Warmer Than Expected

September's CPI numbers have all come in higher than consensus estimates.

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