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Off to a Good Start for the Year in US; Europe Agrees on Fiscal Pact; Manufacturing Improves
U.S. Review: Off to a Good Start for the Year The employment report for January showed that 243,000 jobs were added with the unemployment rate declining slightly to 8.3 percent. The details of the report however, suggest that unseasonably warm weather may be playing a role in the stronger job gains. The ISM-Manufacturing Index posted a marginal improvement in January as new orders jumped for the month. Export orders also posted a nice increase suggesting that the effects of a Eurozone slowdown
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Jobs report drives heavy action in Ford, General Motors options
F – Ford Motor Co. – The better-than-expected jobs number out this morning revved up investor appetite for automobile stocks, driving shares in Ford Motor Co. up 4.0% to $12.75. Call options on the U.S. automaker are flying off the shelves, with nearly 5 calls in play on the stock for each single put option traded. The single-largest transaction in Ford options appears to be a bull call spread that yields maximum possible profits if the price of the underlying rallies nearly 20.0% during the
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The DeCarley Perspective..."Crude" sell-off?
Thank you for choosing DeCarley Trading. We are proud to offer the DeCarley Perspective as an informational guide to our clients and subscribers. We hope that you walk away from the newsletter with a better understanding of market fundamentals, as well as technical and seasonal factors. **There is substantial risk of loss in trading futures and options. **Past performance is not indicative of future results On the radar: • "Crude" sell-off? Crude Oil We issued a DeCarley Perspective newsletter
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January Employment Situation Surprises to the Upside
Nonfarm payroll growth accelerated for the third consecutive month, up 243K in January following a upward revision of 60K combined for November and December The unemployment rate fell to 8.3% but was likely influenced by a drop in the participation rate Nonfarm payroll growth beat consensus expectations in January, jumping 243K following upward revisions to both November (from 100K to 157K) and December (from 200K to 203K). Gains were led primarily by a 257K rise in private sector hiring, with
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Collective discipline
The golden rule shortly signed… …What about the “activity” side? Portugal under stress The new Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union is circulating in a quasi-definitive version, although an arrangement still has to be found on the procedure for referring cases to the European Court of Justice. After the treaty is signed, probably in March, it will have to be ratified by each country. It will enter into force as soon as 12 out of the 17 eurozone
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