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Slaying Bulls & Bears with Herb W. Morgan — 219 episodes

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US Attacks Iran -- Private Credit Shakes

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Slaying Bulls & Bears with Herb W. Morgan 02_23_2026

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Large Cap Stocks Turn Negative! (Yawn)

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Labor Market Tepid While Manufacturing Perks Up

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Inflation Remains Stubborn - Consumers Frustrated

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Fed to Meet This Week - No Rate Cut Expected

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Trump Using Tariff Leverage for Greenland - Scotus Decision Imminent

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Trade Deficit Plummets on Tariffs

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Markets Finished atop the Wall of Worry in 2025

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Fed Cuts Rates - Long Rates Rise

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The Fed is Caught Between Inflation and a Hard Place

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Cool PPI Sets Stage for December 10 Rate Cut

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Mini Correction Ends - Stocks Surge

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Odds of December 10 Rate Cut - Show Uncertainty

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Government Shutdown Set to End - Stocks Rally!

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Fed Cuts Rate - Administration Keeps Dealing

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Fed Set to Cut Rates - Government Shutdown Continues

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Should Investors Worry About Private Credit?

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Risk Assets Decline on Rewed China Trade Tensions

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Government Shutdown Stops Some Data Releases

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Has the Fed Abandoned the 2% Inflation Target

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The Fed Remains Focused on Inflation While the Jobs Market May Be Softening

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Jobs Data Revision Sends Markets Reeling

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Four Mag 7 Companies Report & Fed Meets on Rates

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Earnings Season Looks to Be Another Blowout

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The Fed is Getting Much Closer to Cutting Rates

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Stocks Rally on Cornucopia of Investor Friendly News

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The Government is Getting Real Revenue from Tariffs - Who knew?

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Planned Capital Investment Stimulus Now Exceeds $2 Trillion

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Is the Labor Market Softening?

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Inflation Progress Sends Stocks Higher

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Manufacturing Pops!

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One Big, Beautiful Credit Downgrade

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The Administration Is Attempting to Tackle Inflation - Will They Succeed?

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Inflation Pressure Wanes - Earnings Strong - Oil Plummets

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Tariffs Shmariffs - Debt & Deficits Are a Far Bigger Concern

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Markets Stabilize - For Now

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Tepid Tap on Tariff Sends Stocks Soaring

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Market Tariff Tantrum Intensifies -- Where is The Bottom?

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Soft Data Crashing Hard as Inflation Heats Up

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Uncertainty is the Word, The Word is Uncertainty

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Fiscal & Monetary Stimulus Are Not Viable Today

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Are Earnings Estimates Rolling Over?

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Untitled Episode

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Jobs, Consumers & Earnings All Solid - Inflation Persists

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Slaying Bulls & Bear w/ Herb W. Morgan

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DeepSeek Disrupts Big Cap Tech -- Fed to Meet This Week

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Earnings Are Great - Inflation Is Not

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Strong Data on Services & Jobs -- Stocks Retreat

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Valuations Are High - So What?

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Final 2024 Commentary & 2025 Predictions — Will Stocks Correct?

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Economy Strong, Subtle Gains on Inflation -- Will Know More From CPI & PPI This Week.

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Inflation Won’t Go Away — ISMs & Jobs Due

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Economic Data Continues to Positively Surprise - PCE Inflation This Week

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Valuation Gap Between Stocks & Bonds Widens

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Red Wave, Markets Surge, Inflation Up - Fed Cuts Rates

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Post Election Economic & Market Commentary 11_06_2024

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Presidential Race Tightens - Are Stocks Expensive or Are Bonds Cheap?

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With Stocks Up & Bonds Down, Now May Be a Good Time to Assess Your Risk Budget

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Trump victory now more likely than now. What does it mean for capital markets?

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Fed Taking Big Risk with Inflation Assumptions

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Manufacturing Softens Again - Services Remains Strong

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Inflationary Pressures Set to Rise on Dock-Worker Strike

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Fed cuts .50% -- Can they engineer a soft landing?

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Services inflation accelerates - Fed to cut rates this week

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Jobs Market Softens, Yield Curve Disinverts

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Inflation is not whipped - Fed set to cut rates ahead of election

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Market directionality is about NVIDIA this week

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Markets Correct - So What?

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Fed meeting this week - Will they signal on rates?

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Slaying Bulls & Bears with Herb W. Morgan 07_22_2024

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Economic & Market Commentary 07_01_2024

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Slaying Bulls & Bears with Herb W. Morgan 06_24_2024

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Economic Data Slowing -- Will Inflation?

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Slaying Bulls & Bears with Herb W. Morgan 05_06_2024

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Earnings Ahead - Will Amazon Follow Alphabet With A Dividend?

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Big Tech Earnings This Week - Key Inflation Reading Friday

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Inflation Has Re-Accelerated

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Is The Economy (& Inflation) Re-Accelerating?

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An Update on Our Current Portfolio Positioning

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Despite Higher CPI & PPI other Data Suggests Progress on Inflation

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Is Inflation Re-Accelerating?

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Jobs Market To Cool - US Dominates Our Portfolios

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The Push & Pull on the US Economy

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Earnings Estimates Drift Lower as Stocks Rise

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There Will Be No Rate Cuts in March or May - Economy Keeps Rolling!

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Manufacturing Surprises Up - Data Strong - This Week is Big

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Manufacturing Continues to Slump - Big Cap Tech Rallies

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Inflation Data Mixed - Could China Rally in 2024?

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Manufacturing Continues to Slow - Services May Be Next

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Year End 2022 vs 2023 Metrics - What Will 2024 Deliver

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Small & Midcap Stocks Closing the Gap

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Fed to Talk Tough This Week as Data Cools

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GDP Prints at 5.2% as Economy Slows

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Fed Minutes Suggest Economy to Slow

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Inflation Pressures Ease

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Markets Mixed Ahead of Inflation Data

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Markets Surge After 10% Correction

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Economic Data Turns Up - Equity Markets Decline

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Stocks & Bonds Retreat - Am I Losing Money?

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Earnings Season Starts Strong

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Don't Look Now but Inflationary Pressures Are on the Rise.

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Fed Could Be on Long Pause as Labor Market Remains Strong

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The Recession vs Soft Landing Debate Simplified

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Earnings Continue Strong - Manufacturing Remains Soft

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Service Sector Holding Up Economy

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Fed Hikes & Signals Pause - Economy Rolls On

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Earnings Season Starts Off Strong

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Markets Roar Higher as Inflation Cools

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Earnings Take Center Stage This Week - Fed Likely to Hike More

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2023 First Half Was Boon For Stock Investors

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Unexpected Strength in Housing

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Fed Pauses - Markets Surge - What Recession?

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Jobless Claims Spike, Manufacturing Slumps, Net-Worths Decline -- STOCKS GO UP

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Did We Just Enter a New Bull Market?

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GDI vs GDP Is it Signaling Recession?

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Progress on Inflation - Debt Ceiling, Not So Much

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Debt Ceiling, Inflation, Rate Hikes - Stocks Steady

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Stocks Rally Into Earnings As Inflation Fades

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Bonds Catch a Bid as Slowdown Evidence Waxes

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Technical Indicators Show Market Rally Continuing Despite Economic Challanges

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Is the US Already in Recession?

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More Bank Turmoil - Large Cap Tech Rallies - Bond Yields Decline

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Banks Fail, Stocks Drop - Your Exposure

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Bullish Technical Patter Emerges from Copper.

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Return to Target Inflation Pushed Out - Market Prices In

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It's Too Early to Call For a Soft Landing

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Rate Expectations Rise on Strong Jobs Report

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Markets Flash Major Bullish Signal on Fed Moderation

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Data Improves, Stocks Rise, Earnings Estimates Drop

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Economy Braking Hard - Markets Seem "OK With That"

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Markets Rally into Start of Earnings Season

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Markets Rally - Can It Last Into Earnings?

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2022 Is Over - But Sentiment May Not Be Ready to Turn

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Fed Spooks Markets with Hawkish Rhetoric

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PPI Hotter Than Expected - US Stocks Decline - EM Stocks Rise

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Market Focus to Shift from Fed to Earnings

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Fed Minutes Show Outsized Rate Hikes Likely Finished

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Inflationary Pressures Continue To Moderate

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Inflation Data Moderates - Stocks Surge

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Fed Hikes Again - Talks Tough on Inflation

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Record October Stock Market Rally Continues While Economy Decelerates

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Despite Signs of Slowdown Stocks Surge - Xi Jinping Solidifies Power in China

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When It Comes To Inflation, "You can observe a lot by just watching"

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I'm Positive About The Negative, But a Little Negative About The Positive....Curly Howard

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Making A Tactically Bullish Equity Call

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Searching For A Bottom - Are We There Yet?

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Equities Tumble On Technical Move

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War’s over man, Wormer dropped the big one.

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Stocks Soften After Monster Rally - Will Rates Peak in March?

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Inflation Indicators Plummet - Recession Indicators Surge

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Earnings Hang Tough - No Recession - More Rate Hikes To Come

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Fed Hikes, Data Disappoints, Markets Surge -- Can The Fed Pull It Off?

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Core Inflation Moderates - Earnings Season Mixed So Far

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Economy Resilient In Face of Rate Hikes & Inflation

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Economy & Inflation Slowing - Fed Hikes To Persist

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Poor Economic Data -> Easing Inflation -> Stocks Rally

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Inflationary Pressure Easing -- Recession Ahead?

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S&P 500 Officially in Bear Territory On Friday's CPI Report

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Stocks Stage Rally -- Is the bottom in?

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Still No Signs of Capitulation - Recession Odds Still Low Also

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Has The Stock Market Capitulated Yet?

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CPI Print Wednesday Looks To Drive Markets

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Are Markets Headed For A Sharp Relief Rally?

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Markets Drop Ahead of Big Tech Earnings

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Microsoft vs Coca-Cola

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Long Dated US Treasuries Plummet

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Economy & Stock Market Diverge - Bonds Underperform Stocks

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Fed Hikes - Stocks Surge - No Sign of Recession

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Are Stocks Suddenly Inexpensive?

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Do Geopolitical Crises Mark Buying Opportunities?

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Russia Invades Ukraine - US Stocks Rise

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Markets Adjust To Stimulus Removal - This Is A Good Thing

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When Will Inflation Start to Impact Corporate Profits?

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Stocks Rebound On Strong Earnings - But Margins Cause Angst

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Fed Chairman Turns Hawkish - Is it Genuine?

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Equity Markets Have Firmly & Quickly Corrected

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Inflation Has Likely Peaked

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Stocks Selling Off on Rates - But Earnings Look To Be Strong

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The Fed Will Raise Rates in March

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Will The Fed Surprise Markets This Week?

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A Tale of Two Jobs Reports

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Omicron Variant & Inflation Fears Dampen Stocks

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Econ Data Accelerates - So Does Inflation - Key Inflation Number Wednesday

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Whip Inflation Now!

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FED TO TAPER - SERVICE SECTOR HEATS UP

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Whip Inflation Now!

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Earnings Estimates Revising Higher AGAIN......Fed Will Taper Nov. 3

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Q3 Earnings Season Underway - Is US Fed Making A Policy Mistake?

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Markets Rebound - Inflation Looking Less Transitory

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Markets Tumble Likely Short-Lived

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Fed To Taper, Yields Rising, Debt Ceiling Hit

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FOMC Meeting This Week - Likely Telegraphs the Taper

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Stocks Step Back on Rough PPI Report

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Stocks Hit All Time Highs - Could Strong Jobs Report Derail?

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Data Misses, Progressives Threaten, Covid-Spikes

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Fed Members Clearly Signal Tapering To Begin This Year

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Rates & Fed Action Driven By Employment

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Cyclicals Lead, New Home Sales Drop, The Week Ahead

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Huge Week For Earnings, FOMC Meeting - Have Margins Peaked?

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Real Yields Move Sharply Negative

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Fed Testimony, Retail Sales, CPI Likely To Drive Markets This Week

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Rates Drop as Inflation Fears Wane - Slow Week Ahead

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Manufacturing Backlogs Suggests Earnings & Growth To Remain Robust

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Inflation Fears, Taper Talk -- Fed Gov's Go On The Road This Week

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All Eyes On This Week's Fed Meeting

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Markets Flirt With All Time Highs, Workers Stay Home, Inflation May Be A Houseguest

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So Much For That Stock Market Correction

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Inflation, Inflation Everywhere & Not A Drop To Drink

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Inflation Is Here, How Long Will It Stay?

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Infrastructure & Ransomware To Headline This Week's Action

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Can The Fed Be Any More Clear? Inflation Is Second Fiddle Mandate

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When Will The Fed Provide Clarity On Policy Shift?

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It's an Earnings-Palooza As Banks Crush Estimates

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Expect A Record Earnings Season

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Fed Minutes May Offer Glimpse To Future Rate Path

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Weekly Economic & Market Commentary 03.29.2021

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Weekly Economic & Market Commentary 03.22.21 Herb W. Morgan @ETF_Strategist

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Weekly Economic & Market Commentary 03.15.21 Herb W. Morgan @ETF_Strategist