Daily Archives: November 3, 2015

ADP Employment Report: October 2015 Preview

Private nonfarm payrolls in the US are projected to increase by 184,000 (seasonally adjusted) in tomorrow’s October update of the ADP Employment Report vs. the previous month, based on The Capital Spectator’s average point forecast for several econometric estimates. The average projection reflects a moderately lower gain vs. the increase in September.
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Risk Premia Forecasts: Major Asset Classes | 3 November 2015

The expected risk premium for the Global Market Index (GMI) ticked higher in October, posting the first rise in three months. GMI — an unmanaged, market-value weighted mix of the major asset classes — is projected to earn an annualized 3.4% return over the “risk-free” rate in the long term. (For details on the equilibrium-based methodology that’s used to generate the forecasts each month, see the summary below). Today’s revised estimate, which is based on data through last month, increased 20 basis points over the previous month’s update.
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