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Stocks were mixed on Monday with the Dow losing 26-points and the S&P 500 down about a quarter of a percent, while the Nasdaq and Russell 2000 closed with small gains. The Dow made several attempts to move into positive territory yesterday, but it couldn't quite get there.

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The non-farm payroll jobs report came in well below estimates on Friday, and stocks opened lower. By mid-morning buyers stepped up, the indices bottomed and rallied into the close. The Dow ended the day up 68-points pushing it into positive territory for the week.

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For stocks it was a week of faded opens. All week we saw stocks open in one direction, only to close in the opposite direction. There seems to be an air of indecision out there. The week ended with a disappointing jobs report, but in a world where down is up and up is down, eventually stocks rallied knowing the weak data could influence the Fed to keep interest rates down. The rally on Friday helped push the S&P 500 into positive territory for the week, while small caps finished ...

TSP Talk Sentiment Survey results for the week of 09/08/14- 09/12/14

The TSP Talk Sentiment Survey came in at 52% bulls, 31% bears.

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From Bloomberg Business Week:

Payrolls in U.S. Rose 142,000 in August

"The 142,000 advance in payrolls was weaker than the lowest estimate in a Bloomberg survey and followed a revised 212,000 gain in July, figures from the Labor Department showed today in Washington. The median Bloomberg survey estimate was for a 230,000 increase. The unemployment rate fell to 6.1 percent from 6.2 percent in July, reflecting a drop in joblessness among teenagers."

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