🐄Where’s the Market’s Beef?

Good morning. An old television ad for Wendy's had three old ladies looking at a competitor's...

It's the monthly jobs numbers today and they're not going to be pretty and will be possibly the tip of the iceberg as we head into May.

Good morning. An old television ad for Wendy's had three old ladies looking at a competitor's burger and asking: "Where's the beef?" Today's market also seemingly lacks some real beef behind it. Corporate earnings have been fine. But analysts lowered expectations going into those earnings. And the market indices are driven by large-cap tech stocks. Medium and small cap stocks have been in more of a selloff mode. And somehow, despite thee of the four largest bank failures in U.S. history this year (so far), the markets have been getting calmer in recent weeks. Chances are there could be a big bump higher in market volatility, especially as debt ceiling issues come to the forefront. Traders should continue to stay cautious… and look to invest for the long haul only in assets that have the beef. 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