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The market environment has entered a new phase compared to the early part of the pandemic. While Omicron and surging Covid cases make headlines, cracks are appearing in the macro outlook with slowing growth. The tech sector is particularly exposed to a weaker outlook against lofty...

The stock market is in a period of radical uncertainty where there are a lot of unknown-unknowns to deal with and with few good answers about what the possibilities are. Between the discovery of a new strain of the Covid-19 virus, the supply chain problems, and the major dislocations ...

So generally, revisions have been upward over the summer and the last couple of releases. The mean absolute revision in employment changes going from 1st release to 3rd release from January to September of this year is 107K. The somewhat confusing result is the disparate paths for...

U.S. nonfarm payrolls added 210,000 jobs in November, a disappointing result. The gain follows upwardly revised additions of 546,000 in October and 379,000 in September. Private payrolls posted a 235,000 gain in November after a 628,000 increase in October and 424,000 addition in Sept...

The Omicron variant is a sideshow to the real issue; the Fed's pivot on inflation and interest rates. Short-term virus concerns are here again, but it's a low probability that this variant by itself kills the recovery. The threat to this bull market is the one I've been mentioning...

High frequency indicators can give us a nearly up-to-the-moment view of the economy. The metrics are divided into long leading, short leading, and coincident indicators. While all three time frames remain positive, there are changes affecting interest rates, the US$ and commodity ...

The Federal Reserve is tightening policy into a cyclical slowdown. Employment population ratios increased (good). Employment growth declined (bad). Real income growth continues to decline through November (ugly). The Federal Reserve is making a policy error. For furt...

The jobs report was weak on the headline but very strong on the household report. The bond and currency market saw the data as a sign the Fed is likely to taper faster. This will lead to a massive re-pricing of stocks. For further details see: The Fed Is No Longer The St...

Americans shelled out $8.9 billion on Black Friday deals and $10.7 billion on Cyber Monday specials, compared to $9 billion and $10.8 billion in 2020, according to Adobe Analytics. Consumption in the U.S. grew $214.3 billion, or 1.3%, from September to October, marking the eighth stra...

Just as investors become fearful of stocks, the equity market experiences a turnaround. From an investor sentiment perspective, today's Sentiment Survey report by the American Association of Individual Investors saw bearish sentiment increase to its highest level in more than a year a...