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Weekend Reading: Things Are Clear as Mud
The future is never clear, but it can become all the more frustrating as an investor to understand where we might go when many things in the economy are pointing in opposite directions.
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Weekend Reading: The Higher the Vix, the Higher the Clicks
When it comes to news headlines, the media often follows the “If it bleeds, it leads” mantra, and that includes financial publications too.
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Weekend Reading: Why Everyone's Bearish
Market activity has been rough, but investors have been braced for impact for months. Economic confidence is at an all-time low and many believe we are heading straight toward a recession (or, might even already be in one).