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That’s Inspiring!

Not! Although tech bellwether Cisco
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Weak Economy Weakens Euro

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They Can’t Leave This Sector Alone

Like indecisive teenagers, analysts again agreed todisagree about the outlook for the semiconductor industry in the latest in aweek-long expression of diverging opinions on the topic. Today, Credit SuisseFirst Boston chimed in with its view that customers should stop purchasingstocks of semiconducto

When They Can’t Agree…This Happens

Last week they rolled out Merrill Lynch and even Intels President in an attempt to manufacture a semiconductor-led rally in stocks. Today, brokerage house touts are coming out on the other side of the chip performance continuum, either downgrading Intel or predicting lower prices f

Tails Defining Lows In Futures

August pork bellies
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Spooz Soup

The following confluence of signals screamed there wasthe potential for a selloff in theS&P
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These Indicators Told You

You should scan TradingMarkets MarketBias Indicators Page for clues about what the major stock averages arelikely to do on any given day. While one individual indicator from the ninesignals scanned for daily on this page can give you a slight edge as to marketdirection, three is considered a critica

Done It Again

They did it again. Similar to last nights explanation of S&Ps pit trading behavior in the Futures Market Recap, locals sold the gap-up opening of theS&P futures
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