The market is nicely higher in early trading after a better than expected monthly jobs report. Nonfarm payrolls for February showed -36,000 job losses, but this is less than the consensus for -68,000.
Friday Daddy Blogging… Miriam
Guest post by Andy Walton
We’ve all read, seen or heard something that we simply had to pass on. When things go viral, they can generate enormous amounts of traffic. And from massive amount of traffic, cash can be earned. So if you want to make money online you should think viral. But what rules can you follow to improve your chance of creating content that goes nuclear? I’ve taken a recent example from Wikinut, and analyzed why it attracted so much attention.
The market finished on a solid note today, ahead of tomorrow’s widely anticipated employment report. There has been a lot of chatter that the number will be weaker than consensus. While that could hit the market short-term, I think the fact that it is being widely expected increases the prospect of a weak number already being priced in.
So, according to this (rather informal) National Journal poll of right and left bloggers, 100% of left respondents think that the Democrats will benefit from passing health care legislation through reconciliation. However, 85.7% of right bloggers think that the Democrats will be hurt by passage of health care legislation through reconciliation. Three thoughts:
