SmartMarketData, LLC, an alternative data provider, is proud to announce that Rasheed Sabar has joined their Advisory Board. Rasheed brings a wealth of experience in the quantitative world of investment management, Big Alternative Data, and entrepreneurial insight. Rasheed is the Head of Quantitative Strategies at Ellington Management Group, and an investor and advisor to various Big Data initiatives, among other entrepreneurial efforts. For Rasheed's full bio, please see he

Another strong month for jobs tomorrow when the BLS releases their monthly Non-Farm Payrolls number (NFP). We are forecasting 236k net new jobs, up from last months print of 211k. Our forecast is higher than the Bloomberg high forecast of 231k, and far above the Bloomberg consensus forecast of 185k. We think unemployment will tick down another notch to 4.3% and the labor participation rate will improve a notch to 62.8%. We utilize the LinkUp Jobs database, a real-time set of