September kicks off with yet another economic data miss, with investors on edge ahead of Friday’s big jobs report. Is Fed tapering still on, or not? We’ve got some strategies and names for you that pay, and are Fed-proof too. Plus, if hiring is slowing, then why are so many big companies going on hiring sprees? From Walmart to Fidelity, we’ll tally up the thousands of new job openings nationwide. And, in today’s tech-themed Rapid Fire: Apple wants to takeover your life, is TikTok killing Facebook?, and what Cathie Wood means by “transparency.”

The delta variant put a huge dent in America’s reopening plans, and consumer confidence is sinking sharply as a result. We’ll recap today’s difficult data, and tell you how to position your portfolio ahead of Friday’s crucial labor report. Plus, the supply chain was already broken -- and then Hurricane Ida hit. We’ll speak to a company trying to regroup on the front lines. And, in today’s very meta Rapid Fire: video games, app stores and Zoom calls.