The job openings report just came out, and for the fifth month in a row, the quantity of job openings is smaller than the forecast.

This is just what the bulls wanted to see because a weakening jobs market is what the Fed desires (and feeds into the oh-so-tiresome “pivot” narrative). The /ES rocketed higher. In the time it took me to slap together this post, however, the spike has vanished. Let’s see what’s next. I’m loading up on puts, myself.

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