Week ends on strong note with every sector up today; interesting that today’s leadership bedfellows are Tech & Energy, given both are on opposite ends of the performance spectrum YTD … small caps outpaced large caps today but struggled this week and continue to lag YTD

Another Fed rate hike gets slightly (2.8%) priced in following jobs report this morning

Huge improvement here: prime-age labor force participation rate rose to 83.3% in April, which is highest since March 2008

Payrolls change by industry/sector

sector highlights (prior month):   Education/health +77k (+60k) Professional/bus. services +43k (+23k) Leisure/hospitality +31k (+40k) Financial activities +23k (-1k) Construction +15k (-11k) Manufacturing +11k (-8k) Retail +8k (-20k) Mining/logging +7k (+2k) Wholesale trade -2k (+1k) Temp. help -23k (-19k)

Someone please send me an invite to blue sky 😊💜

Every failed bank that falls into hands of industry’s giants contributes to decades-long consolidation trend in banking sector; number of U.S. banks down drastically from peak in early-1980s when there were 14,469 U.S. commercial banks; by end of last year, it was down to 4,135 @StatistaCharts @FDICgov #investing #investment #trading #bitcoin #btc #nostr #amethyst #plebs #pleb #lightningnetwork #zapping #nostriches #finance #America #forex #analysis #grownostr

Every failed bank that falls into hands of industry’s giants contributes to decades-long consolidation trend in banking sector; number of U.S. banks down drastically from peak in early-1980s when there were 14,469 U.S. commercial banks; by end of last year, it was down to 4,135 @StatistaCharts @FDICgov #investing #investment #trading #bitcoin #btc #nostr #amethyst #plebs #pleb #lightningnetwork #zapping #nostriches #finance #America #forex #analysis #grownostr

avoid monday • expansion tuesday market maker sell model - distribution $NQ [+140] #investing #investment #trading #bitcoin #btc #nostr #amethyst #plebs #pleb #lightningnetwork #zapping #nostriches #finance #America #forex #analysis #grownostr

avoid monday • expansion tuesday market maker sell model - distribution $NQ [+140] #investing #investment #trading #bitcoin #btc #nostr #amethyst #plebs #pleb #lightningnetwork #zapping #nostriches #finance #America #forex #analysis #grownostr

avoid monday • expansion tuesday market maker sell model - distribution $NQ [+140] #investing #investment #trading #bitcoin #btc #nostr #amethyst #plebs #pleb #lightningnetwork #zapping #nostriches #finance #America #forex #analysis #grownostr

avoid monday • expansion tuesday market maker sell model - distribution $NQ [+140] #investing #investment #trading #bitcoin #btc #nostr #amethyst #plebs #pleb #lightningnetwork #zapping #nostriches #finance #America #forex #analysis #grownostr

🗒 avoid monday • expansion tuesday market maker sell model - distribution $NQ [+140] #investing #investment #trading #bitcoin #btc #nostr #amethyst #plebs #pleb #lightningnetwork #zapping #nostriches #finance #America #forex #analysis #grownostr

Trimmed Mean PCE from @DallasFed (year/year % terms) has reaccelerated since start of year … thru March, annual rate rose to +4.68% #investing #investment #trading #bitcoin #btc #nostr #amethyst #plebs #pleb #lightningnetwork #zapping #nostriches #finance #America #forex #analysis #grownostr

Update to largest bank failures in U.S. history given this week's events means second, third, and fourth largest have all occurred in past two months @Bloomberg @FDICgov #investing #investment #trading #bitcoin #btc #nostr #amethyst #plebs #pleb #lightningnetwork #zapping #nostriches #finance #America #forex #analysis #grownostr

Home improvement spending's trend continues to weaken, falling to -2% year/year in March ... no decisive recession signal, given it’s been in this zone before during recessions (2001), but also had worse decline without recession (2018) #investing #investment #trading #bitcoin #btc #nostr #amethyst #plebs #pleb #lightningnetwork #zapping #nostriches #finance #America #forex #analysis #grownostr

NASDAQ 100 weakened relative to Russell 2000 last year, but flight to large caps this year has sent ratio of both back to where it was in early-2022 and mid-2020 [Past performance is no guarantee of future results] #investing #investment #trading #bitcoin #btc #nostr #amethyst #plebs #pleb #lightningnetwork #zapping #nostriches #finance #America #forex #analysis #grownostr

Worth watching ISM Manufacturing prices component, which climbed in April to highest since July 2022 … index has been moving up since December, but good news for now is that it's nowhere near recent peak #investing #investment #trading #bitcoin #btc #nostr #amethyst #plebs #pleb #lightningnetwork #zapping #nostriches #finance #America #forex #analysis #grownostr

Large speculators/hedge funds extended their short bets on S&P 500 futures last week, maintaining largest net short position since 2011 #investing #investment #trading #bitcoin #btc #nostr #amethyst #plebs #pleb #lightningnetwork #zapping #nostriches #finance #America #forex #analysis #grownostr

measuring premium and discount 🗒 [expansion market] #investing #investment #trading #bitcoin #btc #nostr #amethyst #plebs #pleb #lightningnetwork #zapping #nostriches #finance #America #forex #analysis