BUSINESS: US Market Prepares for Rough Day

A rough week on Wall Street is about to get worse. Data released today on payroll figures are below what was expected. Combined with new record high oil prices the market is continuing to fall. The Bush administration is busy citing the data that more jobs were created this month in the 11th straight month of hiring gains.



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Many people watch the markets for hints of future terrorist attacks. The way the markets have been falling continuously indicate that a terrorist strike may be coming soon. Before September 11, 2001 a large amount of put options were put on American Airlines and United Airlines, the two airline companies involved in the day's attacks. The markets have a lot more to say than people think.

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I would consider the FX markets to be a better indicator of what the whole world thinks.

The US$ is actually UP against all major currencies (Euro, Pound, Yen, AU$, NZ&) in the past few weeks! It dropped today, but it is still higher than it was 3 weeks ago. The Greeenspan talk to congress really boosted the US$.

most numbers presented by this admisitration about the economy are garbage. many figures like unemployment drop beacause they don't count people who havn't had jobs for a long periods of time. also when they say how many jobs are created they don't factor in the pay. many of the jobs that are created, that pay minimum wage, are filled by people who lost much higher paying jobs.

On the FX market, the US$ keeps getting stronger and stronger... small dips, but mostly a upward trend for over a month.

Traders seem to think the US economic downturn has bottomed out and things are going up. I don't agree, but one never knows. the worst could be over?