Yes, it is once again time for everyone’s favorite economic indicator, the amusingly described "Employment Situation,"...
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I got your wall-o-worry right here: Source:HALLOWEEN AIEEEEEEEEEEEE- EEEDaryl Cagle. Cagle Cartoons
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On 9/16/2007, I gave the keynote speech at the Forex Trading Expo in Las Vegas using Economic data in investing and trading. The video...
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As mentioned yesterday, thanks to a dental crown install, I missed much of the fun (at least I had a steady supply of nitrous while in...
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Yeah, its that god-damned time of the month again. The consensus for NFP is for 115,000, with a range of 50,000 to 147,000, according to...
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I haven’t really commented much about the GM/UAW. Mostly, because I don’t have much interest insight into either side of the...
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We have long railed against the absurdity of the CPI data. The ridiculous adjustments, the lack of correlation between CPI prices and...
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Sometimes, the headline copywriter just gets it wrong. When initial unemployment claims fell 9,000 to a seasonally adjusted 311,000, it...
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Another ominous chart — this one via Floyd Norris of the NYT: "The employment statistics and the bond market are combining to...
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Fascinating set of charts via Martin Pring at Real Money, applying trend following and technical analysis to NFPs. "Technicians...
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