The USA Doesn't Have Any Debatable Recessions, That's About To Change
Scott Sumner - Seeking Alpha - Tue Nov 18, 4:56PM CST
The US has a really weird economy. All our recessions are 100% clear-cut. Either we have a recession or we don't. Normal countries have borderline recessions. Not us. Either our unemployment rate rises far too little to be viewed as a recession, or...
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Home Depot, Other Retail Stocks Should Benefit From Lower Gasoline Prices
at The Street - Tue Nov 18, 1:21PM CST
The 'Fast Money' traders identify their top retail picks heading into the holiday shopping season.
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A Shrinking State of Affairs - Analyst Blog
John Blank - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Nov 18, 1:16PM CST
Is there any hope on the horizon this week from macro data? One can only hope.
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The Messages From Equity Prices
Evariste Lefeuvre - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Nov 18, 12:27PM CST
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What The Last Year Of President Obama's Presidency Means For The Stock Market
Willow Street Investments - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Nov 18, 9:40AM CST
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Daily State Of The Markets: The Biggest Surprise Wasn't...
David Moenning - Seeking Alpha - Tue Nov 18, 9:01AM CST
Perhaps the biggest surprise of the day Monday wasn't the fact that Japan suddenly finds itself back in a recession. Nor the fact that the Bank of England's Mark Carney began to publicly fret about deflation. Or that Super Mario started talking about...
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Japan Falls Into Recession
Brad McMillan - Seeking Alpha - Tue Nov 18, 8:20AM CST
This article originally appeared on the Independent Observer Blog The big news Monday was that, after two consecutive quarters of declining growth, Japan has fallen into recession . The Japanese economy was down 1.6 percent in the third...
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The 6 Economic Indicators To Follow This Week
Leigh Drogen - Seeking Alpha - Tue Nov 18, 8:07AM CST
This week we will receive a flood of US economic data. Just the morning of November 17, US Industrial Production reported a month-over-month (MoM) decrease of 0.11% in October, missing the Estimize consensus for an increase of 0.23%. Weakness was...
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The Wall Of Worry, Illustrated
James Osborne - Seeking Alpha - Tue Nov 18, 7:48AM CST
"The market climbs a wall of worry." You've heard it hundreds of times. It sticks around because it's true. And we know it is true, at some level. But it is always in the moments of true worry that we want to discount this (and all other)...
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'Deflation?'- A Follow Up
John M. Mason - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Nov 18, 6:03AM CST
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U.S. Stocks Are the Top Investment as Japan Slips Into Recession
at The Street - Mon Nov 17, 1:38PM CST
The CNBC 'Fast Money' trading panel deemed U.S. equities as the better choice over international plays. Plus, should investors steer clear of General Motors or buy the pullback?
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John Hussman: These Go To Eleven
John Hussman - Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 17, 1:24PM CST
Excerpt from the Hussman Funds' Weekly Market Comment 11/17/14: The current market environment joins the full range of ingredients that have characterized the most extreme market peaks – and preceded the deepest market plunges...
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Several Bullish Supports Suggest Bears Should Temper Their Outlook
Chris Puplava - Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 17, 11:26AM CST
It's always a good idea to periodically take a look at what the foreign community is doing in terms of net US equity purchases. The reason lies in the fact that they tend to buy at tops and sell at bottoms and this can serve as a contrary indicator....
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How Early Could You Have Called An Overbought Stock Market?
Don't Quit Your Day Job - Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 17, 11:13AM CST
Although the passive portion of my portfolio remains the same (with some accounts, such as the HSA and 529s still actively having investments added), I’ve been shuttling all my active accounts to cash since January (while keeping the stocks I...
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Economic Growth Remains Tepid -- And Will Continue To Be So
John M. Mason - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 17, 10:00AM CST
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Bad News Bears Dictating Monday Blues - But For How Long?
Markos Kaminis - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 17, 9:52AM CST
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3 Things That Could Upend The Recent Rally
Bret Jensen - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 17, 9:03AM CST
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Daily State Of The Markets: The Future Of Investing: A NEW Diversification Approach
David Moenning - Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 17, 7:43AM CST
A self-proclaimed investing "newbie" expressed appreciation for Friday's missive and the introduction of some long-term indicators that can indeed help just about anyone "time" the market successfully. This particular reader...
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Market Outlook - Small But Growing Reasons To Be Concerned Here
Price Headley, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 17, 6:15AM CST
Stocks may have technically made a fourth straight weekly gain last week, but the real story was the incredibly quiet, flat market action. We'll delve into overall stock market index analysis, and some factors that have us concerned despite the...
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Futures point to moderate opening losses
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 17, 6:01AM CST
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