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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Follow Strong Week in the Green Again

Ahead of today's opening bell, the Dow and Nasdaq are +40 points, and the S&P is +10.

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Mark Vickery

Jobs Cut in Half to 150K; Unemployment +3.9%

Today's headline BLS number is 150K, below the 170-180K expected, and well below the downwardly revised 297K the previous month.

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Bryan Hayes

Stocks Stage Comeback Ahead of Fed Decision: What to Do Now

Investors will be keying in on Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's commentary during the usual post-meeting press conference.

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Mark Vickery

ADP Jobs +113K Lower than Expected; Fed at 2pm

This means we're still creating more than the amount of monthly private-sector jobs the economy needs to offset retiring Baby Boomers.

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Andrew Rocco

Bull vs Bear Debate: 3 Definitive Clues to Look For

To successfully navigate the tricky 2023 market, investors must adopt an "if, then" mindset instead of a rigid, inflexible minstet. Stock Strategist Andrew Rocco divulges 3 clues to look for.

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Mark Vickery

Q3 GDP +4.9%, Earnings Beats for UPS, Bristol Myers and Honeywell

In the preliminary Q3 GDP print, consumer spending jumped to +4.0% while private domestic investment roared ahead +8.4%.

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Mark Vickery

Big Q3 Earnings Headed Our Way: MSFT, GOOGL & More

The self-policing of high-bond-yield wariness is keeping equities from jumping ahead.

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Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims Sub-200K; AAL, FITB Mixed in Q3

Meanwhile, bond yields continue to climb, with the 10-year only 4 basis points from 5%.

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Bryan Hayes

Fourth-Quarter Rally Takes Shape: Key Stocks to Watch

Stocks have risen broadly off the early October lows in tandem with the Q3 earnings season.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Mostly Higher on Fed Minutes, Ahead of CPI

Year over year, headline CPI is expected to tick down 10 bps to +3.6% and +4.1% on core, down 20 bps.

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Mark Vickery

PPI Warmer than Expected, Fed Minutes Later

Core year over year PPI reached +2.7%, 20 bps higher than the previous month.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Rise Again on Dovish Fed-Speak

Market indices posted another session in the green today, though off the highs we saw around midday.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Stay in the Green; Pepsi Beats in Q3

Pre-market indices are slightly positive at this hour -- all but the small-cap Russell 2000.

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Mark Vickery

Jobs Numbers Double to 336K on Low Wage Growth

Yes, folks - the "good news is bad news" scenario is not dead yet.

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Bryan Hayes

Jabil, Fabrinet Lead Breakout Stocks: Relief Rally Underway?

Wednesday marked the first day of a rally attempt for both the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average.

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Andrew Rocco

3 Market Extremes Flash: Here's What you Need to Know Now

Extremes often lead to market turns. Three such extremes are flashing signals now that may be bullish for US equity markets into year-end.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Down on 4.7% 10-Year; JOLTS Data This Morning

The 10-year bond yield continues to be an albatross around the neck of equities trading, currently bringing returns of 4.71%.

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Mark Vickery

Manufacturing Data Improves, Bond Yields Stay Elevated

We got some slightly better September Manufacturing numbers than expected from the final S&P PMI and ISM reports.

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Mark Vickery

October Starts the Way September Ends

The downward momentum in pre-market activity continues: the Dow is -85 points at this hour, the S&P 500 is -10 and the Nasdaq -25 points.

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Mark Vickery

PCE Mostly In-Line, Pre-Markets Favorable

Core PCE year over year reached sub-4% for the first time in two years, and just as expected: +3.9%.

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Mark Vickery

Durable Goods Show Healthy Economy, but What About the Fed?

Business owners show in Durable Goods Orders that the future is bright enough to build-out company infrastructure, inventory, etc.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Down on Real & Projected Headwinds

Early trading is at low levels of the pre-market so far, less than half an hour before the first opening bell of the week.

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John Blank

The End of Policy Rate Hikes? Global Week Ahead

The Fed kept interest rates steady last week, but projected monetary policy will remain significantly tighter through 2024 than previously expected.

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Mark Vickery

September Brings the Fall Once Again

Until this week, we looked as if we might buck the September doldrums. But it was not to be.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Tumble on Fed Rate Hold, New Dot-Plot

Investors were looking for significant rate cuts next year, and Powell is only suggesting we'll get down to where we were in May of this year by the end of 2024.

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