Despite the poor market performance in January, some sectors managed to buck the trend: With the SPX down 2.5%, the Dow sectors...
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A friend quite sarcastically writes: “its a disaster that only 94.8% of all people looking for a job in this country can find...
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It is (apparently) Job Situation Weekend, as we continue to tear apart some of the data points from Friday’s Non-Farm Payroll...
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Jobs-data-palooza continues, with an analysis of the jobs data for each Presidential term, by Global Insight (via WSJ). Note that most...
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U.S. employers added 146,000 workers in January, less than expected, BLS reported. The unemployment rate fell to a three-year low of 5.2...
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You can have fun parsing a few of these answers . . . I have an idea, lets play a guessing game: Can you guess which economist is...
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Our latest chart comes courtesy of Michael Panzner, author of "The New Laws of the Stock Market Jungle" click for larger...
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The online WSJ does a terrific job every FOMC meeting, parsing the changes in the Fed announcement: click for bigger graphic Very well...
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Yesterday’s GDP number was a downside surprise — at least to some. I love when CNBC schedules mega-Bulls for Squawk...
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I’ve been hearing a lot of chatter rationalizing the weak market the past few weeks – as well as euphoria for yesterday’s rally. I...
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