{"id":11605,"date":"2015-03-08T23:54:28","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T03:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=11605"},"modified":"2015-03-08T23:54:28","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T03:54:28","slug":"when-good-news-is-bad-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2015\/03\/08\/when-good-news-is-bad-news\/","title":{"rendered":"When good news is bad news"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jobs report redux:<br \/>\ud83c\udf5d\ud83c\udf7b +59,000 jobs<br \/>\ud83d\udcbc\ud83d\udcbb +51,000 jobs<br \/>\ud83d\ude9c\ud83d\udea7 +29,000 jobs<br \/>\ud83c\udfe5\ud83d\udc8a +24,000 jobs<br \/>Score: \u263a\ufe0f <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/z9xNQJA25N\">http:\/\/t.co\/z9xNQJA25N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CNN Business (@CNNBusiness) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNNBusiness\/status\/573893432311169024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The U.S. economy added 295,000 jobs in February, a strong gain that beat expectations by a mile. Unemployment fell to 5.5%.&#8221; You would expect stocks to surge on the strong employment numbers. Instead the S&amp;P 500 fell 1.4% on Friday. Penetration of support at 2080 warns of a correction.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"525\" height=\"363\" title=\"S&amp;P 500 Index\" alt=\"S&amp;P 500 Index\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2015\/2015-03-09-spx.png?resize=525%2C363&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I can only ascribe this to fear of a rate rise. The stronger the employment data, the closer the prospect of the Fed raising interest rates. But Janet Yellen is likely to err on the side of caution, only raising rates when she is sure that the economy is on a sound footing and inflationary pressures are rising. That is far from the case at present, despite the good job numbers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chart: So much for &quot;wage pressures&quot; &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/yGh9NbqwQa\">pic.twitter.com\/yGh9NbqwQa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; (((The Daily Shot))) (@SoberLook) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SoberLook\/status\/573874528905879553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There is plenty of short-term money in the market, however, that seems to think otherwise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jobs report redux:\ud83c\udf5d\ud83c\udf7b +59,000 jobs\ud83d\udcbc\ud83d\udcbb +51,000 jobs\ud83d\ude9c\ud83d\udea7 +29,000 jobs\ud83c\udfe5\ud83d\udc8a +24,000 jobsScore: \u263a\ufe0f http:\/\/t.co\/z9xNQJA25N &mdash; CNN Business (@CNNBusiness) March 6, 2015 &#8220;The U.S. economy added 295,000 jobs in February, a strong gain that beat expectations by a mile. Unemployment fell to 5.5%.&#8221; You would expect stocks to surge on the strong employment numbers. Instead the S&amp;P &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2015\/03\/08\/when-good-news-is-bad-news\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;When good news is bad news&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,34],"tags":[3014,3531,3561,3626],"class_list":["post-11605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deficit-spending-employment","category-us-canada-countries-regions","tag-sp-500-index","tag-unemployment","tag-us-jobs-added","tag-wage-pressure"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>When good news is bad news - the patient investor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"When good news is bad news - the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jobs report redux:\ud83c\udf5d\ud83c\udf7b +59,000 jobs\ud83d\udcbc\ud83d\udcbb +51,000 jobs\ud83d\ude9c\ud83d\udea7 +29,000 jobs\ud83c\udfe5\ud83d\udc8a +24,000 jobsScore: \u263a\ufe0f http:\/\/t.co\/z9xNQJA25N &mdash; CNN Business (@CNNBusiness) March 6, 2015 &#8220;The U.S. economy added 295,000 jobs in February, a strong gain that beat expectations by a mile. 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