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Financials
U.S. stocks halt five-day slide after November jobs report
U.S. stocks advanced, halting a five-day slide for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, as investors weighed better-than-forecast jobs growth to gauge the strength of the economy and timing of Federal Reserve stimulus cuts.
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Options
Protecting your long position before tomorrow’s jobs report
Tomorrow morning markets will react to the release of the November unemployment number. This release will be watched very closely as market participants look for clues for when the Fed might taper its $85 billion a month bond buying program.
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Forex
Dollar rises vs. yen as U.S. jobs gain shapes Fed speculation
The dollar gained versus the yen after a report showed the U.S. added more jobs last month than forecast, signaling the Federal Reserve may reduce monetary stimulus that’s seen as debasing the currency.
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Regulations
Ex-Goldman trader gets nine months for concealing loss
Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. trader Matthew Taylor was sentenced to nine months in prison for concealing an unauthorized $8.3 billion trading position in 2007, which caused the bank to lose $118 million.
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