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Q4 GDP Turned Negative After 13 Quarters of Expansion, Recession Talk Resumes

Posted: January 30, 2013 at 9:04 am

The Commerce Department is confirming the worst fears of the economic worrywarts. Gross domestic product for the fourth quarter of 2012 came in negative rather than positive. This headline news ...
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Deutsche Bank Takes Negative 2013 Outlook on Life Insurance Companies (DB, PRU, UNM, LNC, MET, AFL, PFG)

Posted: January 9, 2013 at 10:09 am

Deutsche Bank A.G. (NYSE: DB) initiated coverage today on the U.S Life Insurance industry. While they do have some Buy recommendations in the current report. their bias is decidedly bearish. ...
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No QE3 Commitment From Ben Bernanke

Posted: June 7, 2012 at 10:11 am

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is testifying before the Joint Economic Committee at Congress today and Mr. Bernanke is not exactly committing to any further quantitative easing or QE3.  He ...
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More & More Chances of Quantitative Easing, QE3 Dreams Live On

Posted: June 4, 2012 at 12:24 pm

With China's growth slowing further and with Europe's woes growing each day, economic data in the United States continues to ride the line closer to recessionary levels.  Japan hit a ...
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ISM Data Still Avoids Recession But Disappoints

Posted: June 1, 2012 at 10:24 am

The Institute for Supply Management is showing that purchasing managers and suppliers are still not quite in a recessionary mode.  The problem is that this is "barely" the case as some ...
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Bonds Sound Recession Warning, Of Sorts (TLT, JNK, AMJ, XLF, FAS)

Posted: May 9, 2012 at 12:13 pm

So, just two weeks ago it looked as though "Sell in May and go away!" was not going to be as strong of a theme in 2012 compared to 2011 ...
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Ten Indicators Predicting No Double-Dip Recession (AAPL, CAT, JPM, BAC, AA, MMM, FDX, BRK-A)

Posted: October 28, 2011 at 6:43 am

The economy remains in a climate with a very weak recovery.  There is still some good news though.  All of the recent calls for a "double dip recession" grew too loud and are ...
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Q3 GDP Maintains Growth… The Recession Has To Wait

Posted: October 27, 2011 at 8:40 am

The news this morning is dominated by European bailout news, but we have a "recession watch" figure today.  This morning was the Gross Domestic Product for the third quarter in ...
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UBS Economist: No 2011 U.S. Recession (UBS)

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 9:57 am

Many reports have been signaling that the United States is about to slide into another recession, and many have noted over and over that the recession is either already here ...
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Special Report: Chart Deaths of BRIC & Emerging Markets (EEM, VWO, EWZ, BRF, ECH, CH, RSX, TRF, CEE, EPI, PIN, IFN, IIF, FXI, GXC, TAO, HAO, CHN, TDF)

Posted: October 3, 2011 at 6:46 pm

The old saying goes, "When the U.S. sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold."  But what about when Europe gets the flu and when China and India drink ...
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ISM Manufacturing Supports Slow Growth Over Recession

Posted: October 3, 2011 at 10:11 am

The Institute for Supply Management showed an above-red reading this morning in the manufacturing sector.  This month's ISM Manufacturing reading came in at 51.6% for September versus 50.6% in August. ...
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Recession Just Around the Corner Says ECRI

Posted: September 30, 2011 at 1:16 pm

If you believe things are bad now, just wait because they're about to get much worse. That's the forecast from the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI). In their latest report, ...
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What The Double Dip Recession Will Look Like In 2011

Posted: September 13, 2011 at 4:25 am

A Gallup poll taken last month showed that confidence in the economy has fallen to its lowest level since March 2009, which was near the low point of The Great ...
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Is September Really A Cursed Month For Stocks? (VZ, T, IBM, BAC, KFT, MCD, KO, HPQ, XOM, CVX, DIA)

Posted: September 2, 2011 at 12:30 pm

The recovery has been stalling and it is becoming easier and easier to argue that the next recession (often mislabeled as a double-dip recession) is afoot.  Friday's net-zero in August ...
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Leveraged ETFs Trumpet The Next Recession (TBT, UPRO, FAS, GLD, SLV)

Posted: August 3, 2011 at 11:20 am

The media keeps pointing to a double-dip recession.  It is such a commonly used term that no one even cares that this is technically just the starting point of the ...
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