Lind Plus Senior Market Strategist Richard Ilczyszyn discusses how investors are looking for safety. Richard discusses the bond market and gold, while also covering the coming jobs report.

Coffee Rises to 8-Week High – Bloomberg U.S. Dollar Rebounds On EU Discord – CNN Money Raw Sugar Declines – Bloomberg Jobless Claims Fall 14k to 442k – MarketWatch Housing Recovery Appears At Risk – AP Oil Prices Lose Steam – CNN Money Natural Gas Price Drops 3 Percent – AP Dubai World Gets $9.5 [...]

Copper Drops as Dollar’s Rebounds – Bloomberg Cotton Climbs to Two-Week High – Bloomberg Consumer Prices Flat in February – Bloomberg Weekly Job Claims Decline – MarketWatch Producer Prices Drop 0.6% – Bloomberg Guinness-Fueled Rally is Looking Frothy – MarketWatch The Bears Are Dead Wrong – Wall Street Journal Could the U.S. Become Another Ireland? [...]

Senior Market Strategist Richard Ilczyszyn discusses the recent unemployment report and what it means for the economy. Richard also discusses the prospect of a jobless recovery and whether or not it could be sustainable. This video is part of our “Lind Market Recap” webinar series. Richard also presents a monthly webinar entitled “The Business of [...]

It’s no mystery that the job market has been in a slump. With unemployment hovering near 10 percent, the economy continues to suffer from the decrease in consumer spending. Although nationwide unemployment is near 10 percent, the unemployment rate differs city-to-city. Here’s an interesting breakdown of unemployment by city. Click the image below to see [...]

Interesting blog post today from the Enterprise Blog. Despite all the references we’ve had to this being the biggest downturn since the Great Depression, many are overlooking the harsh economic conditions of the early 1980s. Here’s an interesting chart that compares today’s economic indicators with those in the early 1980s. (click to enlarge)

Retail Sales Dip Unexpectedly – Yahoo Finance Jobless Claims Rise Unexpectedly – RealClearMarkets Foreclosures Set a Record High – Bloomberg Gold Gains as Dollar Declines – Bloomberg Dollar Down in Volatile Market – Wall Street Journal Fed Shows a Little Optimism – CNN Money A ‘Jobless’ and ‘Wageless’ Recovery? – Nouriel Roubini, Forbes An Anti-Greenspan [...]

The unemployment rate fell to 9.4 percent in July, according to the Labor Department today. The report showed that the economy shed a less-than-expected 247,000 jobs in July, compared to the 443,000 loss in June. The fall in the unemployment rate (previously 9.5 percent) was unexpected and the stock market rallied at the open. Of [...]

U.S. Stocks in Broad Rally – Wall Street Journal New Jobless Claims Rise Unexpectedly to 627k – RealClearMarkets Durable Goods Much Better Than Expected – Wachovia Gold Rises for Third Day – Bloomberg Wheat Falls to Eight-Week Low – Bloomberg U.S. Crisis is Like Japan’s, Only 7 Times Faster – Newsweek Regulatory Reform: A Primer [...]

Register for today’s webinar at 3:30 p.m. CT to learn about the Top 5 Economic Indicators that Move Markets. Lind Plus Senior Market Strategist Richard Ilczyszyn will discuss the most important economic reports that traders need to be aware of, and how these reports can move various markets. This monthly webinar series (The Business of [...]