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The day after Trump pulled out of the Paris Climate Accord, stocks are set for new all time highs with S&P futures up 0.2%, boosted by green markets across Europe and Asia, where the Nikkei rose above 20,000 for the first time since 2015. World stocks are set for new record highs, having already gained 11% so far this year, ahead of today's US nonfarm payrolls which are expected to increase by 185,000 jobs after surging 211,000 in April.

A long list of U.S. jobs are being rendered obsolete by technological advancements and automation. Which workers are most at risk?

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Authored by Ben Hunt via EpsilonTheory.com,

Michael Corleone:  I saw a strange thing today. Some rebels were being arrested. One of them pulled the pin on a grenade. He took himself and the captain of the command with him. Now, soldiers are paid to fight; the rebels aren’t.

 

 

Hyman Roth:   What does that tell you?

 

Michael Corleone:   They could win.

 

Authored by Nick Cunningham via OilPrice.com,

The U.S. shale industry might have just received a huge windfall with the nine-month extension of the OPEC cuts. Shale output was already expected to come roaring back this year, but the extension of the cuts provides even more room in the market for shale drillers to step into.

Update 2:   Macron is now trolling Trump on twitter.

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— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) June 1, 2017

Update 1

In a response to President Donald Trump's decision to pull the US out of the Paris climate pact, French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday night that the effects of climate change are already evident around the world.