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It’s always a little curious to me how the market moves on speculation.  Billions of dollars change hands every day based on what people think they know to be true.  Last week the Bond Market bonked ahead of the Unemployment Report which showed that there were more jobs created than had been previously estimated.  Today, the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey shows that there were fewer job openings during that same period than had been estimated by the same analysts.  The actuality probably lies somewhere in the middle.  Regardless, Stocks dropped and Bonds rose at the opening bell.  An hour later, oil prices rise and the equity and debt markets reverse.