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US Jobless Claims At 1.4M For Second Week

PYMNTS

For the second consecutive week, the number of Americans filing new unemployment claims increased last week as new cases of COVID-19 continued to surge. Department of Labor (DOL) reported Thursday (July 30) that the number of seasonally adjusted initial jobless claims was 1,434,000, up 12,000 from the previous week’s revised level.

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Adam Kae vs Traditional Consulting Firms

Adam Kae

Adam started as a financial analyst where he quickly grew up the ranks into a third-level actuarial analyst. With these roles, he focused on healthcare data and using trends to predict future performance. He learned about how healthcare firms operate and how he can use data to drive strategy.

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Transcript: Rick Rieder

Barry Ritholtz

In fact, I was going to be a strategist, financial analyst to work for a bank and write research reports. But I found — you know, I was a financial analyst and I was literally — you know, what we talked about, I was going to go and do that again, I loved looking at companies. RIEDER: A100 percent.