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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Relieved with Strong Jobs Headline; Revisions Lower

Headline jobs growth came in at +139K -- +14K higher than the +125K anticipated.

ADPPositive Net Change QQQPositive Net Change SPYPositive Net Change DIAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Trump, Musk War of Words Send Indexes Lower Late

An open rift between recently departed DOGE leader and Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk sent indexes southward.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Slide to Flat on Jobs, Trade, Beige Book, Earnings

ADP payrolls and the Beige Book slipped today, ahead of earnings results from Five Below.

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Mark Vickery

ADP Weak 2nd Straight Month: +37K, but Wages Stable

Just +37K new private-sector jobs were created, only a third of the +110K projected. This followed the downwardly revised +60K ADP headline the previous month.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Slightly Lower Ahead of Open; JOLTS, Earnings to Come

The JOLTS report for April is expected to further tick down from 7.19 million job openings in March.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Close in Green on Mostly Quiet Trading Day

Jobs Week reports begin with the JOLTS numbers out Tuesday morning.

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John Blank

The May U.S. Job Addition Consensus Looks OK: Global Week Ahead

The May U.S. jobs report will provide key insight into the state of the economy heading into another bout of trade turbulence.

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John Blank

May U.S. Job Addition Consensus Looks OK: Global Week Ahead

Friday's report is expected to show the economy created 130,000 new jobs, according to a Reuters poll, down from a higher-than-expected 177,000 in April.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Stay Green After Tariff Ruling, Jobless Claims, Q1 GDP

Futures had been as high as +2.8% (Russell 2000; half that on the Dow: +1.4%), but have dragged closer to unchanged as the administration vows to appeal the court ruling on tariffs.

KSSPositive Net Change BBYPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Even Out as Investors Digest Tax Bill

Indexes dipped early but are in the process of rebounding following yesterday's sell-off.

NVDAPositive Net Change DECKPositive Net Change BJPositive Net Change RLPositive Net Change ADSKPositive Net Change WDAYPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Jobless Claims, Q1 Productivity Hit Multi-Year Levels

Continuing Jobless Claims stayed above 1.9 million, and Productivity posted its first negative headline, in years.

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Mark Vickery

BLS Jobs +177K, Better than Expected; Unemployment +4.2%

Monthly jobs stayed at a healthy level, with wage growth cooling. Pre-market traders love it, sending major indexes up higher this morning.

CVXPositive Net Change XOMPositive Net Change WENPositive Net Change PIPRPositive Net Change SHELPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

First Negative GDP in 3+ Years: -0.3%; Pre-Markets Down

With ADP coming in half of what was expected and Q1 GDP -0.3%, we can understand the downward pressure in the pre-market.

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Mark Vickery

JOLTS, Confidence, Home Prices and Q1 Earnings Make an Eventful Day

Major indexes gains from 0.5-0.75% in today's trading, on a plethora of data across many realms of the market.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Market Drama Shifts: Dow Lower on UNH Miss

Since April 2nd, the Dow is -7.65%, the S&P 500 -6.71%, the Nasdaq -6.19% and the small-cap Russell 2000 -8.62%.

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Mark Vickery

CPI Falls, Pre-Markets Give Back Some Gains

Futures are down, but better after morning economic data was released an hour ahead of the opening bell.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Down Another -2% on Good Jobs Report

China has fire a retaliatory shot in the tariff war begun on the White House lawn Wednesday.

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John Blank

The March Job Report Informs Traders: Global Week Ahead

Under Elon Musk's DOGE government efficiency drive, tens of thousands of workers from the 2.3 million-strong federal workforce have been fired or agreed to take a buyout.

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Mark Vickery

Q1 Ends Today, Jobs Week & Tariffs - Oh My!

Wednesday is private-sector payrolls from ADP (ADP), Thursday has Weekly Jobless Claims and Friday is the Employment Situation report from the U.S. government.

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Mark Vickery

Moderating Economic Prints, Mixed Pre-Markets

Jobless Claims stay steady, Trade Balance in Goods comes down slightly but are still historically deep.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Lower; Economic News Decent

Jobless Claims, Philly Fed, Darden's outlook are green shoots on a gloomy morning.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Market Futures in the Green... for Now

Session after session we've seen market indexes erode during normal trading hours.

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Mark Vickery

PPI Wholesale & Jobless Claims Both Lower

Market participants are already discounting this morning's good news because they can see the inflationary road ahead.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Slide Again on Tariff Realities

Market indexes were down again today in this continued freefall on tariff fears and open discussion of a potential economic recession.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Melting Away Early-Morning Gains

After today's open, albeit a month in arrears: January JOLTS figures report.

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