| Contradictory Reports on Employment Explained |
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| There were four reports in the first two day of September that dealt with employment. While there was some contradiction in them, the evidence is still mostly showing the unemployment situation is not improving. - 09-02-2010 |
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| Stocks Soar on Inflationary News |
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| Stocks had a massive rally that began with the index futures in the pre-market. Despite a ADP employment report indicating private sector job losses, the rally continued into the opening. A manufacturing report in China set off the rally, but the details indicated lots of inflation amid a weakening factory sector. - 09-01-2010 |
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| Stocks Vulnerable to Selling in September |
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| The Dow Industrials will end August down around 4%. September could be much worse however since the technical condition of the market continues to weaken. If the economic numbers show the economy continues to move down, the market is likely to fall right along with it. - 08-31-2010 |
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| Now We Have 'Stimulus You Can Believe In' |
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| Japan has announced yet another stimulus program today - one in a long line of stimulus programs in the last 20 years. The others have failed to revive the economy and there is no reason to believe this one will be any more effective. The U.S. Fed is talking about more stimulus as well - also an indication that its past stimulus efforts have not worked and the U.S. economy is falling into a double-dip recession. - 08-30-2010 |
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| How to Outsmart this Market |
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| Good news, bad news, up and down. Volatility is increasing and it's easy to get stuck on the wrong side of a trade. From the July 1 lows the S&P rallied over 100 points. Since the August 9 highs, the S&P dropped as much as 90 points. A similar zig-zag action can be observed on the daily chart as well. How can you outsmart this market and profit? - 08-27-2010 |
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| Q2 GDP Revison Shows Economy Losing Steam |
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| Q2 GDP was revised down to 1.6% from 2.4%. The 1.6% level indicates an economy that is treading water and not expanding fast enough to create new jobs. Even worse, more than half of second quarter growth was accounted for by government spending and not the private sector. - 08-27-2010 |
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| July Durable Goods Provide More Evidence of Recession |
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| Some components of the July durable goods report were as bad or even worse than the bottom of the Credit Crisis/Great Recession. Since this is also the case in the housing market, it is hard to argue that the U.S. economy is not currently in another recession. - 08-25-2010 |
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