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Stocks have found a bottom after a nasty 3 month correction. Helping matters was statements by Fed Chairman Powell on Wednesday with stocks roaring higher ever since including a decisive break above the 200 day moving average for the S&P 500 (SPY). No doubt we want to know what this…

Today’s weaker-than-expected U.S. unemployment provided strong support for this week’s theme that the Fed’s rate-hike regime is likely over. Oct U.S. payrolls rose by +150,000, weaker than expectations of +180,000, and Sep payrolls were revised lower to +297,000 from +336,000. Also, the Oct U.S. unemployment rate rose by +0.1 points...

December Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ23) are trending down -0.33% this morning as a weak sales forecast for the holiday quarter from Apple weighed on sentiment, while investors looked ahead to the key monthly U.S. nonfarm payrolls report for further conviction on the Fed’s rate path.

Asian shares have advanced after Wall Street roared higher on hopes that market-rattling hikes to interest rates are coming to an end

US economy adds 150,000 jobs in October and previous months are revised lower, boosting investor expectations that the Fed won’t hike interest rates again

America’s employers likely kept hiring at a healthy pace last month, defying high interest rates, rising pressure on consumers and labor strikes that idled big swaths of the nation’s auto industry

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Thursday rose by +1.89%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) rose by +1.70%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) rose by +1.74%. Stocks on Thursday extended this week’s gains, with the...

The main indexes carved out a fourth straight win Thursday on hope the Fed is done raising interest rates.

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Thursday fell by -0.70% and posted a 1-week low. The dollar was under pressure Thursday after Wednesday’s post-FOMC meeting comments from Fed Chair Powell bolstered speculation the Fed is done with its rate hiking cycle. Losses in the dollar accelerated on Thursday’s U.S. economic reports...