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inflation: Archive

Mark Vickery

Investors Await Clouds Parting; CPI Ahead of Wednesday's Bell

Consumer Price data joins Big Banks reporting Q4 results ahead of Hump Day market activity.

Mark Vickery

PPI Inflation Comes in Tame; Pre-Markets Up

PPI numbers are decidedly cooler month over month, coming in at +0.2% which is only half the +0.4% expected.

Mark Vickery

U.S. Jobs Much Hotter than Expected; Pre-markets Sell

+256K new jobs filled in December is the largest monthly figure since March of last year.

Mark Vickery

Markets Mixed, Flatten After Fed Minutes Released

While the Fed sees longer-term trends still pointing generally toward +2% inflation, several of the members also now see risks inherent in the economy ahead.

Mark Vickery

Markets Swing to Negative on Healthy Econ Data (& Higher Bond Yields)

Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq lost their two-day winning streak, -1.11% and -1.88%, respectively today.

Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Up Ahead of a New Jobs Week

As jobs reports hit the tape, keep in mind the Fed's dual mandate: not just curbing inflation but also fostering full employment.

Bryan Hayes

Here Are Last Year's Top-Performing Stocks From the S&P 500

Late-year selling pressure didn't stop the S&P 500 from logging its best back-to-back annual gain in nearly 30 years.

Mark Vickery

Xmas Eve Pre-Markets Mixed (Red & Green)

The Dow is -24 points at this hour, adding a little red to the green for the S&P 500, Nasdaq and small-cap Russell 2000 this morning.

Bryan Hayes

Apple Stock Hits All-Time High: Is the Tech Giant Too Extended?

Buying stocks when they make new highs has proven to be profitable throughout history.

Mark Vickery

PCE Cools in November; Are We Getting an Xmas Government Shutdown?

A federal government shutdown has not happened since 2018-19, the second of two shutdowns in 2018.