January 18, 2016
Full of Bull: Wall Street Analysts’ S&P 500 Predicted Gains vs. Actual Gains 2001-2015
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See original article: Weekend Entertainment Courtesy of Jim Cramer: "How I Knew to Buy Before the Big Rebound"
See more here: ISIS: US-Saudi Plague Reaches Indonesia?
4th Quarter GDPNow Forecast Sinks to +0.6 Percent; Fed Futures Target 1 Hike in 2016; Disastrous Data Recap Posted by Michael Shedlock at 5:30 PM Disclaimer: The content on this site is provided as general information only and should not be taken as investment advice. All site content, including advertisements, shall not be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell any security or financial instrument, or to participate in any particular trading or investment strategy. The ideas expressed on this site are solely the opinions of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the opinions of sponsors or firms affiliated with the author(s).
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Read the article: Manufacturing Inventories Decline But Inventory-to-Sales Ratio Doesn’t Budge; Another Recessionary Looking Chart
Link: Producer Prices Decline More Than Expected, Services Disappoint; Oil Approaches $29
Despite glowing reports of last minute Christmas sales, none of which I believed, December retail sales are best described as awful. Apparel was a standout, down 0.9%. The surprise here is that nobody blamed the weather.
Jakarta Blasts: ISIS Inc Strikes Again Was Jakarta Getting Too Cozy with China? January 15, 2016 (Tony Cartalucci – LD) – Here is what we are expected to believe regarding coordinated bombings and mass shootings that took place on Thursday in the capital of Southeast Asia’s nation of Indonesia – an economically and geopolitically crucial state. We are to believe that the "Islamic State in Iraq and Syria" (ISIS) – named so because it allegedly exists and primarily operates in Iraq and Syria - is fighting the Syrian government, nonexistent moderates the US claims it is arming and funding to the tune of several billions of dollars a year since 2011, the Iraqi government, the Kurds, Russia, Lebanon’s Hezbollah, and Iran