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September Jobs Drop Thursday

September jobs data drops Thursday as the shutdown’s effects start to show.

November 17, 2025

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  • Banana Bits: Finance headlines that actually matter

  • Market Recap: Markets pause as Fed signals and earnings loom

  • What’s Ripe / Rotten: The tastiest and most disgusting stocks 

  • Technical Trip: Unexpected Interview Question with PJT

  • Lesson from the Library: Sales & Trading: Inside the Markets

  • Deal Dispatch: M&A, IPOs, and other transactions 

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Market Recap

What’s Next?

Now that the shutdown deal has been announced, investors are once again worried about other issues. We mean news will still be news, and if we get bad numbers on inflation and jobs, it will again deter investor optimism. 

With that said, the relief at the end of a historic U.S. shutdown gave way to volatility this week as various Fed speakers damped bets on policy easing. Hot areas favored by momentum traders, such as artificial intelligence, whipsawed. 

B*tcoin was barely up for 2025. After briefly erasing a 1.4% slide, the S&P 500 closed little changed. Nvidia Corp. rose ahead of its earnings.

Next week, big box retailers like Walmart Inc. and Target Corp. will report their results, offering a read on the state of consumer spending, the main engine of the American economy. 

Earnings for most big tech companies have been in line or above expectations, though the outlook has been murky when it comes to where borrowing costs are headed. As Nvidia gets ready to report on Wednesday, options traders are pricing in a 6.2% stock swing in either direction, its highest implied move in a year.

What's Ripe

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. Series A (WBD) 4.0%

  • WBD gained 4%. Paramount Skydance, Comcast, and Netflix are all preparing bids for the entertainment company ahead of next week’s deadline.

Applied Materials Inc. (AMAT) 1.3%

  • AMAT recovered earlier losses and rose 1.3%. The chip equipment maker reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue after Thursday’s close.

  • The company forecasted solid results for the current quarter, which ends in January.

What's Rotten

Netflix Inc. (NFLX) 90.3%

  • NFLX fell 90.3% ahead of a 10-for-1 stock split on Monday.

Strategy Inc. (MSTR) 4.2%

  • MSRT, the world’s largest corporate holder of B*tcoin, declined 4.2% even as the market turned higher.

  • The stock has slumped along with falling crypto prices and worries about Strategy's ability to service preferred dividends and debt interest costs.

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Banana Brain Teaser

Previous

At a certain school, the ratio of the number of second graders to the number of fourth graders is 8:5, and the ratio of the number of first graders to the number of second graders is 3:4. If the ratio of the number of third graders to the number of fourth graders is 3:2, what is the ratio of the number of first graders to the number of thrid graders?

Answer: 4:5

Today

A certain fruit stand sold apples for $0.70 each and bananas for $0.50 each. If a customer purchased both apples and bananas from the stand for a total of $6.30, what total number of apples and bananas did the customer purchase?

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