Today is the 5th Trading Day of January, and as go the first five days of the year, so goes the month of January, and so goes the rest of the year... according to the January Barometer. We are in the middle of the January Barometer: If markets close higher today, we will have successfully created a positive first-five-days-of-the-year. But just barely. Note: We failed the Santa Claus Rally, we are threatening to close lower today (Dow Futures are down during this recording), and today's result will trigger the second leg of the January Barometer. HOWEVER: In 2024, we had a negative First Five Days of January, we had a negative January and had a whopper year. Tuesday's market action did not really resonate with the JOLTS Survey; something else was afoot, because stocks sold off hard, bonds sold off hard, for a day of no safe asset across the board.

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