May 6, 2020 | Daily JAM |
Ok, so it's only a survey. But as a measure of sentiment the new study from the Society for Human Resource Management is shockingly bad. The survey, which was conducted between April 15 and 21 so doesn't include recent re-openings in many states--found that 52% of...
April 17, 2020 | Daily JAM, Dip-O-Meter, Short Term, WST |
In my recent post "What do you do when the market is insane and you're not?" I argued that one of the dangers in a very volatile market with strong--and temporarily profitable--short-term trends is that we'll give in to the pressure to do something--and do something...
April 9, 2020 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
Just too much potentially market-moving news this morning. I count three stories in that category and it's only noon. But let's begin. 6.61 million Americans filed initial claims for unemployment in the week ended April 4, the Labor Department reported this morning....