Posts Tagged ‘nonfarm payrolls report analysis’

July Jobs Report: Unimpressive

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Aug 6th, 2010 • Category: Broker Commentary, Market Updates, Trader Viewpoints

Comments on the July Employment report from Nick Kalivas, Vice President of Financial Research with MF Global Research:
Stocks poke below the 200 day moving average. This is sparking technical selling. The first hold did not seem to work. The market is also dancing around unchanged on the year.
The labor market is unimpressive. Growth continues [...]


Rationale for Pre-Holiday Payroll Release

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Jul 2nd, 2009 • Category: Broker Commentary, Market Updates, Trader Viewpoints

The worse-than-expected June employment report is dampening pre-holiday spirit  in stocks and commodities before the 4th of July holiday.  Lind Plus Senior Market Strategist Richard Ilczyszyn said when there is a holiday on a Friday, the Labor Department often delays the employment report release until the following week. But this time, the report was released [...]