The Falling Dominoes of American Dominance

“How did it all come to this?�

It's a question we've asked ourselves many times along this Coast-to-Coast Correction Tour. The answers are everywhere…in Wickenberg, Arizona…Livingston, Texas…Lake Charles, Louisiana and here along the border of Mississippi and Alabama…

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Awash With Bad Data

Stocks are in the dumps today. As we write, the major US indexes have all but erased the hard-fought/delusional gains of the previous two sessions. The Dow, S&P 500 and the NASDAQ are all nursing losses of around 2%.

The panicky mood on Wall Street comes thanks to a “trifecta of bad reports,� as one news site put it.

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Dollar Gets Sold On Bad Data Prints

The currencies traded yesterday, but in very tight ranges, as the US was on holiday. This morning, the bias is to sell dollars, much like it was on Friday before the liquidity of Europe went to the pubs… Let's go back now, and revisit Friday's action…

Well… There was more proof on Friday that the double dip is coming…

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Euro Rallies As Economic Data Piles Up Against a Strong Recovery

The fireworks went off early yesterday in the currencies, folks… And they have not died down or had water thrown on them in the overnight and morning sessions…

WOW! You should have seen the currency screens lighting up yesterday… First it was the rise in Initial Jobless Claims, and then the hits just kept coming for the dollar, and economy. ISM Manufacturing Index slid further than forecast, which means manufacturing is slowing down. And Construction Spending was down in May…

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