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Stock market jumps after strong jobs report … – The Seattle Times

Originally published December 6, 2013 at 7:33 AM | Page modified December 7, 2013 at 2:25 AM

NEW YORK — Good news was finally good news for the stock market on Friday.Stocks rose sharply after the government reported a fourth straight month of solid U.S. job gains, the latest encouraging sign for the economy.The strengthening job market […]

Trading Through the (Possible) Tapering — Trading Concepts | E …

Happy Friday, Friends. I’m always sorry to see the non-farm payrolls report go, as the volatility around it creates a great trading opportunity taught by Todd Mitchell as the “First Half Hour Breakout”. Like much of what Todd teaches, the method lends itself to additional uses, and data releases that tend to generate strong and rapid reactions from the market […]

Canadian bank stocks poised to benefit from U.S. economic …

Canadian bank stocks are poised to benefit from growing signs of recovery in the United States, according to a financial services analyst at Desjardins Securities.In a note to clients Friday, Michael Goldberg said recent economic reports on jobs and house prices in the United States are likely to drive U.S. bond yields higher. According to the Toronto-based analyst’s thesis, this […]