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A Steep Drop In Oil More Likely Forecasts The Bottom, Not Beginning, Of Any Global Recession

Via Jeff Miller we learn that Wall Street traders think that if oil falls to $30/barrel, that would be a sign of a …

U.S. Equity Market Week In Review For The Week Of January 19-23: The Consolidation Continues

One of my favorite themes in looking at charts – one that I return to fairly often – is perspective. While one time …

International Economic Week In Review: Commodity Sell-Off Is A Supply And Demand Problem

While oil’s precipitous price drop has garnered most of the headlines, the rest of the commodities complex has also been under selling pressure. …

About That Awful Retail Sales Report

Yesterday saw the second anomalous horrible number in 4 days from the Census Bureau. Last Friday it was a big decline in average …

International Economic Preview For The Week Of January 12-16

The following releases will have a disproportionate impact on the market next week: Monday Chinese Exports: The Chinese slowdown was one of the …

Civeo: Not Really A Value Play

Over at Seeking Alpha, Connor Gannon has a very interesting article up about a company called Civeo (NYSE:CVEO), which is currently trading at …

Marking My 2014 Forecast To Market: I Plead The Polar Vortex

In my forecast for 2014 one year ago, I called for continued growth, but “A year of deceleration”: In conclusion, unless we expect …

Starbucks Is Still One Heck Of A Growth Play

According to their 10-K, Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) is the premier roaster, marketer and retailer of specialty coffee in the world, operating in 65 countries. …

November Housing Sales: A Detailed Look

With all of the important housing sales reports in for November, let’s take a detailed look at that market. Let me start out …

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