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Mark Vickery

CPI Data Brings Pre-Markets Way Down

CPI numbers came in higher than estimates on every single metric, and pre-markets plummeted in a matter of minutes.

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Shaun Pruitt

Meta (META) Beats Earnings Estimates and Announces First Ever Dividend is it Time to Buy?

Investors walked away from the busy investment week with a lot of news to digest including Meta Platforms (META) announcing its first-ever dividend after comfortably surpassing Q4 top and bottom-line expectations on Thursday.

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Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims & Productivity Leap Higher; CAH, IP, HON Report

Once the market closes, we'll await earnings reports from three of the Magnificent 7 stocks: Apple, Amazon and Meta.

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Andrew Rocco

Dotcom Deja Vu? 3 Data Points Suggest a More Bullish Horizon in 2024

In a recent report, JP Morgan's quant team highlighted a "persistently rising concentration" in the U.S. stock market, drawing parallels to the Dotcom Bubble Era. While the concerns are valid, there a three significant reasons to stay optimistic.

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Mark Vickery

Powell Dubious on March Cut, Markets Slide

Indices jumped higher on the Fed's release initially, but in terms of forecasting a March cut, Fed Chair Powell said that this was "not the most-likely case."

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Mark Vickery

Big Earnings Afternoon: Microsoft, Alphabet, Starbucks & More

Microsoft, Google-parent Alphabet, Mondelez and Skyworks all topped earnings expectations.

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Andrew Rocco

Navigating the Storm: How Regional Banks Weathered the Crisis and Why the Worst is Behind Them

Though the Bank Term Funding Program (BTFB) is ending, there are five reasons to believe the worst is over for regional banking stocks. Look for them to be much higher 12 months from now.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Stroll Higher Ahead of Key Data; SMCI, FFIV, WHR Beat

A sixth record closing high for the S&P 500 just this month/year alone ought to give a good impression of where the market's collective head is at presently.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Continue to Shine Amid High Interest Rates

After today's close, United Airlines (UAL) outperformed expectations on both top and bottom lines in its Q4 report.

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Bryan Hayes

Financial ETF Breaks Out to 52-Week High: Stocks to Watch

New yearly highs for banks are bullish and a sign of strength.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Continue Bouncing Back; TRV +5% on Q4 News

We've actually been on a relative plateau at current high levels since mid-December.

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Andrew Rocco

Small Caps Offer Big Potential in 24'

Mega-cap tech stocks enjoyed a positive outlier year in 2023. However, investors may want to explore other market areas in 2024, particularly small-cap stocks.

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Mark Vickery

Empire State Plummets; Goldman Beats, Morgan Mixed in Q4

Empire State Manufacturing's -43.7 is a major step down -- more than 3x lower than the previous month's -14.5.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Closed in Remembrance of Dr. King

Even though we're only just half way through the month, the lion's share of economic reports -- non-earnings-season-related -- have already happened for January.

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Bryan Hayes

Presidential Cycle Takes Center Stage as 2024 Election Ramps Up

What does history say about stock market returns in election years?

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Trim Monday Rally; Trade Deficit Comes Down

The S&P 500 put up its best single trading day since early November, and is within striking distance of fresh all-time highs.

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Mark Vickery

Jobs +216K, Unemployment 3.7%: Better than Expected

If you're looking for data that will allow the Fed to put some slack in interest rates near-term, these numbers are a disappointment.

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Mark Vickery

Early 2024 Markets Sweep Up Excesses

All major indices are in the red so far in the first trading week of 2024, with the small-cap Russell down nearly -5% in just three days.

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Mark Vickery

On Inflation Management and High Expectations

If there's one sure way for the Fed to instigate an economic recession, it would be by keeping rates abnormally high for too long of a time.

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Mark Vickery

Jobs Week to Kick Off with JOLTS; Fed Minutes Today

We'll also get private-sector payrolls from ADP (ADP) for December along with Weekly Jobless Claims tomorrow, and the all-important Employment Situation report Friday morning.

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Mark Vickery

On the Last Trading Day of 2023, Looking Ahead to Jobs Week

As always, we look for clues as to where things are headed in 2024, and next week brings a fresh Jobs Week.

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Mark Vickery

Labor, Housing Stay Healthy Going into 2024

The Dow is striking new all-time highs (not seen in almost two years, by the way), and the S&P is too, but we're still off November 2021 all-time highs on the Nasdaq and Russell.

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Andrew Rocco

2023 Rewind: Technicals (Part 3)

On Wall Street, price action is king. 2023 provided plenty of valuable lessons to investors on the technical front.

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Mark Vickery

A Couple Important Points About 2024

Bullishness in the market and economic structures for 2024 will not trigger a cut from the Fed.

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