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* MARKET THEMES FROM THURSDAY - Economic weakness on the heels of the weak unemployment report; breakout below multi-day trading range ; strong U.S. dollar; weak commodities; falling 10-year Treasury rates. Broad market decline: 293 20-day highs;...

Deep in the BLS unemployment report, you can find discouraged worker statistics in Table A-12 . According to that table, the seasonally adjusted percentage of unemployed workers, including discouraged workers, is 10% for June. That's up from 9.8%...

On June 10th, I picked up 300 shares of Take Two-Interactive Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO ) at $8.13 shares as they were heading down, finally stopping at $7.52 on June 16th.  I took a chance it could keep going, but my educated analysis lead me to...

Click charts to ENLARGE. Almost thirty years of medical practice does something to you. It makes you really tired. The SP500 acted tired this week, too, with end-of-day and end-of-week weakness. Not exactly rampaging bull market action. The bulls...

The Restaurant Performance Index still shows a reading below 100, indicating a contraction in business.

In this piece I touch on PZZA and DPZ in more detail.

Another financial blog for our readers to review, it was only a matter of time before one of our own Masters (Frank Lara Jr) started an investment holding company -- Asset Wealth Development, LLC.  Watch their blog which will highlight future investments...

Submitted by Edward Harrison of Credit Writedowns . Yves said her piece about the new affordable FFA program to allow home ‘owners’ in negative equity to stay in their homes. And I had a crack at it yesterday as well. But, I have some thoughts...

For those who still believe in the commodities bull, here are a few dividend payers to consider.