The Jobs Report Was Ugly And Stocks Rallied Anyway; The Bulls Have It

Equities rallied despite negative payroll data as investors bet on rate cuts ahead of next week’s CPI report.

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Big news up top: after more than fifteen years, Tim Knight's Trading Charts is doubling to a full half-hour show starting Monday. In this Friday edition, he sets the stage, then walks the tape after a genuinely weak jobs report; payrolls came in negative against expectations for a solid gain, and stocks rallied anyway on hopes it clears the path for rate cuts. His read: the market is ending the week on a bullish note, and it's the bulls' to lose, with CPI on Wednesday as the next big test.

Tim also takes a victory lap on SpaceX (SPCX)

, now within spitting distance of its IPO price after the unlock everyone feared, and thumbs through the final wave of big-cap earnings, from Microsoft (MSFT), Amazon (AMZN) and Palantir (PLTR) ripping to Caterpillar (CAT) and Meta (META) looking heavier. He flags a caution on the precious metals bounce and a couple of fresh storage-name shorts. All positions and views are his own, and this is not a recommendation.

Video Length: 00:14:33

Video Chapters:

00:00 A bigger show starting Monday

01:53 A really weak jobs report

02:45 Bonds still going nowhere

03:45 Next week's risk for the bears

04:37 Back near fully invested

05:20 CPI is the next big event

05:37 SpaceX nears its IPO price

07:00 Semiconductors stay in focus

07:42 A caution flag on metals

09:10 Thumbing through big-cap earnings

12:13 Caterpillar undoes its earnings pop

13:59 Fresh storage shorts

14:34 Watch crude oil into Wednesday

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