If companies don’t see a penny when average retail traders buy their stock, why do they care so much about their share price?

The unemployment rate shrank to 4.1%, according to this morning’s jobs report, which sent stocks tumbling because it gives the Federal Reserve even less reason to cut rates. 

The long bond (TLT) is putting pressure on stocks, which are down slightly ahead of the open Wednesday, but action is largely random. 

Stocks are mostly flat ahead of Tuesday’s open, and the big question facing us right now should we be waiting for a pullback, or should we buy right now?

Stocks are up big to kick off the first full trading week of the year.

The Dow fell over 700 points to start the new year, and all of this info adds to my theory that the first half of this year could be rough for the market. 

A lot of people are making big projections heading into the new year, and I have a few of my own that I’ll share at 2 p.m. ET today!