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Mark Vickery

ADP Jobs +239K, Better than Expected; Markets Drop

These numbers today -- and the economic prints we've seen since the last Fed meeting, overall -- are not likely to warrant any softening from the Fed.

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Mark Vickery

Dow Notches Strongest Month of Trading Since 1976

At +11%, it's the best October on record for the blue-chip index and the strongest single-month of trading since the U.S. Bicentennial.

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Mark Vickery

British PM Truss Steps Down; Jobless Claims, Philly Fed, AAL Mixed

Initial Jobless Claims came in at the lowest level for a month: 214K.

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Mark Vickery

Huge 1500-Point Swing on the Dow After Disappointing CPI

S&P 500 52-week lows were hit like a third rail, and markets recoiled the other direction.

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Mark Vickery

Jobs Numbers +263K in September, Unemployment +3.5%

A headline number of 263K jobs filled in the month of September is modestly below 275K expected. The Unemployment Rate ratcheted down to 3.5% from 3.7% previously.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Veer Lower Ahead of Friday Jobs Report

Let's look at today as a hedge against a non-farm payroll report tomorrow that doesn't go the way we need it to.

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Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims Move (Slowly) the "Right" Direction

The headline figure of 219K Initial Jobless Claims last week was more than 15K higher than anticipated and +29K from the previous week.

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Mark Vickery

ADP, Trade Balance In-Line with Expectations

208K versus 200K expected private-sector jobs is notably higher than the previous month's 185K new hires.

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Bryan Hayes

Funtober: Has the Market Shifted into Rally Mode?

As stocks bounce from oversold levels, new opportunities are being created in the process - a welcomed sight for bullish investors.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Onward and Upward!

Peak bond yield rates appears to have been the rallying cry, as economists and market analysts all see the rather inflamed 2-year, which had been north of +4.3% just last week, has mellowed to around +4.04%.

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Mark Vickery

Market Digests Rate Hike, New Econ Data

Initial Jobless Claims came in lower than expected to 213K, while the Q2 account deficit came off record depths.

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Mark Vickery

Fed's 75bps Takes Markets on Rollercoaster Ride

An update to the "dot plot" from June amounts to a sharply raised median +4.4% by the end of the year, up from the prior level of +3.4%.

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Mark Vickery

Lots of Data, Most of It Better: Jobless Claims, Retail & More

No fewer than five major metrics are hitting the tape an hour ahead of the opening bell -- most of which can be construed as relatively good news.

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Mark Vickery

New Jobless Claims Lower: 222K; Powell Starts Q&A

This is the lowest weekly initial jobless claims level since the 202K we saw back ahead of Memorial Day.

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Mark Vickery

Jobs Numbers Helping the Fed Thread the Needle: 315K, 3.7%

The Unemployment Rate bumped up 20 basis points (bps) to 3.7%, but this is off levels not seen in 50 years.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Buoy into the Green Ahead of Jobs Report

Two of the main market indices ended their four-day losing streak today, on what appears to be a technical rally.

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Bryan Hayes

Adjusting Your Trading Strategy During Volatile Markets

Traders who are able to adapt their strategies to the volatility can still reap substantial profits.

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Mark Vickery

ADP Reaches +132K Under New System; Pre-Markets Up

A total of 132K private-sector jobs missed the consensus around 300K, and is the second-straight lower month from June's 380K.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Sink Lower Ahead of Big Data Week

Nine of 11 sectors of the S&P were down, with only Energy and Utilities in the green.

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Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims Down, Q2 GDP Improves to -0.6%

Overall, results are good, and have taken pre-market futures from slightly in the green to another slight step more into the green.

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Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims, Philly Fed Both Better than Expected

Both Initial Jobless Claims and a major regional manufacturing survey beat expectations this morning.

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Mark Vickery

PPI Falls in July; Jobless Claims Keep Creeping Up

Final PPI on headline dropped notably to -0.5% month over month, down from the +0.2% analysts were looking for and the downwardly revised +1.0% for June.

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Mark Vickery

Q2 GDP -0.9%, So We're in a Recession... Right?

It's a back-of-the-envelope calculation, this notion that two negative-growth quarters in a row constitutes a recession, but analysts are hesitating in real time to paste the "big R" onto our current economic condition.

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Tracey Ryniec

Bear of the Day: ManpowerGroup (MAN)

Is the global job market slowing?

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Mark Vickery

Jobs Numbers Gain +372K, Unemployment 3.6%

What kind of recession brings in 380K new jobs per month over the past four months?

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