The stock market fumbled an early gain on Friday as Wall Street weighed rising rate-cut odds against worries about the economy. The Nasdaq Composite was down by less than 0.1%. “Employment is essentially flat over the last 3 months, with other signs of weakness within the data,” David Donabedian, co-chief investment officer of CIBC Private Wealth, told Barron’s. “The job market is stagnant without a catalyst for improvement.”
