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October’s Sobering Jobs Report Adds To Mounting Bad Economic News
Image Source: PixabayThe Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released new jobs data on Friday. According to the report, seasonally adjusted total nonfarm jobs rose 150,000 jobs in October, month over month. The unemployment rate rose slightly from 3.8 percent to 3.9 percent over the same period. The headline payroll increase of 150,000, however, was possibly among the best news […]
The Gold Trail: A Daily Journey Through The Week’s Market
Image Source: UnsplashMonday – 10.30.23: Gold and silver prices have strengthened in early U.S. trading Monday, buoyed by safe-haven demands due to the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict and potential for a broader Middle East war. The week’s focus will also be on central bank meetings, including the Federal Reserve, with expectations of a pause in the interest-rate-increase cycle, and the […]
Interest Rates Decline
Image Source: UnsplashNews Update: Interest rates are down:-More By This Author:Real Wage Growth – Mean And MedianThe October Employment Report And Business Cycle Indicators At November’s Start We Are In A Soft Recession Right Now
Inflation’s Impact On Retirement Savings
Image Source: PixabayInflation: the nine-letter word currently belonging to almost every consumer’s vocabulary. Inflation, though it may not need an introduction, is most simply defined as the periodic rate of increase in various goods and services. And If you’ve purchased anything in the past two years, you’ve likely felt the hard and strong effects of inflation.As […]
Metals Report For Friday, November 3
Image Source: PixabayIn this video, Ira Epstein reviews the day’s trading in the gold and other relevant metal markets.Video Length: 00:13:32More By This Author:SPDR ETF Report For Thursday, November 2Financial Markets Report For Thursday, November 2Metals Report For Thursday, November 2
Retail Shrink: Strategies To Defeat The Stealthy Thief
Image Source: UnsplashIntroduction: The Invisible AdversaryWithin the realm of retail, an elusive adversary known as “retail shrink” quietly wreaks havoc on businesses. This stealthy culprit operates surreptitiously, silently causing staggering losses. In 2021, the National Retail Federation (NRF) reported an alarming annual merchandise shortage of $94.5 billion. However, this adversary is no ordinary shoplifter; it orchestrates a sophisticated […]
2 Key Quarterly Releases To Watch Next Week
Image Source: PixabayIt’s been a notably strong week for the market, helping to inject positive sentiment following the last two weeks of volatility. Better-than-expected earnings results have helped, with the market also digesting this week’s FOMC announcement positively.We’ve gotten results from the majority of the mega-cap technology players, with six of the ‘Big 7’ out of […]
Weekend Reading: Goldilocks Employment?
Here are some things I think I am thinking about:1) The Goldilocks Labor Report. Friday’s employment report came in weaker than expected, which is, weirdly, very good news for the economy and the Fed. The important point is that it was weak, but not too weak. It was just right. Private payrolls came in at 99K […]
Real Wage Growth – Mean And Median
Image Source: PixabayWith the labor market release, we have a new read on real wage growth.Figure 1: Year-on-Year growth rate of average hourly earnings for private sector production and nonsupervisory workers adjusted by CPI (blue), production and nonsupervisory workers in leisure and hospitality services (tan), median hourly earnings of all workers (green). October CPI is the Cleveland […]
How To Find The Next Stock Winners
Image Source: Pexels With the growth stock rebound seemingly stalling, suddenly, valuations do matter. The day of reckoning seems to have come for those companies trading at 50, or 60 times, forward earnings. Many have pulled back from 2021 highs.But should investors be diving into what worked in the past, like FAANG, when trying to find […]
