Investors are on edge as Friday’s jobs report could make or break the stock-market rally

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  Trump versus the bond market: president-elect’s campaign rhetoric puts investors on edge

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• Stock market plunges after better-than-expected December jobs report

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• U.S. stocks got clobbered Friday despite a blockbuster jobs report. What’s going on?

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  MarketWatch - Jan. 10

• Friday's jobs report could present a mixed view of the labor market. Here's what to expect

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• December jobs report forecast is 155,000. But here’s the number investors really should watch.

  Rising unemployment prodded the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates last fall despite lingering inflation — and the jobless rate could still be the deciding factor for future rate cuts.
  
  MarketWatch - Jan. 9

• Jim Cramer's top 10 things to watch in the stock market Friday

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• South Korean investors pile into US equities as domestic stock market languishes

  Retail investors expect Trump rally to continue and Tesla is a favourite with Musk praising country’s ‘smart people’
  
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