My apologies, but I did not realize that Friday was the observed market holiday for the fourth of July in 2015 and that the June Non-Farm Payroll report would be released early (today - Thursday morning). As a result, there will be no NFP model post this week. NFP model posts will resume next month.
It is interesting to note that the unusually high NFP data from last month (May) was revised lower. The June NFP job gain of 223,000 was very close to the Briefing.com consensus estimate of 230,000.
Brian Johnson
About Brian Johnson
I have been an investment professional for over 30 years. I worked as a fixed income portfolio manager, personally managing over $13 billion in assets for institutional clients. I was also the President of a financial consulting and software development firm, developing artificial intelligence based forecasting and risk management systems for institutional investment managers.
I am now a full-time proprietary trader in options, futures, stocks, and ETFs using both algorithmic and discretionary trading strategies.
In addition to my professional investment experience, I designed and taught courses in financial derivatives for both MBA and undergraduate business programs on a part-time basis for a number of years. I have also written four books on options and derivative strategies.
