Analistas dicen que las acciones deben subir ya que la caida debido a empleo ha sido exagerada.
Analysts: Stocks Poised to Rally as Jobs-Data Focus Is Overdone
By TOMI KILGORE
Although the government's jobs report this morning is likely to compound worries of a broader economic slowdown, the biggest two-day slide in stocks in nearly three months suggests investors have overreacted. And analysts say this could even set the market up for a nice rally.
The Labor Department releases its May employment report at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time following a string of weaker-than-expected readings on jobs, the housing market, manufacturing and consumer confidence. Investors are right to fear the worst out of the report, but it might not be the straw that breaks the market's back.
"I think [a weak number] is already going to be priced in, on a numerical standpoint," said Frank Fantozzi, chief executive of Planned Financial Services. "It's just one number. People get caught up with the idea that momentum is slowing a little, but the trend [of payroll growth] is still positive."
In anticipation of a weak employment report, the Dow Jones Industrial Average followed up Wednesday's 280-point tumble with a 42-point decline on Thursday. The last time the Dow fell this much in back-to-back sessions was March 16, when Japan was still grappling with the aftermath of its earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis. The very next day, the Dow launched a six-week rally to multi-year highs.
Analysts believe that investors have placed too much emphasis on a single data point, and that fears the economy is falling apart are overdone. Rex Macey, chief investment officer at Wilmington Trust, said investors have become "hyper-sensitive" to monthly jobs data. "Any one item shouldn't move the market that much."
The nonfarm payroll number, even if it misses forecasts, is still likely to increase for an eighth consecutive month. That would be the longest such streak in four years.
The labor market, as well as the overall economy, is still growing—just at a slower rate than previously thought. And some analysts think that the market's recent slide indicates investor expectations have been reset enough that upcoming data should start surprising to the upside soon.
J.P. Morgan analysts said incoming economic data have disappointed so consistently that some indexes tracking economic surprises have fallen to the lowest non-recession readings seen since 2004. They are now at levels that are historically associated with a rebound in economic momentum and a trough in stocks, with the Standard & Poor's 500 index gaining 5% on average over the next three months, U.S. equity strategist Thomas Lee said in a research note.
For that reason, Mr. Lee said the recent selloff in stocks "feels of capitulation."
There have also been some rumblings that even if the payroll number is weaker than expected stocks could still rally because the Federal Reserve might consider a third round of quantitative easing, dubbed as QE3.
But Mr. Macey said that not only is QE3 highly unlikely, the thought of bad news being good is like hoping for a painful illness so a painkiller could be prescribed. "I'd rather be healthy," he said.
Write to Tomi Kilgore at tomi.kilgore@dowjones.com