There are Employment Reports, and Then There are Employment Reports - Jan 6, 2012




Learning Markets Trader Podcast Series show

Summary: Among economic announcements, few are as important as the official employment report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on the first Friday of each month. However, each month, we get a sneak peak at what the BLS report might say when ADP -- a private payroll management company -- releases its monthly employment report. Or do we? Are the two reports correlated? What can we learn from each one, and how should it affect our investing?