Here's the Breakdown for US December Nonfarm Payrolls, in One Chart
Major Indexes Are Lower Following Better-than-expected US Employment Data.
Express News | Major Indexes Are Lower Following Better-than-expected US Employment Data
December US Nonfarm Payrolls Rise More Than Expected, Unemployment Rate Slows
Express News | After the release of the nonfarm payroll data, the three major stock index futures plummeted. Dow futures fell over 0.66%, S&P 500 futures dropped 0.7%, and Nasdaq 100 futures declined nearly 1%. The dollar index rose by 0.57% to 109.79.
Express News | US Dec. Non-Farm Payrolls 256K Vs 160K Forecast, Prior 212K; US Dec. Unemployment Rate 4.1% Vs 4.2% Forecast, Prior 4.2%
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Wall Street warns: If you don't want a big drop in U.S. stocks, tonight's non-farm payroll needs to be "just right."
Bank of America stated that only "Goldilocks" data can keep long-term interest rates below 5%, stabilize interest rate sensitivity, and prevent the Nasdaq's leadership from wavering. "Explosive" data could lead to a decline of about 4% in the S&P 500 Index to 5,666 points.
US Morning News Call | Market Focuses on Today's Release of Nonfarm Payrolls
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Be careful of a significant pullback in the U.S. stock market! Goldman Sachs sounds the alarm for 2025: three major risks loom.
Goldman Sachs warned on Thursday that U.S. stocks will face a series of risks in 2025, which increase the likelihood of a significant market correction at some point this year; The three main risks are: a sharp rise in U.S. stocks in 2024, overly high U.S. stock valuations, and high or increased market concentration risk within the investment portfolio.
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Goldman Sachs strategists warn: The pricing of U.S. stocks is at a "perfect level" and is likely to experience a pullback.
Goldman Sachs' Chief Global Equity Strategist Peter Oppenheimer warned that as investors digest the uncertainty surrounding rising Bond yields, overvaluations, and further interest rate cuts, the current "perfect" earnings market environment may be difficult to sustain.
Quietly, the Federal Reserve has given more attention to this "new" inflation Indicators.
Including Federal Reserve Chairman Powell, senior officials of the Federal Reserve are increasingly focusing on a lesser-known inflation Index—the market-based version of the Personal Consumer Expenditure Price Index, which excludes a range of service industry data that its collectors cannot measure directly and must estimate. Currently, this Index is closer to the Federal Reserve's 2% inflation target, potentially indicating that the threshold for further interest rate cuts is lower than the market anticipates.
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