http://www.investedcentral.com/public/department55.cfm Check in with John each day as he covers all things Investing and Finance. en-us webmaster@investedcentral.com http://www.investedcentral.com/public/department55.cfm?ID=1342 When the August jobs numbers were released on Friday, traders cheered that "only" 54,000 jobs were lost. The positive reaction came because the market was expecting more jobs would be lost. This is http://www.investedcentral.com/public/department55.cfm?ID=1323 Amazing how the government can continue to put out numbers that are subsequently revised, and almost always worse than expected. The latest was the second reading of Q2 GDP, where the first http://www.investedcentral.com/public/department55.cfm?ID=1315 For those of you who might want to learn a little more about our PREMIER service, here's a great example of just one of the benefits our PREMIER members get every day...our Market Chatter. 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