US unemployment rate reverses from 10.2% down to 10% and beat consensus of 10.2%. In fact, Nonfarm payroll change beat consensus by a mile, turning in at -11k against consensus of -100k. So, what does this tell us? That the economic recovery is real. All.

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The US market sold off towards the end of the day closing the Dow down 86 points. There was no news to trigger the sell off we saw at the end of the day and it can only boil down to profit taking prior to an uncertain jobs report tomorrow (see Stock...

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Investors cheered a better than expected store sale and auto sale today, closing the Dow up 126 points. Index futures were already sky high prior to market opening today as store sales and auto sales (see Stock Market Calendar ) beat expectations....

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The Dow gained marginally by 35 points today as the Chicago PMI beat expectations. The Chicago PMI (Purchasing Manager's Index) turned in better than expected today at 56.1 vs consensus of 53. Readings above 50 suggest an expanding economy while...

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Welcome back! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving weekend! One reason why professionals like myself are reluctant to put on new positions prior to long weekends is because anything can happen over so many days. That was what happened this time time with...

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