The job numbers have alarmed a lot of people of course. One standout is that of the recent quarters of hiring, apparently a minimum of 36% are government hires and not private sector jobs.
Then we have inflation still a resounding problem. Add in an approximate 127% Debt to GDP ratio and things look peachy.
Bearing in mind I grew up playing tackle football on concrete streets in San Francisco on famously steep hills:
We need Joe Montana to run the country. It needs a come from behind victory.
At first glance the dramatic Boeing Union demand of a 38% wage increase strikes one as quite extreme. But consider the real inflation rate of ordinary goods and services over time and it might not seem so extremem.
The inflation rate of eggs in November 2020 was 208 compared to 361 in September 2024 with a 39.62% price increase from this time one year ago.
Candy coat inflation all you want to and remind yourself that inflation has been decreasing overall. Those decreases are not based on prior levels, they are based on historic highs. My bet is the Union wins but takes around 30%.
Today’s reaction is about interest rates and the Fed receiving enough of a scare to almost guarantee continued easing. So that provides a cushion for stocks and weight on yields.
Many of you have seen me post charts with my Amazing Trader (AT) charting algo lines on it so here goes again.
The double bottom on this chart (151.78) is just another example of its uncanny ability to identify key chart points and that is just part of how to use the program.
All I know is I would not have drawn this line on this time Frame but AT did.
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