Today. Nasdaq inched up. 38 . Some of it is because all we ever do is look at stocks through the prism of the federal reserve. Every day we guessed what the fed will do and every day we make it harder and now that its almost upon us this discussion monopolizes it. We know employment has been strong. Theres no reason to keep shortterm Interest Rates too low. But its how companies are doing like mine. The amazing race would be the last thing you do. I cant name a Business Group doing better than it was six months ago. That is if you thought that Employment Matters all that much because employment wasnt as strong then as it has been in the last few months. They havent missed anything. If hiring is their gauge, still, though, the stock markets rock because anyone that follows individual stocks knows that things just arent so hot. Individual Sector Analysis says things arent that hot. All right. Not that hot. Thats not a technical term. Its a term that explains where the economy is right no
Ever do is look at stocks through the prism of the federal reserve. Every day we guessed what the fed will do and every day we make it harder and now that its almost upon us this discussion monopolizes it. We know employment has been strong. Theres no reason to keep shortterm Interest Rates too low. But its how companies are doing like mine. The amazing race would be the last thing you do. I cant name a Business Group doing better than it was six months ago. That is if you thought that Employment Matters all that much because employment wasnt as strong then as it has been in the last few months. They havent missed anything. If hiring is their gauge, still, though, the stock markets rock because anyone that follows individual stocks knows that things just arent so hot. Individual Sector Analysis says things arent that hot. All right. Thats not a technical term. Its a term that explains where the economy is right now. Thats where the confusion comes in. How can the cooling economy produc
Though, the stock markets rock because anyone that follows individual stocks knows that things just arent so hot. Individual Sector Analysis says things arent that hot. All right. Not that hot. Thats not a technical term. Its a term that explains where the economy is right now. Thats where the confusion comes in. How can the cooling economy produce more jobs . The answer is simple. The businesses im looking at now will be laying off more people than theyre hiring at this pace. Thats why everyone is focused on the statement that the fed issues when it makes its decision. The fed is cognizant of the economy. That means its going to take its time until the next rate hike. That wont stop them from saying its going to be this week but it would take the next few months off the table for this parlor game which could cause the christmas relief rally from an oversold position beginning this wednesday afternoon. Why the markets seem to have disappointed them. The other explanation, the number of
Reserve. Every day we guessed what the fed will do and every day we make it harder and now that its almost upon us this discussion monopolizes it. We know employment has been strong. Theres no reason to keep shortterm Interest Rates too low. But its how companies are doing like mine. The amazing race would be the last thing you do. I cant name a Business Group doing better than it was six months ago. That is if you thought that Employment Matters all that much because employment wasnt as strong then as it has been in the last few months. They havent missed anything. If hiring is their gauge, still, though, the stock markets rock because anyone that follows individual stocks knows that things just arent so hot. Individual Sector Analysis says things arent that hot. All right. Not that hot. Its a term that explains where the economy is right now. Thats where the confusion comes in. How can the cooling economy produce more jobs . The answer is simple. The businesses im looking at now will
Missed it. The dow ended with a piddling 0. 2 decline. Not much at all. But between the bells, it swung. 425 points from peak to troll in a wide volatile trading session. At one point, up 282. At another, down 143. For the First Time Since 2009 the dow moved from being up 1. 6 to ending negative on the day. Pick your reasons for the volatility. The bulls Earnings Report yesterday. Some solid chinese trade but then the bears took over on trouble technicals. Word that germany may be bulking by europes central bank and of course oil. It resumed its problematic slide today as brent crude briefly traded at parody with domestic oil. Heres how the major averages ended the day and again, those numbers deceived. The dow closed 25 points lower and nasdaq 3 and s p 500 off by a mere 5 points. U. S. Oil closed 18 cents lower at 45. 89 a barrel and actually it turned positive in afterhours trading for a while. Brandt closed at 46. 59 a barrel. In the bond market the yield on the benchmark ten year