Is the Economy Growing at 6%?
Final thoughts on the April NFP report, via Barron’s Alan Abelson. He cites Merrill Lynch economist Daid Rosenberg, who like us,...
Beware of Hedonic Adjustments to NFP!
I was as taken aback by today’s Non-Farm Payroll number as anyone. But I was curious as to this huge number could be such a...
Levels Matter
I’ve been having an ongoing debate with a friend (he manages a sizable mutual fund) about technical levels; He’s a fundie guy...
DC Appeals Court Strikes FCC Anti-Piracy Tech Rules
Appellate Court Strikes FCC’s Anti-Piracy Rules May 6, 2005 10:57 a.m.A federal appellate court Friday invalidated federal...
How Does Jobs Data Impact Trading?
While most of us are intuitively aware of the impact that the monthly employment report has on the equity market, Mike Panzner delivers a...
Huzzah! 274,000 New Jobs
Monster number out of the BLS this morning: Not only did employers ramp up hiring in April, but the awful Jobs data for March were...
Brace yourself, Bertha — Its NFP Day
Well, its that time of the month again. Not that — its time for the monthly release of the Non-Farm Payroll data from BLS. (Yeah!)...
Chart of the Week: Sell in May . . .
CotD observes "The stock market has entered what has historically been the weakest half of the year. Today’s chart illustrates...
Smart Money? Hardly
Since this is now front page news, further comment is called for. My explanation for the Kerkorian/GM matter is pretty simple: Before...