Clearly the market wants the fiscal cliff resolved and in a way that doesn’t destroy or seriously hurt the economy.  Today was proof.  President Obama and House Speaker Boehner’s 45 minute meeting generated a solid market advance in excess of 1%, despite a horrid Empire State Manufacturing index release.  The days remaining until “the cliff” are dwindling fast. Read more about What the Market Wants: We Need More Days like Today

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In one of my recent articles based on the ISM reports, I used lagged linear regressions to derive at a group of stocks that should perform well in a variety of markets and especially well under rising ISM indexes (picking stocks based on the Read more about 17 Stock Picks Based on Michigan Inflation Expectation Index

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Overall, the ISM reports brought in good but not great news; however they were overshadowed by the poor jobs report of last week. Read more about A Macro View: 9 + 17 Stocks for a Rising ISM Index

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