Trent: Jobs Report Offers Stock Picks

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We can all agree that the jobs report was pretty lousy. On a year-over-year basis, the growth in employment is barely staying positive.

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However, as Jim Cramer likes to point out, there's always a bull market somewhere, and regular readers probably know I like to use the economic reports as a source of stock ideas. Until they launch an "Economy ETF" (believe me, it won't be long before somebody tries), that means sifting through the reports to find the industries and companies that are most poised to benefit from the prevailing trends. ...