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  1. Goldilocks jobs report triggers rally

    Stocks rallied on Friday with an assist from a Goldilocks type jobs report. The Dow ended the day up 100-points and that was off it's early afternoon best levels but the broader indices were able to hold onto most of their gains. The Nasdaq had a big day gaining 1.34%

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  2. TSP Talk Weekly Wrap Up

    Stocks were down early in the week but action following the holiday pushed them up to decent gains. Trade negotiations were again a concern for traders keeping things slow to start a n historically more positive week due to the holiday. A solid jobs report on Friday was the catalyst to not only keep stocks above ground but push them to their highs for the week.

    More jobs were added than expected by economist while unemployment edged slightly higher as well. This was a sign that more ...

    Updated 07-12-2018 at 01:02 AM by TommyIV

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  3. US adds 213,000 jobs in June, but wage growth is light

    From CNBC: US adds 213,000 jobs in June, better than expected, but wage growth is light

    -The employment part of the economy continued to power forward in June, adding 213,000 jobs.
    -The unemployment rate, however rose to 4 percent as more people returned to the job market.

    The employment part of the economy continued to power forward in June, adding another 213,000 jobs though the unemployment rate rose to 4 percent, according to a government report Friday.
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  4. Bulls take charge

    Stocks rallied on Thursday and for the first time in a while, they closed going in the same direction as they had opened. The Dow gained 182-points on the day, which sounds great, but the broader indices saw even larger percentage gains.

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  5. Late selling spoils early rally

    Tuesday was not a typical pre-holiday, pre-Independence Day kind of a trading day. It was early on but we have seen a series of intraday reversals that have been whipsawing traders lately. Volume was very light on the shortened trading day, the lightest trading volume of the year so far, so it wasn't any kind of panic selling. The Dow was down 132-points on Tuesday, erasing a triple digit morning gain.

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