Category: 5 Things Daily
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Rate Hike Or Cut – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
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1. JOLTS Report: A Quiet Alarm Bell? We get the U.S. JOLTS report today, which will provide more color on what’s happening in the U.S. jobs market. We already know…
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Job Cuts Surging In The U.S. – 5 Things I am Watching Today
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1. Job Cuts Are Surging — Another Warning Light Yesterday we got the ADP numbers, which came in way below expectations. This morning, the Challenger Job Cuts Report dropped —…
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5 Things I Am Watching Today – U.S. Job Market In Deep Trouble?
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1. ADP Rings the Alarm — Or Is It Another Head Fake? ADP job numbers came in much lower than expected. Forecast was a +7,000 job gain in November… actual?…
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Jobs Shock? 5 Things I Am Watching Today
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1. ADP Jobs Data: Tiny Estimate… Big Implications Tomorrow, we get the ADP Non-Farm Payroll report for the U.S. It’s unofficial and often very wrong compared to the official labour…
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Silver Getting Wild – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
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1. Global PMI Wave + A Messy Jobs Week Lots of PMI data came out from all over the world. In normal times, we’d get employment data for both the…
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Tech Becoming A Sitcom – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
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1. Inflation, Retail, and Housing: The Data Dump We finally got U.S. PPI and Retail Sales for September (thanks to the shutdown delay). And don’t hold your breath for October—next…
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5 Things I Am Watching Today: November 24th, 2025
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1. U.S. Data Dump Coming: Retail + Housing Heat Check Not much economic data today, but tomorrow we get U.S. retail sales— delayed due to the U.S. government shutdown —…
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5 Things I Am Watching Today: November 21st, 2025
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1. Canadian Retail Sales: The Headline Beat Isn’t the Real Story Canadian retail sales came in better than expected. Great, right?! Not really. The deeper you go into the report,…
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5 Things I Am Watching Today: November 20th, 2025
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1. Strong Jobs Number… But a Weak Underbelly The U.S. reported 119K jobs for September — much higher than expected and closer to the trend we’ve been seeing. Great, right?…
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5 Things I Am Watching Today: Wednesday, November 19th, 2025
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1. Jobs Data: The Quiet Storm Brewing Tomorrow, we get U.S. unemployment data for September. Remember: due to the government shutdown, not much official data came out. Expectations are for…
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5 Things I Am Watching Today: November 14th, 2025
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1. AI Optimism… But What About GPU Shelf Life? JPMorgan says “AI isn’t a bubble but rather an opportunity.” (Source) Ron Barron is also calling the tech sell-off a buying…
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5 Things I Am Watching Today: November 13th, 2025
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1. U.S. shutdown — done and dusted Shutdown is over! Finally, we’ll start getting some real data again. But here’s the catch — October inflation and job numbers might never…
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5 Things I Am Watching Today: Tuesday, November 11th, 2025
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1. Remembrance Day in Canada, Veterans Day in the U.S. Today is Remembrance Day in Canada and Veterans Day in the U.S. Banks are closed, and we’ll likely see low…
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5 Things I Am Watching Today: November 10th, 2025
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1. Shutdown Over — Let the Data Flow The U.S. government shutdown is over! Finally, we can get the official data flowing again. Top of my list: how’s the U.S.…
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5 Things I Am Watching Today: November 6th, 2025 (Quick Read Edition)
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1. Jobs Data Day for Canada Tomorrow’s the big one for Canada’s jobs data. Markets expect a loss of 5,000 jobs and the unemployment rate to rise to 7.2%. Anything…