April 22, 2020 | Daily JAM, Short Term, Volatility, You Might Have Missed |
The projections from economists are that the total initial claims for unemployment will fall to 4.5 million for the week ended on April 18. That would still be a horrendous number. The total weekly figure at the beginning of this spike was 280,000. Last week, 5.25...
April 7, 2020 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing, Short Term |
The U.S. stock markets are closed on Friday, April 10, for Good Friday. That sets up a short week and a long weekend--which would be likely to produce higher than normal volume and volatility on Thursday anyway as traders and investors bought and sold to position...
March 29, 2020 | Daily JAM |
Some tough news that's likely to produce startling volatility again. Wednesday, April 1, brings the Purchasing Managers' Index from the Institute for Supply Management for the manufacturing sector. Economists are expecting further contraction in the index for March....