{"id":296521,"date":"2022-10-07T17:13:28","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T21:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/?p=296521"},"modified":"2022-10-10T10:52:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T14:52:41","slug":"low-unemployment-low-stocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/low-unemployment-low-stocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Low unemployment, low stocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The week ended on another sell-off, but remained positive. The catalyst was the latest U.S. unemployment number coming in lower than expected. In turn, that means that the U.S. Fed will remain hawkish in raising interest rates in the near term. The S&amp;P finished Friday at -2.8%, the Nasdaq -3.8% and the Dow -2.1%. All sectors were in the red. That said, the S&amp;P was still up 0.83% for the week was barely positive for the week, but the Nasdaq lost nearly 4%.<\/p>\n<p>Semis were battered, with <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/59\/AMD-Q\">AMD<\/a> sliding 13.56% in heavy trading and <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/637\/INTC-Q\">Intel<\/a> slipping 5.37%. Other tech was also hammered with <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/4017\/TSLA-Q\">Tesla<\/a> down 6.24%, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/4\/AAPL-Q\">Apple<\/a> by 3.75%. <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/873\/NOC-N\">Northrop Grumman<\/a> was a rare gainer, up 2.24%, and <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/555\/HAL-N\">Halliburton<\/a> adding 2.01%. The U.S. 10-year yield climbed to 3.89% while <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/6966\/CRYPTOBTC\">Bitcoin<\/a> slid 2.1% to $19,500.<\/p>\n<p>WTI continued to climb, up 4.2% to nearly $92. Canadian employment numbers were also strong, though. All sectors were in the red. The most-traded stocks included cannabis, including <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/4811\/WEED-T\">Canopy<\/a> at -25.78% and <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/6036\/TLRY-Q\">Tilray<\/a> at -19.18%, shedding huge gains a day after U.S. President Biden&#8217;s tweet pushing decriminalization. Also losing was <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/5283\/LAC-T\">Lithium Americas<\/a> by -13% and <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/5093\/SHOP-T\">Shopify<\/a> down nearly 10%. heading were <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/1424\/BTE-T\">Baytex<\/a> by 2.84% and <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/3969\/MEG-T\">Meg Energy<\/a> up 1.68%.<\/p>\n<p>&#x1f4be; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/59\/AMD-Q\">Advanced Micro Devices (AMD-Q)<\/a> -13.56%<br \/>\n&#x1f4be; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/637\/INTC-Q\">Intel (INTC-Q)<\/a> -5.37%<br \/>\n&#x1f697; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/4017\/TSLA-Q\">Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA-Q)<\/a> -6.24%<br \/>\n&#x1f34e; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/4\/AAPL-Q\">Apple (AAPL-Q)<\/a> -3.75%<br \/>\n&#x1f69a; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/873\/NOC-N\">Northrop Grumman (NOC-N)<\/a> +2.24%<br \/>\n&#x1f6e2; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/555\/HAL-N\">Halliburton Co (HAL-N)<\/a> +2.01%<br \/>\n&#x1f171; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/6966\/CRYPTOBTC\">Bitcoin (BTCUSD) (CRYPTO:BTC)<\/a> -2.1%<br \/>\n&#x1f33f; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/4811\/WEED-T\">Canopy Growth Corp. 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