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Job Openings And Quits Rising At Faster Pace Than Job Hires

Sep 11, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

The Labor Department’s release of the Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLTs) report this morning is further confirmation of a strong labor market. The NFIB Small Business Optimism report I highlighted earlier today also noted the difficulty small business are having in filling open job positions. The JOLTs report continues to show the number of job openings […]

Bull Flag Pattern Still In Play

Sep 11, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

My Swing Trading Approach I added one position yesterday in the leading sector, industrials, but only a small amount of my capital is being put to use here, as long as the market remains uncooperative in the short-term. Indicators Volatility Index (VIX) – Dropped 4.8% yesterday, but the inverse head and shoulders pattern remains in place. […]

Is The Great Moderation Back?

Sep 11, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

The “Great Moderation” was a term used to describe the reduction in business cycle volatility observed in several advanced economies. It started in the mid-1980s and it coincided with the period of time where inflation had successfully brought down to a low level (and remained low and stable since then). There was a debate about […]

Aston Martin’s $6.5 Billion IPO: Good Timing For Who Exactly?

Sep 11, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance, No picture 0

Aston Martin is riding Ferrari’s bumper with its proposed IPO launch that values the company at around $6.5 billion. It’s on track to sell between 6,200 and 6,400 cars this year, with projected sales of around $1.26 billion… So, that looks like a monster valuation, at around five times sales and as much as 60 […]

July 2018 Headline JOLTS Job Openings Situation Again Little Changed

Sep 11, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

The BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) can be used as a predictor of future jobs growth, and the predictive elements show that the year-over-year growth rate of unadjusted private non-farm job openings was little changed. The headline data was also little changed from last month. Analyst Opinion of JOLTS Data The headline seasonally adjusted […]

A Stealthy Way To Max Out Your 401(k) For The Year

Sep 11, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

Our fearless leaders in congress don’t always get it right. If fact, I’d go so far as to say they generally make a royal mess of things. But when they created the 401k plan in 1978, they created the single best tax shelter and asset protection tool in U.S. history. And importantly, they made it […]

Wholesale Trade Hit By Double Whammy As Inventories, Sales Miss

Sep 11, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

One month after the wholesale trade was hit with a double whammy, after both wholesale sales and inventories missed, the bad news for businesses continued, with both inventories and sales missing expectations in the month of July. With expectations for a 0.1% rise in June wholesale sales after last month’s -0.1% decline, the latest number […]

Gauging US Versus Eurozone Employment

Sep 11, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

Today the Eurostat updated its quarterly measurement of employment in the Eurozone. As shown in the chart below, Eurozone payrolls expanded less than the US for three quarters running, after three-quarters of Eurozone unemployment outstripping the US. Both economies are growing employment at a pretty similar and strong pace, in the mid-1% annualized range. Most […]

5 Value Stocks With High Dividend Yields To Buy Now

Sep 11, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance, No picture 0

The start of September has been scary for Wall Street, with all the major indices down in the initial week driven by a steep sell-off in the tech sector and Trump’s new tariff threat. In fact, the Nasdaq Composite Index logged its worst start to September since 2008. Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on […]

Long-Term Trends In Employment By Age Group – Tuesday, Sept. 11

Sep 11, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance, No picture 0

The Labor Force Participation Rate (LFPR) is a simple computation: You take the Civilian Labor Force (people age 16 and over employed or seeking employment) and divide it by the Civilian Noninstitutional Population (those 16 and over not in the military and or committed to an institution). The result is the participation rate expressed […]