Jamie Cox

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) traded higher by 0.4% Friday morning after the Labor Department reported disappointing U.S. jobs market numbers from November. The U.S. added 210,000 jobs in November, missing consensus economist estimates of 573,000 jobs. The U.S. unemployment rate fell...

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) traded slightly higher Friday morning after the Labor Department reported its second straight disappointing monthly jobs reports. The U.S. added just 194,000 jobs in September, falling well short of consensus economist estimates of 500,000 jobs. The U...

Markets traded lower on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump tested positive for the coronavirus just one month ahead of the November election. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump both tested positive shortly after top Trump aide Hope Hicks tested positive. Trump’s diagnosis comes...

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) was trading lower by another 2.1% on Friday morning despite a better-than-expected August jobs report from the Department of Labor. The U.S. economy added 1.37 million jobs in August, topping consensus economist estimates of 1.32 million. In addition, the...

For the 22nd time in the past 23 weeks, the Labor Department reported more than 1 million new weekly U.S. jobless claims on Thursday morning. The Numbers: The Labor Department reported just over 1 million initial jobless claims for the week ending Aug. 22, down from 1.104 million claims reported in...