| The KUIK Market Update for Tuesday, June 9: | |||||||
| Markets are down slightly. | |||||||
| Index | Direction | Change | Units | Time | Change | ||
| Dow | Down | (5) | points | 17,761 | 7:55 AM | ||
| S&P500 | Down | 0.0% | percent | 2,078 | (0.89) | ||
| Nasdaq Composite | Down | -0.6% | percent | 4,994 | (27.90) | ||
| 30 Year Treasury | Up | 6 | Basis Points | 3.16 | Annual Yield | ||
| Foreclosure inventory has fallen by 25% in the year to April, and completed foreclosures fell by 20%, according to CoreLogic. As of April, the national foreclosure inventory included approximately 521,000 homes, or 1.4%, of all homes with a mortgage. The 40,000 completed foreclosures represents a decline of two-thirds from the peak in Sept. 2010. The number of mortgages in serious delinquency has fallen by 22% to 1.4 million. | |||||||
| Job openings at U.S. workplaces rose to a record high of 5.38 million in April from 5.11 million in March, according to the Department of Labor. Compared with last year, April’sopenings rose 22%, as private-sector openings increased 21% to 4.89 million, and government positions rose to 489,000 from 367,000. With 8.55 million unemployed people in April, there were about 1.6 potential job seekers per opening, below March’s 1.7. In April 2014, there were 2.2 seekers per opening. | |||||||
| Serving the West Side first, I am Bill Roller of BR Capital for 1360 KUIK. | |||||||
| http://www.marketwatch.com/story/foreclosure-inventory-down-by-25-over-the-last-year-corelogic-says-2015-06-09 | |||||||
| http://www.marketwatch.com/story/april-job-openings-rise-to-record-high-of-538-million-2015-06-09?dist=lcountdown | |||||||
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