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June 6, 2026 | Tech Talk for Saturday June 6th 2026
Don Vialoux
The Bottom Line
Good news for the U.S. and Canadian economies was bad news for North American equity markets on Friday. May U.S. Non-farm Payrolls increased to 172,000 versus a consensus 90,000 increase. Canada’s May Employment increased 87,500 versus a consensus 10,000 increase. The stock market interpreted the good economic news as a delay in possible interest rate reductions. The S&P 500 dropped 200.57 to 7,283.74 and the TSX Composite Index dropped 803.61 to 34.313.45.
Focuses next week are on U.S. inflation reports: May Consumer Price Index report released on Wednesday and May Producer Price Index report released on Thursday.
Technology focus this week is on Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference from June 8th to June 12th. Keynote speech featuring Tim Cook’s address and forecasts is released at 10:00 AM Pacific Time on Monday June 8th.
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Don Vialoux June 6th, 2026
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