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Market Slice: Happy Holidays?

  A Mixed Thanksgiving Bag  Black Friday shopping over las weekend sent conflicting signals to the markets. While online sales were reported to be over $9 billion, anecdotal reports from retailers – the numbers aren’t in yet – seem to indicate that brick-and-mortar sales were slow. Regardless of how much was or wasn’t spent, what …

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Market Slice: Risk On, Risk Off

  What to expect in this week’s Market Slice: The massive expansion of risk-on assets was led by two asset classes: Cryptocurrencies and tech stocks. Unlike the long-term investors who buy to “hold on for dear life,” spec traders are looking for quick gains based on major changes in market sentiment. How the September selloff …

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