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Market Watch: Friday February 3, 2012

>  Stocks rallied Friday on jobs data; Saturday model indicates a possible new leg-up for stocks if Monday is a decent session.

>  Stocks rally Friday on super jobs report; short term forecast set back to positive; next week may go back to cautious neutral trading.

>  Model upgrades the short term forecast back to positive from neutral, warning that next week may go back to cautious trading.

>  U.S. stocks jump at the start of trade Friday on overwhelming jobs creation and unemployment report.

>  nonfarm jobs 243,000, well above estimates set futures ramping higher;  European markets initially little changed.

>  Asia Pacific stock markets mixed;  Europe markets positive;  U.S. could see a neutral to positive open;  jobs data pending.

>  Asia Pacific stock markets are flat;  Europe markets not open;  U.S. could see a negative open, pending jobs data.

>  Thursday evening model run changed the short term forecast to neutral;  this means a chance that the S&P 500 could move lower.

>  Equity market mixed going to the close with tech advancing, broader market of stocks near unchanged, ahead of jobs payroll.

>  Asia Pacific stock markets end with near 1-percent gain;  European stocks mixed midday;  U.S. set for flat open.

>  Unemployment new claims decrease slightly to 367,000 last week- chart.

>  Asia Pacific stock markets are rallying, most better than 1-percent, midday;  U.S. early look sees positive open, pending data.

>  Equities held onto a nice gain Wednesday on data and little bad news from Europe ahead of expected Facebook IPO filing.

>  Equities hold onto mornings gain heading to the close;  S&P 500 index was very close to a neutral downgrade yesterday.

>  Flat open turns positive overnight for U.S. stock market as European stocks continue ramping up on economic data/ outlook.

>  Flat open seen for Wednesday pending Europe markets and news.

>  Asia Pacific stocks end positive;  European markets show nice gains;  models see U.S. open as neutral to positive.

>  Early Look:  Asia stocks up midday;  Europe, hours away from open;  models see Tuesday U.S. open as neutral to positive.

>  U.S. negative ness on Eurozone news turns somewhat positive, trending higher off the lows, to the unchanged line Monday.

>  U.S. starts negative on developments in the Eurozone;  well off the lows, stocks struggle, reaching for the unchanged line.

>  Futures point to a negative open Monday;  It is back to reality with the Euro Area crisis back in traders headlines.

>  Early Look: Futures point to a neutral to negative open Monday;  Fitch Ratings downgrades five Euro Area sovereigns.

>  Asia Pacific down midday Monday with Europe awaiting open;  to early to tell what the U.S. open will look like.

>  GDP 2.8 percent for the fourth-quarter 2011, below estimates;  global markets react negatively.

>  Asia Pacific stocks end mostly positive;  European stocks go negative on U.S. GDP news;  U.S. set for flat negative open.

>  Asia Pacific stocks mixed midday;  European stocks could open mixed;  U.S. set for flat to negative open, pending data and news.

>  U.S. market positive ness comes to an end;  some are asking correction or just a pause.

>  Dow Index off by 0.2%, the NASDAQ was lower by 0.5%, and the S&P 500 was down by 0.6%.

>  Jobless new claims up 21,000 last week- chart;  Fed inspired global rally continues in the U.S. stock market Thursday morning.

Asia Pacific markets ended Friday mixed while European markets ended up, helping the U.S. futures market;  Friday saw U.S. stocks rally on the jobs report and models Saturday show a chance of Fridays rally carrying over to Monday.    # # #    Asia Pacific markets were mixed Friday;  European stocks ended positive;  U.S. saw a rally Friday on jobs creation and unemployment-rate report;  short-term forecast returned to positive in the afternoon session.    # # #    Jobs data gets the job done sending stocks higher in early trade Friday;  243,000 new jobs and an unemployment rate of 8.3 percent for January and upbeat positive revisions.    # # #    Flat mixed session for the broader market;  tech stocks continue to advance, all ahead of the big jobs report tomorrow where we find out how many jobs were created in January and revisions to prior months;  unemployment rate will be of interest, too.    # # #    Greece headlines could come back at any time;  markets look for positive news;  stocks in Asia rallying;  Europe markets to open neutral to positive, pending data;  U.S. awaits jobless new claims.    # # #    U.S. stock market advanced Wednesday ending off the high of the session but posting a nice gain as the market waits for announcement of Facebook IPO filing.    # # #    Futures advance overnight point to positive start Wednesday on global markets positive ness over better feel for Greece debt resolution.    # # #    Early look at Wednesday's open sees a flat start that could trend negative early as traders continue to sort out Greece developments.    # # #    Early Look: Look for a neutral to positive open as markets sort out Greece developments.    # # #    Early Look: Pre Market: Asia Pacific equities are positive midday; Europe is hours away from the open, could see neutral start Tuesday; models see Tuesday U.S. open as neutral to positive for the last regular session of January, where the January effect points to a healthy stock market for 2012. # # # Asia Pacific markets getting underway with Europe still hours away from their Tuesday open. # # # Stock market (S&P 500) still up against Barometer resistance; significant move this week could be an indicator of new direction. # # # U.S. futures are pointing to a negative start for stocks Monday; Fitch Ratings service downgraded five Euro Area sovereigns and affirmed one; see if investors can hold onto Januarys gains with two session left that could be very negative. # # # Mondays open could be determined by news out of the Eurozone and how European markets perform in the morning hours. # # # Barometer models show a flat to negative open Friday;  European markets go negative on GDP;   Asian stock markets ended positive.    # # #    Barometer models show a neutral open Friday as model data is sparse at this time, too many variables.    # # #    Stocks spike Wednesday, move higher as Fed sets tone for Asia Pacific and European markets;  U.S. awaits unemployment initial claims data at 8:30a ET;  markets continue to watch for news from Europe and Greece meetings with creditors.    # # #    Stocks post in positive territory Wednesday, reversed direction out of negative territory midday on Fed FOMC extending rate policy to late 2014;  FOMC chief holds press conference Wednesday on monetary policy announcement and Q&A.    # # #    European markets will influence the U.S. open;  the Fed announcement later in the afternoon could be a market direction changer;  some marketeers are looking for QE3.    # # #    Models indicate a neutral to positive open for the U.S. stock market;  Asia Pacific stocks are showing green arrows with Europe markets not yet open.    # # #    Barometer models continue to see positive for the U.S. stock market for the short term.    # # #   

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