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Chart Of The Day: S&P Tracing A Top?
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Lance Roberts
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Thursday, February 20, 2014 11:03 AM EDT
Chart comparisons predicting the next major market crash have abounded as of late. Is this a repeat of 1929, 1974 or 1994?
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January 2014 Leading Economic Index: Economy Will Remain Resilient
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Steven Hansen
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Thursday, February 20, 2014 10:48 AM EDT
The Conference Board Leading Economic Index (LEI) for the U.S. improved again in January to 99.5 (2004 = 100, previous month reading = a downwardly revised 99.2). The index growth has been noisy but remains in a growth trend.
January Inflation Subdued Despite Biggest Jump In Electricity Prices In Four Years
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Tyler Durden
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Thursday, February 20, 2014 10:17 AM EDT
The importing of Japan's deflation continues: in January headline consumer prices as well as prices excluding food and energy rose by 0.1%, in line with expectations, and down from a downward revised 0.2% in December.
Facebook Buys What??
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Gary Tanashian
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Thursday, February 20, 2014 8:40 AM EDT
Facebook buys WhatsApp? A no revenue gimmick for $16 billion with a B?
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Walmart Misses Revenues, Guides Below Consensus, Blames Fewer Government Handouts, Healthcare Costs, FX
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Tyler Durden
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Thursday, February 20, 2014 8:26 AM EDT
While the WMT bottom line was more or less in line, with Adjusted EPS of $1.60 beating expectations of $1.59, the world's largest retailer missed on the top line posting $129.71 billion in Q4 revenue compared to $130.24 billion expected.
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Residential Building Sector Is Very Soft In January 2014
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Steven Hansen
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Thursday, February 20, 2014 7:39 AM EDT
Residential building permits in January shows the rate of growth continues to moderate. The data was under consensus expectation.
Bank Of Japan Fails To Impress
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Acting Man
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Thursday, February 20, 2014 7:20 AM EDT
When Mr. Kuroda was appointed governor of the BoJ, there was great excitement in the markets. A committed inflationist!
China Manufacturing PMI Misses, Tumbles To 7-Month Low
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Tyler Durden
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Thursday, February 20, 2014 6:59 AM EDT
If there was any doubt that it was also snowing in China this winter, the February Flash HSBC PMI, which tumbled from 49.5 where it was expected to print, to 48.3, a seven month low, just sealed all meteorological conundrums.
Euro Nears Target
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Gary Tanashian
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Thursday, February 20, 2014 6:36 AM EDT
The Euro is closing in on a target (the top downtrend line) we have had on since the bottoming pattern formed during the Euro crisis drama a couple years ago.
Will Consumer Credit Drive The Next Economic Boom
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Article By:
Lance Roberts
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Thursday, February 20, 2014 6:11 AM EDT
Just recently the Federal Reserve Bank of New York released its quarterly survey of household debt which showed an increase of $24.1 billion in the fourth quarter of 2013.