The employment consensus estimate for last Friday was 180k. The actual number was 113k, a rather large miss! For 2013 the monthly average was 194,000. The January number is on the back of the weak December number where only 74,000 jobs were added, revised marginally to 75,000 in January. The overall employment rate however dropped… Continue reading Riders on the Storm
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Wrapping Up 2013: Will December Markets Bring Holiday Cheer or Tapering Fear?
With the holiday season upon us, we are a few short weeks away from closing out a good year in the US stock market. In addition to the questions of gifts for loved ones, many investors’ minds are pondering ‘Will the markets will continue their slow melt-up or begin an inevitable pull back’? There are… Continue reading Wrapping Up 2013: Will December Markets Bring Holiday Cheer or Tapering Fear?