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Question #2 for 2023: How much will job growth slow in 2023? Or will the economy lose jobs?

Calculated Risk

2) Employment: The economy added 4.5 Or will the economy lose jobs? Job losses in construction haven't started yet because a record number of housing units are under construction. If the Fed drives the economy into recession (to cool inflation), then we could see job losses in 2023. Or will the economy lose jobs?

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10 Monday AM Reads

The Big Picture

If anything, it feels like the Fed wants to fight us, all of us, including the stock market and the economy. The Fed is actively trying to crash the stock market, break the housing market and push the economy into a recession. That’s not the case anymore. How do I know this? Wealth of Common Sense ). • Investors Keep Piling In Anyway.

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At the Money: Is War Good for Markets?

The Big Picture

So what were the numbers like after World War 1 and after World War 2? Jeff Hirsch : The numbers, it was about just around 500 percent, 517%, 521%, right in the just over 500%. And the Dow didn’t actually hit that number until, uh, it was July of 1992, but the S&P had the 500 percent move-in. Following both wars.

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Bracketology (2025 Edition)

The Better Letter

Nigl’s bracket finally went bust on game 50 (the third game on the second weekend) when three seed Purdue defeated number two Tennessee, 99-94, in overtime. And about 60 percent of national champions are one of the four number one seeds. A roulette wheel hitting the same number seven times in a row ( one in three billion ).

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The good, the bad, and the volatile

Nationwide Financial

This was the third worst calendar-year return for 60/40 portfolios since 2002, losing 16% in 2022. However, the chart above also offers hope: long-term investors have seen less volatility, as illustrated by the number of dots in the upper right quadrant. Investors have to look back to 2008 or 1974 to find worse returns.

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Breakout Confirmed

Carson Wealth

Instead, the economy is showing resilience. The economy created 339,000 jobs in May, beating expectations for the 14th consecutive month. However, in the second half of the year, we expect investors to realize the economy is not headed for a recession (more on that below), which should help broaden the bull market. million jobs.

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Market Commentary: Stocks Keep Chugging Along

Carson Wealth

As we explain more below, the economy is presenting many positive signs that suggest a recession is unlikely, and stocks likely are sniffing this out. Those new lows took place in 2002 before a generational three-year bear market and before the COVID-induced bear market and a 100-year pandemic. on average. Let’s focus on housing.