Chris Martenson: Nasdaq falls nearly 5 percent despite jobs gain as miners rally

Chris Martenson: Nasdaq falls nearly 5 percent despite jobs gain as miners rally
Nasdaq falls as miners rally

The Nasdaq index dropped nearly 5 percent and fell below its 200-day moving average, despite payrolls increasing by 165,000. Miners rose sharply, gaining 12 percent during the same period. Chris Martenson commented on this classic risk-off rotation in a recent post.

Martenson has recently tracked significant developments in the oil market. He reported that the December 2027 future oil contract reached a record high and continued to climb, as detailed in a recent article. In another post, he noted that tanker attacks and Hormuz disruptions have pushed effective oil prices to the $200 equivalent at the pump, according to his coverage.

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