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Market Commentary: Best Calendar Month Over the Last 20 Years Holding True

Carson Wealth

These numbers can and will be revised, and so it helps to look at the 3-month average. That number has been trending down since earlier this year, but it’s at a healthy 177,000 right now, above the 166,000 average pace in 2019. The economy created 206,000 jobs last month, above expectations for a 190,000 increase.

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Market Commentary: S&P 500 Makes New All-Time High as Fed Goes Big

Carson Wealth

If they are cutting due to a panic (think March 2020) or due to a recession (like in 2001 or 2007) potential trouble could indeed be lurking. Yes, 2001 and 2007 are in there, as you’ve probably heard many times the past week if you’ve watched financial media at all. First things first, why are they cutting? on average.

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Market Commentary: The Summer Rally Continues Amid Strong Job Gains

Carson Wealth

We didn’t even see significant revisions to March and April payroll numbers, and the 3-month average now sits at 249,000. The payroll number comes from the “establishment survey,” which is a survey of about 119,000 businesses and government agencies (about 629,000 worksites). Well, the May payroll report upended that narrative.

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Market Commentary: Fed, Earnings, Job Gains Support a Young Bull Market

Carson Wealth

Stocks gained for the second week in a row, as strong earnings, a dovish Fed, and a “Goldilocks” job number sparked buying. The April jobs number showed a healthy job market while easing concerns that the economy is overheating. The overall inflation numbers, including for core inflation, can hide what’s happening beneath the surface.

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We the People

David Nelson

Business Insider laid out in specific detail Mr. Pelosi’s trades in a number of securities and of special interest were trades involving the exercise of options in semiconductor company Nvidia (NVDA). Most have a compliance division to monitor employee trading. You don’t have to be a corporate insider to meet the test.

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Market Commentary: This Is What Normal Looks Like

Carson Wealth

These numbers can be volatile, as we were reminded by the downward revisions to prior data. It measures the number of employed workers as a percentage of the civilian population. Encouragingly, the prime-age employment-population ratio was unchanged at 80.9%, which is the highest level it has been since 2001.

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Market Commentary: Stocks in the Middle of Some Amazing Streaks While Job Growth Perks Up

Carson Wealth

Strong Job Numbers Are Good News for the Economy and Markets There’s been valid concern that employment conditions are deteriorating, ever so slowly. That’s higher than anything we saw between 2001 and 2019 (when it peaked at 80.4%). The unemployment rate has increased from a low of 3.4% in April 2023 to 4.3% in July of this year.