911,000 Jobs Revised Away, Rate Cut Expectations Shift Modestly Hawkish
12:43 p.m. ET The BLS preliminary benchmark revision for the 12-month period ending March 2025 shows 911,000 fewer jobs than...
Afternoon Update
The S&P 500 (+0.2%), Nasdaq-100 (+0.5%), and DJIA (+0.2%) still hold on to today’s modest advance, though they now sit...
Major Averages Mixed; Mega Caps Outperform; ABI @ 15’s
The tech-heavy Nasdaq leads the way as mega-cap tech names see notable early strength after a retreat on Friday. Broadcom...
Afternoon Update – Jobs Report Bad, But Not Bad Enough?
Investors’ quandary has centered around weakness in the labor market, and the balance between increased rate cut expectations and faltering...
ABI In 17’s Now
A rapid drop in the ABI doesn’t always indicate an upcoming sub-14 signal, but such signals are typically preceded by...
Initial Take on Payrolls
11:36 a.m. ET Equities moved higher after the August payroll report landed on the softer side, locking in a September...
Afternoon Update
Tomorrow morning’s Payrolls report at 8:30 a.m. is going to be highly anticipated. The days of 200k+ Payrolls seem to...
Rate Cut Expectations (-25bp) That Are Already a Certainty, Firm Amid a Broader Consolidation
1:18 p.m. ET Market activity is considerably more broad-based than yesterday, but less concentrated in heavily weighted mega cap components...
Afternoon Update
The S&P was up +0.6%, now +0.15%. Nasdaq-100 was up +1%, now +0.4%. The retracement of earlier gains doesn’t rule...
Alphabet’s Court Win Leads Advance, While Broader Market and Semis Lag Behind
1:50 p.m. ET The majors are mixed with the NASDAQ recapturing all of yesterday’s losses and filling the gap in...
Afternoon Update – Gold New Record High
The U.S. Dollar Index let up from session highs earlier, as did yields. We have some technical and price support...
MArket Update – Finding an Intraday Low
1:07 p.m. ET The tech-driven decline that closed last week continued into the start of the new month. Recall the...
Afternoon Update – Happy Labor Day
Gold is on the verge of a breakout with excellent volume and price action. (15m) Silver is breaking out…...
Market Update – Tech, Mega Caps and Semis Weak; Defensive Bias
1:28 p.m. ET The first paragraph of yesterday’s Daily Wrap is the first thing that comes to mind this morning,...
Afternoon Update
Gold’s looking good. WTI managed a minor break above $64 this afternoon. I didn’t see the specific headline/catalyst, but I’m...
Market Update
It’s another quiet-ish summer day with low market participation, where S&P 500 sectors fluctuate slightly, shifting from mostly up one...
Nvidia earnings
All eyes now turn to NVIDIA (NVDA -0.03%), set to unveil its earnings at around 4:20 PM ET. The current...
Very Quiet
It’s been a painfully dull session so far. The S&P bumped into resistance near $6480… (1m today) This is an...
Market Update – Another Quiet Session
The market in general has the same dullish tone as this time yesterday, but with a twist. Many of yesterday’s...
Afternoon Update
The averages are little changed from the last update in something of a sideways drift with the DJIA, Dow Transports...
