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  1. November Jobs Report +155,000 / 3.7%

    Job growth falls short of expectations in November: 155,000 payrolls created vs 198,000 estimate


    Nonfarm payrolls increased by 155,000 in November, the Labor Department says. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been expecting payroll growth of 198,000.

    The average hourly earnings gain of 0.2 percent fell short of estimates for a 0.3 percent increase.

    October's jobs count was revised lower from an initially reported 250,000 to 237,000.
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  2. Big positive reversal, but where was the volume?

    It was another wild ride on Wall Street Thursday as stocks opened sharply lower and we saw losses near 800-points again for the Dow, after losing 800 on Tuesday. But the downside pressure was like a rubber band that was ready to snap back, and that's what it did, and the 785-point morning loss in the Dow was nearly erased and it ...
  3. Someone pulled the plug

    Stocks were pounded on Tuesday and if you asked 5 people why they were down, you may have gotten 5 different answers from the trade deal with China not actually being a deal, to the economy is slowing, to political issues, but we have been looking at the charts as many had reached some overhead resistance that clearly held. The ...
  4. Trade truce triggers rally

    Stocks opened sharply higher on Monday as Wall Street applauded the 90-day truce in the trade war. No deal was reached, as we discussed yesterday, but apparently it was enough of a relief for investors and traders to revalue stocks on the news, which comes on the heals of the Fed's dovish comments last week. The clock on the truce starts on January 1st. We saw the indices come off their highs but retain solid gains into the ...
  5. Temporary trade deal with China

    After a slow start, stocks rallied on Friday with most of the gains coming in the afternoon as we headed into the weekend before the long awaited trade meeting with China. The Dow gained 200-points with most indices gaining near 0.8% on the day. The dollar was up putting pressure on the I-fund. I am writing before the futures market opens Sunday evening so I don't know what the initial reaction to the temporary tariff halt will be.

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