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Stocks close at a record as investors look beyond hot inflation

Stocks close at a record as investors look beyond hot inflation

Stocks ended Friday at a record level as investors shrugged off a key inflation report ahead of the Federal Reserve’s final policy-setting meeting of the year next week. 

The S&P 500 jumped nearly 1{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} to log a record closing high. The Dow gained more than 200 points, or 0.6{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}, while the Nasdaq added 0.7{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}. 

The Labor Department’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) showed yet another multi-decade high rate of inflation for November. The CPI climbed by 6.8{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} in November compared to last year, marking the fastest annual increase since June 1982. This rate matched consensus economists’ estimates, according to Bloomberg data, but accelerated compared to the 6.2{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} year-over-year rate from the prior month. And even excluding more volatile food and energy prices, the so-called core CPI rose by 4.9{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} over last year for the fastest increase in about three decades. 

“What we’re looking for is a deceleration as we go forward over the course of 2022,” Luke Tilley, Wilmington Trust chief economist, told Yahoo Finance Live on Thursday, ahead of the CPI print.

“That doesn’t mean prices are going to go down, it’s just a question of, are they going to go up as much in 2022 as in 2021 without the kind of fiscal stimulus we’ve had this year? And we don’t think that that’s going to happen, because it won’t be as much of a push on the demand side,” he added. “And then on the supply side, we’re looking for the labor market to improve, more people returning to work, and of course the delivery and the ports to improve.”  

Other recent data have further underscored the present tightness on the supply side of the economy. Weekly U.S. jobless claims plunged more than expected to reach the lowest level since 1969 last week, coming in even below pre-pandemic levels. And U.S. job openings came in at more than 11 million for only the second time on record in October.  

“Wage increases are probably on the agenda for next year. That’s part of the broadening of inflationary pressures that we’ve already started to see come through in some of that CPI data,” Seema Shah, Principal Global Investors chief strategist, told Yahoo Finance Live on Thursday. “But I have to say that we’re not so worried because we’re starting to see other parts of the inflation picture actually starting to fade. So at the end of next year, 12 months from now, we’re not expecting the kind of 6-7{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} CPI numbers … We’re thinking more the 3{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} level for 12 months time.” 

Given the backdrop of elevated inflation, Federal Reserve officials have adopted more hawkish rhetoric about the monetary policy path forward. Some pundits suggested more rotation could occur in U.S. equity markets beneath the surface as investors price in expectations for tighter Fed policy to rein in inflation. The Federal Open Market Committee is slated to hold its final two-day monetary policy-setting meeting of the year next week. 

“The inflation print from this morning will reinforce the Fed’s resolve to accelerate tapering. With the strength in the economic recovery, it is time to take the crutches away,” Anu Gaggar, global investment strategist for Commonwealth Financial Network, wrote in an email on Friday. “Supply and labor shortages will keep aggregate prices elevated for longer, keeping inflation higher than the Fed target for a while. Omicron might dent the nascent recovery in demand for services such as leisure and hospitality while widening the demand-supply imbalance for goods.”

4:00 p.m. ET: S&P 500 surges 3.8{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} in week

Here were the main moves in markets as of 4:00 p.m. ET:

  • S&P 500 (^GSPC): +44.60 (+0.96{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}) to 4,712.05

  • Dow (^DJI): +217.29 (+0.61{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}) to 35,971.98

  • Nasdaq (^IXIC): +113.23 (+0.73{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}) to 15,630.60

  • Crude (CL=F): +$1.04 (+1.47{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}) to $71.98 a barrel

  • Gold (GC=F): +$6.30 (+0.35{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}) to $1,783.00 per ounce

  • 10-year Treasury (^TNX): +0.2 bps to yield 1.4890{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}

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2:42 p.m. ET: Ford shares jump to the highest in two decades after founder’s grandson spends $20 million in share purchases

Shares of automaker Ford (F) jumped Friday afternoon to reach their highest level since 2001. 

The move came amid news that Ford’s executive chairman Bill Ford, great-grandson of Ford founder Henry Ford, chose to exercise nearly 2 million of stock options at a total cost of $20.5 million as part of his executive compensation. 

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10:12 a.m. ET: Consumer sentiment improved more than expected in early December: University of Michigan

The University of Michigan’s December Surveys of Consumers saw a bigger-than-expected recovery after reaching a decade-low in November, even as respondents called out rising inflation.

The institution’s headline sentiment index rose to 70.4 in its preliminary December survey compared to the 68.0 consensus economists were expecting, according to Bloomberg consensus data. This came following November’s print of 67.4 — the lowest in about 10 years.

Consumers’ one-year inflation expectations steadied at 4.9{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}, matching November’s rate. For the next five to 10 years, consumers expected inflation to rise at a 3.0{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} clip, with this also matching November’s reading.

“Sentiment posted a small overall gain in early December (+4.5{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}), although it was still nearly identical to the average reading in the prior four months (70.6),” Richard Curtin, chief economist for the Surveys of Consumers, wrote in a press statement. “The more interesting result was the large disparity between monthly gain among households with incomes in the lowest third (+23.6{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}) of the income distribution compared with the modest losses among households in the middle (-3.8{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}) and top third (-4.3{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}).”

“The core of the renewed optimism among the bottom third was the expectation of income increases of 2.9{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} during the year ahead; the last time a higher gain for this group was expected was in 1981,” he added. “This suggests an emerging wage-price spiral that could propel inflation higher in the years ahead.”

He also noted that 76{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} of consumers selected “inflation” as “the most serious problem facing the nation,” when asked directly to select between inflation and unemployment. Just 21{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} selected unemployment, Curtin added. 

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9:30 a.m. ET: Stocks open higher after hot inflation print

Here’s where markets were trading just after the opening bell:

  • S&P 500 (^GSPC): +30.78 (+0.66{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}) to 4,698.23

  • Dow (^DJI): +171.58 (+0.48{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}) to 35,886.82

  • Nasdaq (^IXIC): +113.45 (+0.73{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}) to 15,631.82

  • Crude (CL=F): +$0.85 (+1.20{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}) to $71.79 a barrel

  • Gold (GC=F): +$6.40 (+0.36{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}) to $1,783.10 per ounce

  • 10-year Treasury (^TNX): -1.7 bps to yield 1.47{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}

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8:36 a.m. ET: CPI inflation posts biggest year-over-year increase since 1982

The Labor Department’s Consumer Price Index showed the largest annual increase in inflation since 1982, signaling persistently elevated price pressures in the U.S. economy. 

The broadest measure of CPI grew at a 6.8{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} year-over-year rate in November, or the fastest rise in nearly four decades. This accelerated from the prior month’s 6.2{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} annual rise. On a month-over-month basis, the CPI rose 0.8{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}, coming in hotter than the 0.7{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} monthly rate consensus economists were expecting.

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7:20 a.m. ET Friday: Stock futures extend gains ahead of CPI report

Here’s where markets were trading ahead of the opening bell:

  • S&P 500 futures (ES=F): +16.75 points (+0.36{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}), to 4,683.75

  • Dow futures (YM=F): +93 points (+0.26{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}), to 35,846.00

  • Nasdaq futures (NQ=F): +57.25 points (+0.35{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}) to 16,206.00

  • Crude (CL=F): +$0.66 (+0.93{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}) to $71.60 a barrel

  • Gold (GC=F): -$3.50 (-0.2{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}) to $1,773.20 per ounce

  • 10-year Treasury (^TNX): +2.9 bps to yield 1.516{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}

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6:25 p.m. ET Thursday: Stock futures open higher 

Here were the main moves in markets in late trading on Thursday:

  • S&P 500 futures (ES=F): +6.5 points (+0.14{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}), to 4,673.50

  • Dow futures (YM=F): +34 points (+0.1{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}), to 35,787.00

  • Nasdaq futures (NQ=F): +25.25 points (+0.16{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}) to 16,174.00

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 08: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on December 08, 2021 in New York City. Following news from the pharmaceutical company Pfizer on the effectiveness of its vaccine against the Omicron COVID-19 variant, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied nearly 100 points in morning trading on Wednesday. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 08: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on December 08, 2021 in New York City. Following news from the pharmaceutical company Pfizer on the effectiveness of its vaccine against the Omicron COVID-19 variant, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied nearly 100 points in morning trading on Wednesday. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Japan Cabinet OKs Record Stimulus Package to Fix Economy | Business News

Japan Cabinet OKs Record Stimulus Package to Fix Economy | Business News

By YURI KAGEYAMA, AP Business enterprise Writer

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cupboard accredited on Friday a record 56 trillion yen ($490 billion) stimulus offer, which include hard cash handouts and aid to ailing organizations, to enable the overall economy out of the doldrums worsened by the coronavirus pandemic.

“The deal has more than plenty of information and scale to supply a perception of security and hope to the men and women,” Key Minister Fumio Kishida informed reporters in asserting the plan before in the working day.

The proposal gained Cupboard approval in the night, in accordance to the prime minister’s business office. It however needs parliamentary approval. Kishida has promised fast action, and parliament will convene future thirty day period, he explained.

The approach includes doling out 100,000 yen ($880) every in monetary support to people 18 decades or young, and assist for corporations whose sales plummeted since of coronavirus steps.

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Japan has under no circumstances had a complete lockdown through the pandemic and bacterial infections remained reasonably small, with fatalities linked to COVID-19 at about 18,000 men and women.

Under the government’s “state of unexpected emergency,” some dining establishments shut or minimal their hrs, and situations and theaters restricted crowd dimensions for social distancing. Aside from that, lack of pc chips and other automobile elements produced in other Asian nations that experienced significant outbreaks and strict lockdowns has hurt generation at Japan’s automakers, like Toyota Motor Corp., an financial mainstay.

The world’s 3rd most significant economic climate was currently stagnating in advance of the pandemic strike. So when the U.S. and several other international locations are searching for methods to minimize back on emergency support for their economies and tamp down inflation, Japan is hunting for means to rev its idling engines.

The authorities has been researching restarting its “GoTo Travel” campaign of special discounts at dining places and shops, which is designed to motivate domestic travel. The campaign, which started final 12 months, was discontinued when COVID scenarios started off to surge.

Some critics have stated the governing administration approach amounts to “baramaki,” or “spreading out handouts,” and will prove ineffective in creating growth in the very long operate. Others say the proposed dollars support leaves out people with no children and other weak.

The scale of the latest bundle also will press Japan’s financial debt better given that it will be financed by issuing bonds.

Yoshimasa Maruyama, main sector economist at SMBC Nikko Securities, mentioned the government demands to concentrate on acquiring spending heading yet again, and the GoTo marketing campaign could prove productive.

Japan’s financial state contracted at an annual fee of 3{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} in the July-September period of time, mostly due to the fact of weak consumer investing. Analysts say the economy is unlikely to rebound until eventually future 12 months.

Japan has also promised to earmark paying for vaccine research immediately after experiencing criticism over currently being dependent on imports for coronavirus vaccines. It has so considerably authorised vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca.

Kishida, who has promised “a new capitalism” for Japan, took business office in October. In September, he turned the head of the ruling celebration, changing his predecessor Yoshihide Suga, who stepped down following just a year in business office, largely due to the fact of widespread general public discontent about his inept reaction to the pandemic.

“We want to assist individuals persons who are suffering because of the coronavirus, whilst steering our nation’s sorely broken economy again to wellbeing,” Kishida explained.

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Number of Americans quitting jobs reached record high in September

Number of Americans quitting jobs reached record high in September

The number and share of U.S. staff voluntarily leaving their work opportunities reached an all-time high in September, in accordance to information released Friday by the Labor Division.

Approximately 4.4 million U.S. personnel give up their careers in September and the “quits charge” rose to 3 per cent, in accordance to the newest version of the Career Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLTS) survey, each and every a new document. The range of position openings stayed around even in August at 10.4 million.

The surge in American workers voluntarily leaving their work opportunities is the latest signal of developing employee power in the recovering labor market place. 

Economists see quits as a window into how ready staff are to leave their recent work in search of a further role with greater payment or larger private achievement.

Wages have risen promptly by means of 2021, specially for the least expensive-paid workers, as companies battle to fill millions of employment. Each the proportion and variety of working-age adults in the labor power are however nicely below pre-pandemic levels, offering people at this time trying to find work opportunities increased leverage and alternatives.

“The rise of quitting across the labor marketplace is impressive, but the focus between a couple sectors is eye-popping. Quits are up the most in sectors the place most function is in-individual or relatively small shelling out,” explained Nick Bunker, financial analysis director at In truth.

Bunker highlighted sharp jumps in quits inside of the producing as nicely as the leisure and hospitality sectors — each of which ended up hit hard by the emergence of COVID-19 and are very sensitive to health and fitness fears amongst workers. 

“Quits are up the most in sectors where by most get the job done is in-man or woman or fairly very low paying out,” he mentioned.

“The ‘Great Resignation’ is far more a story about solid demand from customers for personnel, instead than a rethink of get the job done among better-cash flow employees.”

Though the labor sector is supplying an upper hand to quite a few employees and career seekers, the uncertain foreseeable future of thousands and thousands of workers who’ve yet to return to the position hunt has raised concerns about the long-expression strength of the recovery. A forever smaller workforce could hinder the country’s successful potential and raise force on overloaded source chains.

“We do assume that larger compensation and abundant openings will attract far more employees to reenter the labor power in coming months, supporting to relieve the tight labor market to some degree. But as the unemployment fee ways pre-Covid stages up coming year and is envisioned to fall even further outside of that, the labor marketplace could keep on being relatively limited throughout the latest expansion,” reported Ben Ayers, senior economist at Nationwide, in a Friday examination.

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Record Pay & Placement At Michigan Ross

Record Pay & Placement At Michigan Ross

The Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan

Another Class of 2021 employment report, another set of school records and superlatives. The Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan released its new jobs numbers today (November 12), and like its peer schools, Michigan is happy to see the back of the chaotic year that brought coronavirus onto the scene.

Graduates of the Ross School’s full-time MBA program received the highest total median salary package in school history, $171,450, a 6{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} increase over the Class of 2020. The class’s median salary was $144,000, 6.7{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} up from last year. Despite many positives amid the 2020 pandemic, that Ross MBA class reported only a 4.6{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} salary increase over 2019’s graduates.

Placement rates, meanwhile, rebounded big time, with 97.5{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} of Ross MBAs receiving offers within three months of graduation (up from 90{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} last year), and 96.1{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} accepting; the latter is a 10-year-high and a nearly 9{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} year-over-year improvement. Especially gratifying for the Ross careers office was the success of international students, who reported an acceptance rate of 97.9{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} three months after graduation — after their prospects had cratered to 84.5{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} in the depths of Covid-19 last year.

‘OUR STUDENTS ACHIEVED THEIR CAREER GOALS’

Heather Byrne. Courtesy photo

Michigan Ross sent 60{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} of its Class of 2021 MBAs into consulting (35.1{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}, down slightly from last year) and tech (24.9{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}, up slightly). The MBB firms — McKinsey, Bain, and Boston Consulting Group — represented more than 50 hires between them, while Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Apple, and Dell accounted for nearly that many. Finance, meanwhile, saw renewed interest, with 15.5{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} of Ross MBAs going into that industry, up from just 11.9{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} in 2020.

Consulting offered the highest median salaries at $165,000, while bankers reported the highest median bonus, $47,500. International grads kept pace with a median pay of $137K compared to U.S. citizens’ median of $150K. Overall, bonuses were flat at $30,000, but a remarkable 91.5{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} of grads reported receiving one. See page 2 for placement and salary details.

“We are proud of how our students achieved their career goals, rising to the challenge of virtual recruiting and earning placements in the companies and industries they wanted to be in around the world,” says Heather Byrne, managing director of the Michigan Ross Career Development Office. “We are excited to have new and innovative companies added to our Full-Time MBA students’ post-graduation career destinations, and I continue to be impressed with our office’s industry relations, coaching, and the professionally-coordinated peer support to help them land those opportunities.”

94{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} OF CLASS OF 2021 MBAs WERE CAREER SWITCHERS

Ross MBAs historically go to work on the East or West coast or Chicago, though last year the number of those accepting jobs in those places dipped to 60{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}; in 2021 it rebounded to 74{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}. As at peer schools, a high number of jobs continued to be facilitated by the school’s career’s office or otherwise sourced on campus: 80{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}. And also not uncommon was the fact that the vast majority of 2021 graduates were career switchers: 94{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}. Only four Ross MBAs reported not seeking work because they planned to start their own businesses.

Internships for the Class of 2022 were included in the new employment report. The largest internship employers for Ross students in the summer were unsurprisingly in consulting and tech: five of the largest hiring companies were Bain, Amazon, EY/Parthenon, Deloitte, and McKinsey & Co.

“This year’s hiring and internship outcomes are testament to the strength, quality, and caliber of our full-time MBA students, and the versatile and adaptable leadership strengths they bring to any organization,” says Brad Killaly, Ross associate dean for full-time MBA programs.

See the next page for more data from the Michigan Ross MBA Class of 2021 employment report, and see the full report here.

McKinsey (26 hires) and Amazon (25) led the list of employers of Michigan Ross Class of 2021 MBAs, with BCG (19), Deloitte (16), and EY-Parthenon (15) the others hiring in the double digits. But Ross MBAs are not just consultants and techies and consulting techies. Among the new companies and organizations that hired Class of 2021 grads: Fluence, a global energy storage technology and services company; Plume, a provider of gender-affirming hormone therapy via telehealth for the transgender community across the U.S.; and Kitamba, a social impact consulting and products firm dedicated to improving learning and life outcomes for children.

The latter is representative of a growing trend at Michigan Ross: graduates pursuing impact-related careers. More than 10{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} of the class reported going into careers with a social impact or sustainability component, the school reports, up more than 6 percentage points from 2020 and 3 percentage points from a previous high of nearly 7{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} in 2018.

REGIONAL SALARY AND BONUS DATA FOR 2021 ROSS MBAs

REGIONAL INTERNSHIP DATA FOR 2022 ROSS MBAs

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Stocks trade choppily after S&P 500 and Nasdaq set record intraday highs

Stocks trade choppily after S&P 500 and Nasdaq set record intraday highs

Stocks ended at records on Friday as investors digested disappointing earnings results from Apple (AAPL) and Amazon (AMZN) that came during an otherwise solid quarterly reporting season from many major companies. 

The S&P 500 set record intraday and closing highs. The index posted monthly gain of more than 6.5{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} in October, or its best single-month advance since November 2020. The consumer discretionary, energy and information technology sectors outperformed during the month. 

The Nasdaq also eked out a fresh record level, even as a couple of heavily weighted technology giants saw shares dip. 

Amazon shares dropped after the e-commerce juggernaut missed third-quarter expectations and forecasted a jump in expenses in the fourth quarter due to supply chain disruptions and rising costs for labor, materials and freight. These factors are expected to generate “several billion dollars of additional costs” to Amazon in the current quarter, the company said in its earnings statement. 

Peer tech giant Apple also disappointed Wall Street in its fiscal first-quarter results, with key iPhone sales missing expectations even following the launch of its latest iPhone 13 handset series. Shares of Apple’s suppliers including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSM), Qualcomm (QCOM) and Broadcom (AVGO) also fell immediately following the results. 

For Wall Street, the results appeared to vindicate concerns that mounting supply chain disruptions, labor costs and materials shortages were impacting companies of all sizes heading into the holiday season, and were creating challenges for corporations to keep pace with rising demand. 

And for Apple, Amazon and some other technology companies, investors have been additionally fearful that these key members of last year’s lucrative “stay-at-home” trade would be unable to maintain lofty growth rates following a pandemic-induced surge in their businesses. Amazon’s sales grew 15{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} in the third quarter, slowing down markedly from 27{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} rate in the second quarter. 

“I will agree, they are overvalued,” Rebecca Felton, Riverfront Investment Group senior market strategist, told Yahoo Finance Live about technology companies on Thursday. “But remember valuation is a condition, not a catalyst. And the catalyst I think for technology is going to be the consistency both on the top and bottom line.”

Meanwhile, investors continued to digest a mixed batch of economic data results, which included a weaker-than-expected print on third-quarter gross domestic product. The report, while comprehensive in scope, still offered an only backwards-looking view of state of the economy. Some pundits suggested economic activity had already begun to pick up, helping to underpin companies’ performance into the final months of the year and equity prices.

“I still think the best is yet to come,” Heritage Capital President Paul Schatz told Yahoo Finance on Thursday. “GDP for Q3 is going to be a trough. We’re going to have much stronger growth in Q4 and Q1 of next year, inflation is going to peak in the next six months, supply chain issues strongly moderate by early Q2 of next year. And this rising tide is going to lift most ships.”

“The economically sensitive trade, whatever you want to call it — reopening, reflation, inflation — that trade is very alive, very well and it’s not over,” he added.

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4:03 p.m. ET: Stocks end at records, S&P 500 posts best monthly advance since Nov. 2020

Here’s where markets closed out Friday’s session:

  • S&P 500 (^GSPC): +8.96 (+0.19{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}) to 4,605.38

  • Dow (^DJI): +89.01 (+0.25{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}) to 35,819.49

  • Nasdaq (^IXIC): +50.27 (+0.33{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}) to 15,498.39

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2:39 p.m. ET: Microsoft overtakes Apple as most highly valued stock in the U.S. by market cap 

Microsoft (MSFT) shares jumped on Friday, sending the stock’s market capitalization above that of Apple and making it the most valuable stock in the U.S. 

The Redmond, Washington-based company was the best performer in the Dow on Friday, extending gains after reporting better-than-expected quarterly results earlier this week as its Microsoft Azure cloud unit surged in growth yet again. As of Friday afternoon, Microsoft’s market capitalization was hovering at $2.478 trillion, versus Apple’s $2.466 trillion, based on Yahoo Finance data.

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12:30 p.m. ET: S&P 500, Nasdaq turn higher to jump to record intraday highs

Stocks reversed course to push into positive territory in afternoon trading, led by gains in the communication services and health-care sectors in the S&P 500. The Dow reversed earlier losses of as many as 97 points to rise by more than 110 points, or 0.3{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}.

The Nasdaq Composite and Nasdaq 100 also each eked out intraday records despite drops in heavily weighted technology stocks Amazon and Apple. 

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9:31 a.m. ET: Stocks drop as tech shares lag 

Here’s where markets were trading just after the opening bell: 

  • S&P 500 (^GSPC): -23.57 (-0.51{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}) to 4,572.85

  • Dow (^DJI): -15.81 (-0.04{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}) to 35,714.67

  • Nasdaq (^IXIC): -111.67 (-0.72{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}) to 15,339.63

  • Crude (CL=F): -$0.72 (-0.87{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}) to $82.09 a barrel

  • Gold (GC=F): -$21.60 (-1.2{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}) to $1,781.00 per ounce

  • 10-year Treasury (^TNX): +2.9 bps to yield 1.598{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}

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8:41 a.m. ET: Core PCE inflation rose 3.6{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} in September over last year, matching August’s rate

The Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation rose at the expected annual rate in September, holding at an elevated level on a historical basis but averting an expected acceleration. 

Core personal consumption expenditures, which capture underlying price changes and exclude volatile food and energy prices, rose 3.6{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} in September over last year, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said Friday. This was in-line with the expected rate of change, according to Bloomberg data, and matched the prior month’s gain. 

On a month-over-month basis, the core PCE rose 0.2{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}, slowing slightly from August’s 0.3{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} rise. 

The broadest measure of personal consumption expenditures rose 0.3{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} in September compared to August and 4.4{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} in September over last year. Both of these metrics matched expectations. 

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8:33 a.m. ET: Personal income drops more than expected in September while spending meets estimates

Personal income posted a larger than expected monthly decline in September as stimulus from more government crisis-relief programs waned. Spending, however, rose in-line with estimates.

U.S. consumer income fell 1.0{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} in September compared to August, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said on Friday. This was bigger than the 0.3{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} decline expected, according to Bloomberg consensus data. The Bureau of Economic Analysis noted that the end of enhanced federal unemployment benefits in early September was one major factor contributing to the drop.

Spending, meanwhile, rose at a 0.6{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} clip, matching expectations. This followed a 0.8{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} monthly rise in consumer spending in August.

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7:22 a.m. ET Friday: Stock futures fall, with Apple, Amazon weighing on Nasdaq 

Here’s where markets were trading ahead of the opening bell:

  • S&P 500 futures (ES=F): -22.25 points (-0.49{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}), to 4,565.25

  • Dow futures (YM=F): -42 points (-0.12{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}), to 35,571.00

  • Nasdaq futures (NQ=F): -137.00 points (-0.87{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}) to 15,627.75

  • Crude (CL=F): +$0.20 (+0.24{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}) to $83.01 a barrel

  • Gold (GC=F): -$5.80 (-0.32{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}) to $1,796.80 per ounce

  • 10-year Treasury (^TNX): +3.4 bps to yield 1.603{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 30: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on September 30, 2021 in New York City. In afternoon trading the Dow was down over 250 points as investors continue to worry about inflation, wages and supply chain issues. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 30: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on September 30, 2021 in New York City. In afternoon trading the Dow was down over 250 points as investors continue to worry about inflation, wages and supply chain issues. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Stock futures drift after S&P 500, Dow log record highs

Stock futures drift after S&P 500, Dow log record highs

Inventory futures opened a bit larger Monday evening, steadying near record degrees as buyers awaited one more hefty set of earnings and financial data. 

The S&P 500 and Dow had each achieved all-time highs during Monday’s session, with equity buyers proving resilient even in the encounter of ongoing source chain challenges and elevated inflationary pressures. 

The Nasdaq Composite jumped by .9{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}, coming within just 1{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} of its very own file closing superior as shares of Tesla (TSLA) rallied for a fourth straight session, bringing the stock’s sector capitalization above $1 trillion for the to start with time. Engineering shares also obtained broadly as investors awaited earnings final results from the likes of Alphabet (GOOGL), Twitter (TWTR) and Sophisticated Micro Devices (AMD) on Tuesday, and other tech heavyweights like Amazon (AMZN) and Apple (AAPL) later on this 7 days.

Fb (FB) shares attained in late investing even soon after the organization posted mixed third-quarter benefits and profits assistance that skipped expectations. The social media big also reported it would be shifting its reporting structure to break out Facebook Actuality Labs in its very own separate segment, next the firm’s enough financial commitment in creating out its digital fact products and solutions and metaverse. It observed it envisioned investment decision in Fb Actuality Labs to reduce total working gain by about $10 billion this year. 

Shares have jumped so significantly in Oct as investors at least quickly shook off problems around increasing input and labor fees, and popular shortages, for organizations across a wide selection of industries. Even specified these pressures, quite a few providers have managed to exceed Wall Street’s earnings anticipations in their most up-to-date quarterly benefits, which largely reflected companies’ skills to take in or move on heightened expenses at minimum for the time remaining. 

With earnings rolling in this month, the S&P 500 has so much obtained 6{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} in October, and is heading for its most effective thirty day period considering that November 2020. 

“The S&P 500 Index has obtained more than 20{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a} so far this 12 months, generating extra than 50 record highs alongside the way. Certainly no person really should be upset with that return if that was all 2021 brought us,” Ryan Detrick, Chief Marketplace Strategist for LPL Economical, wrote in an electronic mail. “Having said that, we see indications that there could be much more gains to occur in the last two months of the calendar year.”

“Seasonal tailwinds, increasing market internals, and crystal clear signs of a peak in the Delta variant all present potential fuel for equities heading into calendar year-conclusion, and we retain our over weight equities recommendation as a end result,” he additional. 

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6:03 p.m. ET Monday: Stock futures tick up

This is the place marketplaces were investing as the right away session kicked off: 

  • S&P 500 futures (ES=F): +6 details (+.13{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}), to 4,564.00

  • Dow futures (YM=F): +22 details (+.06{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}), to 35,642.00

  • Nasdaq futures (NQ=F): +33 factors (+.21{1b90e59fe8a6c14b55fbbae1d9373c165823754d058ebf80beecafc6dee5063a}) to 15,528.75

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., October 18, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Traders do the job on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York Metropolis, U.S., Oct 18, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

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Emily McCormick is a reporter for Yahoo Finance. Adhere to her on Twitter