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Mark Vickery

June ADP +497K on Huge Small Business Gains

ADP's June came in more than double expectations, and the highest single-month total since February of 2022.

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Mark Vickery

Jobs Week Pushed Later; Markets Await Fed Minutes

Pre-market futures are giving back some of the gains the equities markets have made off recent lows from a week ago Tuesday.

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John Blank

META, NVDA and Independence Day: Global Week Ahead

The most closely-watched U.S. macro indicator is out on Friday at 8:30 am ET: Non-farm payroll job additions are always important to traders.

RCLNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Tepid Markets Open Holiday-Shortened Week

We do ramp-up later this week with a plethora of jobs data.

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Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims Drop, Q1 GDP Jumps

The second revision to Q1 GDP jumped unexpectedly to +2.0%, while new jobless claims sank to their lowest levels in a month.

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Mark Vickery

New Jobless Claims 264K, Highest in 20 Months

However, Continuing Claims are still not fully reflecting this new trend. Perhaps folks being laid off are finding new jobs right away?

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Mark Vickery

Flat-to-Down Markets on Vision Pro Reveal, Binance Lawsuit

Binance shares sold off -9.5% directly following the lawsuit registered against the company by the SEC.

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Mark Vickery

Jobs Number Blowout: 339K, 3.7% Unemployment

339K jobs were filled last month, close to double the expected 190K, and the strongest monthly labor figure since January's 472K.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Swing to Positive for the Week; AVGO, LULU Beat

Tomorrow morning's Employment Situation brings us the biggest economic report of the week, and arguably of the month.

LULUNegative Net Change AVGONegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

ADP +278K, Much Higher than Expected

The headline +278K is nearly +100K higher than consensus expectations, though down a tad from the downwardly revised +291K for April.

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Mark Vickery

Chinese PMI Keeping Pre-Markets Muted

China Manufacturing PMI came in below expectations for May, and has sent crude oil prices down again.

CRMNegative Net Change ADPPositive Net Change NVDANegative Net Change AAPNegative Net Change AINegative Net Change CRWDNegative Net Change

John Blank

Nonfarm Payrolls in Focus: Global Week Ahead

Key jobs data in the U.S., Mainland China manufacturing activity data, and Euro Area inflation readings should give traders more evidence impacting the world's top economies.

GWWPositive Net Change DHIPositive Net Change LIPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

PPI +2.3% Year Over Year: Lowest Since Pandemic

This +2.3% print is the nearest any inflation metrics have gotten to the Fed's optimal inflation gauge.

QQQNegative Net Change SPYNegative Net Change DIANegative Net Change PACWPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Jobs Numbers Hotter than Expected: 253K; Unemployment Rate 3.4%

Today's BLS report looks once again like the jobs market is proving resilient in the face of higher interest rates.

WALNegative Net Change QQQNegative Net Change PACWPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

New Economic Data Curbs Pre-Market Losses

Once we saw a few economic prints hit the tape this morning, market indices have cut their losses notably.

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Mark Vickery

ADP for April: 296K New Jobs - Stronger than Expected

The 296K headline was more than double the 133K anticipated by analysts. It also was more than double the previous month's downwardly revised 142K.

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Mark Vickery

JOLTS Data After the Bell, Q1 Reports for PFE, UBER & More

The JOLTS report for March will be out today, making it the first of several employment-related releases out this week.

FPositive Net Change AMDNegative Net Change PFENegative Net Change MARNegative Net Change SBUXNegative Net Change YUMCPositive Net Change UBERNegative Net Change

John Blank

Is This the 'Terminal' Fed Rate Hike? Global Week Ahead

The Fed is expected to deliver another 25-basis point interest rate increase on Wednesday and signal a pause in its most aggressive rate-hiking cycle since the 1980s.

AAPLNegative Net Change FDXNegative Net Change MPCPositive Net Change STLANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Big Week for Q1 Earnings, Jobs, etc.

Who ordered the busy week for market participants? Your shipment is in.

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Derek Lewis

3 Stocks That Popped Post-Earnings

Earnings season has delivered plenty of surprises so far, with Consumer Staples titans utilizing their pricing power and big tech injecting positive sentiment into the market. As we wade through the period, what other surprises could be in store?

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Mark Vickery

Q1 GDP 1.1% Lower than Expected; Jobless Claims Down

This is the lightest read since we were negative in Q2 2022, and notably down from the final +2.6% GDP from Q4.

AMZNNegative Net Change CATPositive Net Change LUVPositive Net Change AALNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims Higher, Philly Fed & AmEx Lower

Continuing Jobless Claims ratcheted up to 1.865 million -- the highest single-week read since November 2021.

AXPNegative Net Change TSLANegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Markets Rally on Cooler Economic Data; More Results on Deck

Weaker economic prints are beginning to reveal an alternative narrative: perhaps the Fed has done enough already.

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Mark Vickery

More Inflation Data on Deck, with Q1 Earnings Starting

We spent last Friday away from the offices in observance of Good Friday, but that morning the big Employment Situation report for March came out.

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Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims Makeover: 228K, 200K+ for 8 Weeks

Seasonal adjustments now show we've been above 200K new claims for the past eight weeks.

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