QQD News and Press, Simplify Growth Equity Plus Downside Convexity ETF From 11/06/22

Summary The US October CPI is the most critical data point in the week ahead. The November CPI will be reported the day before the FOMC meets again on December 14. The other report, the US monthly federal deficit, gets little attention from the market. There are th...

Summary I believe following news or economic reports to glean market direction will fail quite often. SPX support is in the 3580/90 region, which, if held, can sustain a rally to 4100+. I think it is prudent to raise cash on rallies into 2023 until the market provides us with ...

Summary Rising interest rates have dominated this year’s macroeconomic and market agenda. Rising rates push up the discount rate used to value stocks, which tends to push valuations down. There are some indications that market valuations are unlikely to fall much furthe...

Summary The 2020 to 2021 period will likely go down in history as an extraordinary time in which financial markets remained resilient in the face of lockdowns, quarantines and economic shutdowns. However, as is often the case, the law of gravity eventually prevailed, removing much...

Summary Economists like to talk about forecasting recessions. To be blunt, I think this is an absolute waste of time. While nearly everyone seems to be aware that the yield curve is inverted, it seems that few people understand the significance of this event. Acting on this si...

Summary This morning's employment report for October showed a 261K increase in total nonfarm payrolls, which was above the Investing.com forecast of 200K jobs added. The unemployment rate rose to 3.7%. Notable job gains occurred in health care, professional and technical servi...

Summary The rate of job creation continues to slow, but the US still added 261,000 jobs in October, which was much better than expected. There is evidence of a moderation in the labour market that the more dovish members of the FOMC can point to. The hawks, who think the Fed n...

Summary In another sign of weakness for the job market, the total number of employed persons in the United States fell, month over month, in October. The decline in total employed was driven by a fall in full-time workers. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, disposab...

Summary Total nonfarm payrolls posted a 261,000 gain in October versus a 315,000 rise in September (revised up by 52,000), while August had an increase of 292,000 (revised down by 23,000). Excluding the government sector, private payrolls posted a gain of 233,000 in October follow...

Summary This morning’s employment report also has a number of hands. At the surface, the report was better than expected coming in ahead of expectations (261K vs 193K). While job growth in the US economy has consistently surpassed expectations this year, it is important to ...