Thursday, March 11, 2010

Unemployment Figures Fail to Impress

Unemployment claims diminished by 6000 since last week's reading but the number was still worse than expected. The mild improvement was not enough to impress, sending futures on the S&P lower and the yen higher. The S&P is still in a precarious position both technically and fundamentally and reflects disequilibrium between forward looking optimism and lower interest rates on the one hand, and meek economic readings coupled with a wide array of lingering concerns on the other.

Still, if the S&P manages to push higher in the face of such news, that would be a bullish sign and, contrary to reason, may be just the catalyst to send the S&P above its 1150 resistance.

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