On March 26, 2026, Director Raymond W. Cohen reported the open-market purchase of 10,000 shares of Kestra Medical Technologies, as disclosed in a SEC Form 4 filing . Transaction value based on SEC Form 4 weighted average purchase price ($19.98); post-transaction value based on March 26, 2026 market close ($19.68). Note: 1-year performance is calculated using March April 2, 2026 as the reference da...
On March 26, 2026, Director Raymond W. Cohen reported the open-market purchase of 10,000 shares of Kestra Medical Technologies, as disclosed in a SEC Form 4 filing . Transaction value based on SEC Form 4 weighted average purchase price ($19.98); post-transaction value based on March 26, 2026 market close ($19.68). Note: 1-year performance is calculated using March April 2, 2026 as the reference date. Continue reading
Andrei Askirka/iStock via Getty Images By Jennifer Nash Initial jobless claims measure the number of people who file for unemployment for the first time in a given week. In the week ending March 28th, initial jobless claims were at a seasonally adjusted level of 202,000. This represents a decrease of 9,000 from the previous week's figure and was lower than the forecast of 212,000. Here is the comp...
Andrei Askirka/iStock via Getty Images By Jennifer Nash Initial jobless claims measure the number of people who file for unemployment for the first time in a given week. In the week ending March 28th, initial jobless claims were at a seasonally adjusted level of 202,000. This represents a decrease of 9,000 from the previous week's figure and was lower than the forecast of 212,000. Here is the complete data series dating back to 1967. There is a good bit of volatility in this indicator, which is why the four-week moving average is a more useful number than the weekly data because it smooths short-term fluctuations to highlight the overall trend. The four-week moving average currently stands at 207,750, down 3,000 from the previous week. Outside of the COVID spike, initial unemployment claims have never been greater than 700,000 for a given week, making the chart above less useful for identifying trends. To address this, we've adjusted the y-axis on the chart below to provide a closer view of the data, minimizing the impact of the COVID surge. Notice the relationship between recessions and the rise in weekly unemployment claims. To no surprise, the 4-week moving average begins to rise at or before the start of a recession and peaks around its conclusion. In another attempt to eliminate the COVID spike, the chart below shows initial unemployment claims starting in October 2021. Initial Unemployment Claims: Not Seasonally Adjusted The headline unemployment insurance data - and the charts above - are seasonally adjusted. But what does the non-seasonally adjusted data look like? The chart below highlights its extreme volatility, as shown by the green dots. The four-week moving average helps reveal the recurring seasonal patterns, such as the regular spikes in January. Because of the extreme volatility of the non-adjusted weekly data, we can add a 52-week moving average to give a better sense of the secular trends. The chart below also has a linear regression through the d...