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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Mark Vickery

Countdown to Recession, or Just Cooling Down?

Are we in the early stages of recessionary conditions? This is the question that seems to be halting markets at present.

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Mark Vickery

ADP Jobs Lower: 145K, on Weaker Services Sector

145K private-sector jobs is a notable miss from the 210K expected and the upwardly revised 261K for February.

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Mark Vickery

On Markets, Jobs, Productivity & Inflation (in Under 500 Words)

JOLTS and Factory Orders came in lower than expected for February. Are we at last seeing real evidence of a slowing economy?

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Mark Vickery

What Are the Limits of Our Current Market Rally?

Even dealing with the drama of destabilized regional banks and a Fed continually raising interest rates, the past 13 trading days have been overall a roaring success.

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Mark Vickery

Q4 GDP Ticks Down to +2.6%; Jobless Claims Stay Low

Year over year GDP for 2022 comes in at +3.9%, 200 bps lower than the very strong 2021, which provided the Great Reopening from the Covid pandemic.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Crawl Back After Hump-Day Selloff

Major indices saw -1.6% losses by yesterday's close, and right now the Dow is +58 points, the S&P 500 +20 and the Nasdaq is +129 points at this hour.

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Bryan Hayes

Bull of the Day: Asure Software (ASUR)

A new bullish phase has begun for the stock as it has been hitting a series of 52-week highs this year on increasing volume.

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Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims, Import Prices, Philly Fed All Lower

Anxiety over the global banking system and a pending Fed decision on interest rates next week will likely cast a large shadow.

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Mark Vickery

Jobs Gain 311K, Unemployment 3.6%; SIVB Trading Suspended

What may prove to be the real market mover today is the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SIVB).

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Mark Vickery

Markets Sink Ahead of Friday Jobs Report

A poor showing in tomorrow's Employment Situation may provide a pop to stocks.

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Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims Show Signs of Weakness (Finally!)

Initial Jobless Claims raced ahead to 211K last week from an unrevised 190K the previous week -- the highest read we've seen so far in 2023.

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Mark Vickery

ADP 242K Higher than Expected; Powell Addresses House

We do not expect any changes in what Fed Chair Jay Powell has to say before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee this morning.

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John Blank

Finally, Nonfarm Jobs Numbers! Global Week Ahead

It's all about jobs, and Friday's February U.S. employment report takes on added significance after stunningly strong January data prompted a rethink on projections for an economic slowdown.

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Mark Vickery

Starting Off Slow for Jobs Week

We'll end with a bang Friday with the Employment Situation report: nonfarm payrolls and the Unemployment Rate.

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Mark Vickery

Q4 GDP Now +2.7%; Jobless Claims Slide Again

While Q4 GDP was bumped down 20 bps from the first read, Weekly Jobless Claims remain firmly below 200K.

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