Nasdaq – Tech leading the surge, jobless claims steady but weaknesses appearing

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<li data-slate-block="regular" data-slate-type="paragraph" data-slate-value="{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"It's been an interesting day in financial markets with US stocks performing well, particularly the Nasdaq, and Europe rather poorly. "}]}" data-slate-node="element"><strong>Tech boosted by Google announcement</strong></li>
<li data-slate-block="regular" data-slate-type="paragraph" data-slate-value="{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"It's been an interesting day in financial markets with US stocks performing well, particularly the Nasdaq, and Europe rather poorly. "}]}" data-slate-node="element"><strong>Continuing jobless claims continue to rise</strong></li>
<li data-slate-block="regular" data-slate-type="paragraph" data-slate-value="{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"It's been an interesting day in financial markets with US stocks performing well, particularly the Nasdaq, and Europe rather poorly. "}]}" data-slate-node="element"><strong>Nasdaq nearing all-time highs</strong></li>
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<p class="_ParagraphElement_yyl4z_19" data-slate-block="regular" data-slate-type="paragraph" data-slate-value="{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"It's been an interesting day in financial markets with US stocks performing well, particularly the Nasdaq, and Europe rather poorly. "}]}" data-slate-node="element"><span data-slate-node="text">It’s been an interesting day in financial markets with US stocks performing well, particularly the Nasdaq, and Europe rather poorly. </span></p>
<p class="_ParagraphElement_yyl4z_19" data-slate-block="regular" data-slate-type="paragraph" data-slate-value="{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Tech is the difference maker, with Alphabet leading the charge after Google announced the release of its new AI model "Gemini". More broadly though, I do think there's still some apprehension ahead of some huge economic readings from the world's largest economy."}]}" data-slate-node="element"><span data-slate-node="text">Tech is the difference maker, with Alphabet leading the charge after Google announced the release of its new AI model “Gemini”. More broadly though, I do think there’s still some apprehension ahead of some huge economic readings from the world’s largest economy.</span></p>
<p class="_ParagraphElement_yyl4z_19" data-slate-block="regular" data-slate-type="paragraph" data-slate-value="{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"The jobs report tomorrow is really significant, particularly the wages component after three consecutive reports of 0.2% monthly growth. A fourth reading would suggest wage growth has returned to levels much more consistent with 2% inflation and may be enough, despite the still tight labor market, to convince policymakers that the next move will be a cut early next year."}]}" data-slate-node="element"><span data-slate-node="text">The jobs report tomorrow is really significant, particularly the wages component after three consecutive reports of 0.2% monthly growth. A fourth reading would suggest wage growth has returned to levels much more consistent with 2% inflation and may be enough, despite the still tight labor market, to convince policymakers that the next move will be a cut early next year.</span></p>
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