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Stocks Shake Off Lackluster Jobs Data

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Hello traders everywhere. U.S. job growth slowed more than expected in December due to a decline in retail employment, but a pick-up in monthly wage gains points to labor market strength that could pave the way for the Federal Reserve to increase interest rates in March.

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Nonfarm payrolls increased by 148,000 jobs last month after surging by 252,000 in November, the Labor Department said on Friday. Retail payrolls decreased by 20,300 in December, the largest drop since March, despite reports of a strong holiday shopping season.

The unemployment rate was unchanged at a 17-year low of 4.1%. Economists had forecasted payrolls rising by 190,000 in December. The economy needs to create 75,000 to 100,000 jobs per month to keep up with growth in the working-age population.

Job growth surged in October and November after being held back in September by back-to-back hurricanes, which destroyed infrastructure and homes and temporarily dislocated some workers in Texas and Florida.

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DOW To 30,000?

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Hello traders everywhere. Luckily for us the old saying "New Year, New Me" doesn't seem to apply to the U.S. market as the DOW surpasses the 25,000 mark for the first time ever and the other major indexes soon followed, posting new records as well. This record breaking move higher was propelled by strong U.S. private jobs numbers that added to a stream of robust economic data from across the world.

President Donald Trump even weighed this morning by proclaiming that his new number for the DOW is 30,000. What do you think? Will the DOW hit 30k before then end of 2018? Or are we due for a major correction?

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2 Profit Triggers Could Send This Stock Soaring In 2018

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Analysis originally distributed on Decemberber 20, 2017 By: Michael Vodicka of Cannabis Stock Trades

Last week I shared a list of 6 cannabis stocks I expect to profit from the legalization of recreational cannabis in California.

This week I am going to take a deeper dive into one of my favorite stocks from the list.

  • This is a good stock to profit from California
  • It's also a broad play on the US cannabis sector
  • Third-quarter sales were up 86% from last year
  • Shares just spiked into a 52-week high
  • I see plenty more gains ahead.

GrowGeneration (OTC:GRWG) is a US cannabis company headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Shares are traded in US, OTC markets under the ticker symbol GRWG.

GrowGeneration owns and operates specialty retail hydroponic and organic gardening stores. Currently, GrowGen has 13 stores, which includes 9 locations in Colorado, 2 locations in California, 1 in Las Vegas and 1 location in Seattle.

GrowGen carries and sells thousands of products, including organic nutrients and soils, advanced lighting technology and state of the art hydroponic equipment to be used indoors and outdoors by commercial and home growers. Continue reading "2 Profit Triggers Could Send This Stock Soaring In 2018" →

Gold's Strong Move Continues Into 2018

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Hello traders everywhere. Gold hit its highest levels since late September on Tuesday, extending a year-end rally that saw the metal rise 6.3% in the last three weeks of 2017. An early morning drop by the Dollar helped drive gold prices above $1,315 an ounce in early trading.

The weaker dollar, which posted its most significant annual drop since 2003 last year, helped to lift gold by more than 11% in 2017. The metal surged $78 an ounce over the last three weeks of the year alone.

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After ending the year on a down note, falling from an all-time high above $19,000, Bitcoin is fighting back this afternoon after opening the year lower on Monday and is currently trading up 3% on the day trading at the $13,800 level.

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