March 10, 2011 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
The stock market is selling off on a “disappointing” increase in initial claims for unemployment. First-time claims for unemployment benefits rose to 397,000 for the week ending March 5 from 371,000 for the previous week. Traders, of course, know that the week-to-week swings in the initial claims number are meaningless. But if you need some volatility to make some trading profits, this data is as good an excuse as any.
March 7, 2011 | You Might Have Missed |
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March 3, 2011 | Daily JAM |
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February 25, 2011 | Morning Briefing |
Revised GDP numbers show that the U.S. economy grew by 2.8% in the fourth quarter. Although that is still above the 2.6% annual growth recorded in the third quarter, it is a disappointing drop from the 3.2% initial estimate for fourth quarter growth released last month. After the revision the growth rate for all of 2010 stands at 2.8%. That’s the highest annual rate in five years and contrasts to a 2.6% drop in 2009.
February 19, 2011 | Uncategorized |
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February 7, 2011 | Daily JAM, You Might Have Missed |
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February 1, 2011 | Daily JAM |
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January 31, 2011 | Daily JAM |
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January 28, 2011 | Morning Briefing |
This morning’s report of 3.2% fourth quarter U.S. GDP growth fell short of hopes of a 3.5% or better gain. But positively for U.S. stock prices, the market has shown a startling willingness to look past any headline disappointment
January 27, 2011 | You Might Have Missed |
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January 27, 2011 | Long Term, Morning Briefing |
Business investment remained encouragingly strong with orders for non-defense capital goods—excluding aircraft—climbing by 1.4% in December after increasing by 3.1% in November. Why “excluding aircraft”? Because there seems to be something wrong with the seasonal adjustments to aircraft orders.
January 26, 2011 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
The market is betting on positive verbiage out of the Federal Reserve today. The consensus is that the Fed will increase its estimate for U.S. economic growth from the 3.3% projected at its November meeting.
