No one was happy to hear that the initial claims ticked up again this week. Sure we are much better than back in March, but we cannot put aside that there are many spots of crabgrass sprouting up amongst the newly laid sod.
Moreover, the continuing claims also moved higher using...
Is this protectionism??
Perhaps, but maybe this is something that we should all be taking a bit more seriously. I am still very unclear how trade with Pakistan and Afghanistan help to improve employment. We already have thousands of employees in the region (aka soldiers) and that can be considered enough...
When the ISM was in contraction, no one seemed to call it a contraction. Rather the would write that it was moving higher and better than the month before – or something of sort. Now, there is plenty of news and media stating that the service sector is officially in...
The S&P 500 is having a bit of trouble today. Part can be blamed on the troubling news coming out of Europe and some on the initial jobless claims.
As euphoric as the markets were on Monday and Tuesday (on lower volume) is a depressed they are today.
Seeing a 95% level...
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