Dow Jones Industrial Average

I've been looking at the $^DJI index and it's up about 12% for this year, which is a nice appreciation, but considering how other stocks and ETFs have risen, it's quite small. It's mostly due to the composition of that particular DJI ETF, as it doesn't contain many tech stocks so it's not attractive to me at all and I don't want to put money into it.

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The job market showed us results and helped us end the week in growth. 🚀

So friends, for once, good news too. The latest employment data is back in the US and it is slowly painting the picture all investors want to see and that is that the job market is cooling and so for the Fed this may mean no more hikes.

Only 150,000 jobs were added in October, falling short of expectations...
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US GDP grew at an annual rate of 4.9% in the third quarter, better than expected.

The U.S. economy notched a remarkable achievement in the third quarter this year, with growth exceeding the expectations of many economists and analysts. Gross domestic product (GDP), a measure of all goods and services produced in the U.S., grew faster than many had expected. This development...
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Have a nice ending Sunday and a successful start to another week full of results. 🍀💰

News from Saturday, 10/14/23 that jumped out at me and again around the Fed.

As we know, the Fed is scheduled to meet on 10/31-1/11. Originally it looked pretty realistic that another interest rate hike was coming. In the end, according to Bloomberg, the Fed is going to extend the pause. So now...
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The markets are giving us a clear sign to start the new week... red, technology stocks are down the most, $^NDX -1.36% trailed by $SPY with -0.45% and $^DJI roughly at zero with -0.04%, the following decline will accompany this entire trading week, possibly beyond. Or will sentiment in the markets reverse? How do you investors see it?

$^DJI pulled off a nice job last night. What do you think?

I think the investor joy is quite unjustified, the index is reacting positively to what it should be reacting rather negatively to - raising the debt ceiling etc.