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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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Ten Signs The Double-Dip Recession Has Begun

Posted: July 29, 2011 at 9:17 am

Today's news on GDP shows the double dip has arrived--an expansion of only 1.3% and consumer spending up .1% in the second quarter. Astonishingly low by any account.. The debt ...
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Q2 GDP: So Weak That A New Recession Now Looks More Than Possible

Posted: July 29, 2011 at 8:47 am

The Commerce Department is delivering some awful news on the second quarter preliminary Gross Domestic Product in the U.S.   GDP is coming in at a preliminary second quarter level of ...
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Ten Reasons QE2′s End Should Be Priced Into The Markets

Posted: June 29, 2011 at 7:38 am

Quantitative Easing, or QE, is a term that many investors were forced to understand.  Then came QE2 as an even more difficult pill to swallow.  After the FOMC or any ...
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Is Investor Bearishness Overstated? Or Overrated?

Posted: June 13, 2011 at 2:47 pm

Investors and economists vary on how much credence they are willing to give to any single survey.   The excessive bearishness of last week's AAII survey  came  as  the Dow ...
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Ben Bernanke Keeps Economic Downgrade-Lite & Inflation-Lite Outlook

Posted: June 7, 2011 at 4:02 pm

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke gave his first real speech today at the International Monetary Conference in Atlanta, Georgia in weeks.  He argued that the economic downgrade persists, as does the ...
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