Tag: Employment data

  • As Bad As It Gets

    U.S. nonfarm payrolls plunged by over half million, a bad surprise of 533,000 job losses in November. This is the worst job loss in 34 years according to the Labor Department. Since the recession began 11 months ago, nearly 2 million jobs have been lost. As per marketwatch story, The unemployment rate rose from 6.5% in…

  • Fear of Fear Itself

    Two 90% volume down days in a row!! Last time that happened on Oct 6th and 7th, we saw sell-off on Oct 10th. We saw a brief rally that couldn’t last any longer and bears pounded with full force. Market closed below 50% retracement from Oct bottom to short-term peak, and it doesn’t speak well.…