This week 4 of the “Magnificent 7” (Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet and Meta reported) reported their earnings and their results really didn’t matter. The markets were intent on moving to the downside spurred on by higher yields, concerns about global growth, concerns about the Fed, and concerns about Israeli/Hamas war. The wall of worry is high.
Challenger is reporting that they see the labor market starting to cool as the holiday season kicks off. They add: Employers are hiring at a slower clip Retailers have announced 55,755 job cuts through August US retailers will add 410K seasonal positions, which represents the lowest number of jobs added in the 1st quarter since
The $1.2 billion United States Oil Fund (USO) is the biggest US oil ETF. Its rebooting its pre-pandemic investment strategy that drew the scrutiny of regulators and helped roil markets in 2020. In September it’ll begin to back to allocating the majority of its holdings to the nearest oil futures contract, rather than spread exposure