Last Friday financial markets were closed for Good Friday, but the news wasn't so good.

The Labor Department reported that there was a sharp deceleration in hiring last month dampening expectations that all's well. The good news was that the stock market was shuttered so it could not respond to a job market that ended a yearlong run of strong job growth.

I am not sure how to assess the anemic job growth since we are experiencing a post-recovery high on the real estate recruiting front. Stay tuned! 

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