May’s BLS Employment Report is released at 8:30. As universally accepted, job growth is pivotal to economic activity. At the time of this writing (forecasts are changing hourly), analysts are expecting nonfarm payrolls to...
The ADP Private Sector Employment Survey posted a huge positive surprise. According to the release “only” 2.76 million private sector jobs were lost in May. Analysts were projecting ...
Life is stranger than fiction. There is a distinct possibility in 2 -3 weeks we might discover the true effectiveness of the 10-week government mandated shutdown given that many of ...
How angry is society? Are the riots short term events? Perhaps the only definitive statement to make is if jobs do not return, if the 50 million Americans who have lost their jobs since March are ...
Is economic reality about to hit municipal employees? According to Bloomberg, generally speaking state workers have not been fired. Almost all have received some type of ...
We are living in extremely unique times. Yesterday many were elated that continuing unemployment claims, claims which tally ongoing benefit claims in state programs, fell to 21.2 million. Moreover, the prior ...
Value and small stock cap stocks outperformed for the second consecutive day as the reopening appears to be gaining momentum. Several times over the past 24 months value...
Equities and crude both rose on speculation the worst of the economic hit from the pandemic has passed. Value and small caps led the advance, the inverse of ...
Dr. Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said it may be time to begin to “seriously” look at reopening in a cautious way. Fauci further stated “I don’t...
Equities declined, partially the result of rising Sino-American trade tensions. Some were surprised the Senate overwhelming passed a bill that could bar some Chinese companies from listing on US exchanges. There are heightened...