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Mark Vickery

Jobs Shrink in the Summer of '25, Pre-Markets Lower

+73K new jobs were filled last month, lower than the +100K expected. The Unemployment Rate ticked up 10 bps.

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Mark Vickery

Economy Heating Up on PCE for June

Pre-market and bond yield numbers appear to be in reaction to this morning's economic posts.

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Mark Vickery

ADP, GDP & FOMC: Alphabet Soup of Market Data

Both ADP jobs and Q2 GDP outperformed estimates this morning. The FOMC meeting concludes later today.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Give Up Gains Amid Major News Week

Q2 earnings reports, while demonstrating a healthy quarter overall, has begun to show some dents in the armor, especially in non-Big Tech spaces.

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Mark Vickery

S&P 500 & Nasdaq Notch New All-Time Closing Highs

Markets lost a bit of steam mid-session this Monday, but a late surge into the close brought the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq indexes to new record closing highs.

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John Blank

The August 1st Tariff Deadline: Global Week Ahead

Stocks are near record highs and volatility is low. Even with a Federal Reserve meeting and U.S. jobs data on the slate, President Trump's beef with Fed Chair Powell shows no signs of easing.

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Mark Vickery

Big Week for Jobs, Earnings and the Fed

There's only a 2% chance the Fed has enough votes to cut to outstrip Fed Chair Powell's opinion to keep interest rates where they are.

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Mark Vickery

Morning Headlines Defy Expectations, but Pre-Markets Sell

Only the tech-heavy (AI-trade-heavy) Nasdaq is in the green at this hour.

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Mark Vickery

Good News for GE, Jobless Claims, Retail Sales & More

At 221K, Initial Jobless Claims are down for the fifth week in a row from near-term highs.

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Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims Steady, Earnings Season Kicks Off with Delta Beat

Initial Jobless Claims are down for the fourth-consecutive week to 227K, and Delta Air Lines (DAL) beat on top and bottom lines in Q2.

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Mark Vickery

Jobs Numbers Bring a Sigh of Relief: +147K

Headline job gains from BLS have come in at +147K -- above the consensus estimate of +110K and the upwardly revised +144K for May.

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Mark Vickery

"Jobs Week" Continues Thursday to Close Out the Week

Both Weekly Jobless Claims and the BLS report will hit the wires around the same time tomorrow.

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Mark Vickery

ADP Private-Sector Payrolls -33K, Worst in 2+ Years

Currently, it's white-collar jobs that are disappearing, which may be surprising to some.

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Mark Vickery

Trading Rotation Kicks Off 2nd Half of 2025

Tech stocks lagged after a very strong first half of the year, while healthcare led the way.

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Mark Vickery

Plenty of Data to Start 2nd Half of 2025

Manufacturing PMI, Construction Spending and the start of "Jobs Week" data await today's stock market.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Close Rollercoaster Q2 on Top

After starting calendar Q2 with a huge "Liberation Day" dip, the Nasdaq and S&P 500 once again close at new all-time highs.

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Mark Vickery

Through 1H 2025, U.S. Economy Threads the Needle

It was a turbulent first half of the year, but we are closing strong.

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Mark Vickery

Big Changes in Economic Data, Pre-Markets Hold Gains

Once Continuing Claims reach 2 million per week, expect a change in the narrative -- including from the Fed -- on our steady and secure labor market.

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Mark Vickery

Non-Tech Markets Lose Steam; Nasdaq Approaches Record High

The Dow slipped 106 points, -0.25%, while the Nasdaq gained +61 points, +0.31% -- approaching new highs.

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Tracey Ryniec

Bear of the Day: Robert Half (RHI)

This staffing firm is at 5-year lows.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Approach New Highs on Cooling Tensions

Tech stocks reached new record highs, and the S&P 500 is currently about -1% below all-time highs.

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Mark Vickery

Homebuilding Down, Jobless Claims Up; Fed News Later

As we prepare to honor our Juneteenth holiday Thursday with closed banks and stock markets, we see Weekly Jobless Claims pulled a day earlier to this morning.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Drop on Geopolitical Concerns, Weaker Data

After a mostly weak Retail Sales report this morning, manufacturing data and homebuilder confidence underperformed expectations.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets in the Green Ahead of Eventful Week

A bevy of economic reports and a new FOMC meeting are expected on this holiday-shortened week.

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Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims Warm Up, PPI Cools Down

As jobless claims inch higher week over week, near-term PPI came in cooler than expected.

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