MONDAY 2/1/16; Global PMI’s; AET: CAH; ISM Mfg Index; Fed Vice Chairman Fischer Speaks; WTIC Oil Crashes -7.2%; Brent Oil Crashes -5.3%; APC; CBT; GGP; GOOGL; HAIN; NEU; RCII; WYNN; Iowa Caucuses

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 republican side, Cruz is leading Trump with Rubio in third, it is a three-man race, Carson is fourth and Paul fifth.

SUNDAY 1/31/16; US POTUS Race Ahead of Iowa Caucus

The refugee crisis continues in Europe. 40% of Germans prefer to 































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after Russia and Iran poured cold water on the proposal. There are likely discussions occurring behind the scenes and the ongoing hint that oil production may be curtailed at some point forward.

SATURDAY 1/30/16

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Turkey warns of dire “consequences” if Russia continues to ignore the Syria-Turkey boundary.

FRIDAY 1/29/16; BOJ Shocks Markets with Negative Interest Rate Policy; Dollar/Yen Above 121; APD; PX; AAL; CVX; CNX; CL; HON; MA; NWL; PSX; STX; SPG; TYC; WHR; XRX; EOM (End-of-Month); Europe and US GDP (Gross Domestic Product); International Trade; Chicago PMI; Consumer Sentiment; European and US Stocks Launch Higher

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 is America in 2016; the wealthy in the United States follow a different set of rules than common people.

THURSDAY 1/28/16; Two-Day BOJ Meeting Begins; Chinese Stocks Collapsing; BABA; MO; AN; BHI; BMY; BX; CAT; CELG; CY; FCS; F; HOG; HSY; JBLU; JCI; LLL; NOC; NUE; OSK; PHM; RTN; SHW; SWK; TMO; UA; VLO; ZBH; German 10-Year Yield 0.38%; Durable Goods; Italian Banks Crash; MIB Mini-Crashes -3.5%; DAX Plummets -2.4%; US Stocks Rally; WTIC Oil Above 34; Brent Oil Above 35; AMZN; AMGN; EMN; EA; MTW; MSFT; SWKS; SYNA; WERN; V; WDC

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 their privileged political lifestyles they enjoy daily. The Iowa caucuses, the first primary elections for the race to the Whitehouse, are on Monday.

WEDNESDAY 1/27/16; BIIB; BA; CLF; EMC; GD; HES; ITW; NSC; STT; UTX; New Home Sales; 5-Year Note Auction; FOMC Rate Decision; US Stocks Collapse; CTXS; CRUS; CLB; CCI; DFS; EBAY; PYPL; FB; FTK; GHL; JNPR; MUR; LVS; QCOM; SNDK; TXN; URI; VRTX

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 hours of video is watched on Facebook daily. 500 million people view videos daily. Those numbers are impressive.

TUESDAY 1/26/16; SSEC Crashes -6.4%; Asia Stocks Selloff; Italian Banks Collapsing; AKS; ATI; COH; DOV; DD; FCX; GLW; GWW; JNJ; LMT; MMM; PG; S; X; VMW; WAT; Two-Day FOMC Meeting Begins; Consumer Confidence; 2-Year Note Auction; AAPL; T; COF; SYK

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 is trading at the afterhours lows. The more Cook speaks the lower the stock price drops. AAPL -2.7%.

MONDAY 1/25/16; Japan Trade Data; DHI; HAL; MCD; PETS; Oil Crashes -7%; US Stocks Selloff; STLD; SANM; ZION

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general election for the next president of the United States is early November only nine months away and President Obama will be out of office within the year.

SUNDAY 1/24/16; East Coast Snowstorm

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 Middle East mainly playing out in Turkey and Greece. Refugees continue drowning in the Aegean Sea.

SATURDAY 1/23/16

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 television pundits, analysts and money managers appearing on Fox, Bloomberg and CNBC business channels continue to tout buying stocks on the long side.

FRIDAY 1/22/16; Cascading Global Stock Market Rally; NIKK Rallies +6%; WTIC and Brent Oil Above 32; Oil Rallies Over +9%; Global PMI’s; GE; KSU; COL; STI; Existing Home Sales; Leading Indicators

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humorous side, Americans run out and buy the three key staples; milk, bread and toilet paper. Store shelves are cleared.

THURSDAY 1/21/16; Russian Ruble Weakens Through 85; Global Market Turmoil Continues; LUV; UAL; BK; BBT; FITB; KEY; ECB Rate Decision and President Draghi Press Conference; Philly Fed; AXP; ISRG; SBUX; SLB

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Airlines are already cancelling flights and making other preparations to handle the pending snow event.

WEDNESDAY 1/20/16; Cascading Global Selloff; NIKK Mini-Crashes -3.7%; HSI -3.8%; Russian Ruble Weakens to 80; Dollar/Yen 115-Handle; US 10-Year Yield Under 2%; Italian and Portuguese Banks Collapsing; GS; CPI (Consumer Price Index); Housing Starts; European Stocks Selloff in a Bloodbath; Italy’s MIB Crashes -5%; INDU (Dow) Recovers from 566-Point Deficit; FFIV; KMI; XLNX

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and embattled leader Sumner Redstone is reduced. FEYE jumps +6.5% on news of buying out a smaller company in the cybersecurity space.

TUESDAY 1/19/16; China Economic Data; Cascading Global Rally; IMF Lowers Global Growth Forecast; IEA Says World ‘Drowning’ in Oil; Davos World Economic Forum Begins; BAC; MS; MTB; SCHW; DAL; UNH; Iran Begins Oil Price War; AMD; IBM; NFLX

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 WSM trades lower after recalling defective furniture. Retailer COH loses -0.6% despite reporting upbeat sales.

MONDAY 1/18/16; Global Selloff Continues to Asia; NIKK Under 17K; WTIC Oil 28-Handle; Brent Oil 27-Handle; US Markets Closed for Dr Martin Luther King Jr Day; Italy MIB and Portugal PSI Mini-Crash; Italian Banks Collapse; Russian Ruble Weakens Through 79

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 signaling excessive pessimism and hinting at a recovery rally imminent for equities.

SUNDAY 1/17/16

Taiwan elects its first female president, DPP leader Tsai Ing-wen, so 






























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itor running in the race to pretend there is a race (since the establishment is corronating Clinton), but voters are giving him more attention as Hillary Clinton falters.

SATURDAY 1/16/16

The Splendid Hotel in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, is targeted by Islamist radical terrorists murdering 23 people and taking 126 people hostage. 






















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Middle East, more so with the billions of dollars released, and continue a clandestine operation to build a nuclear bomb and other weapons.

FRIDAY 1/15/16; SSEC Mini-Crash -3.5%; WTIC and Brent Oil Collapse Under 30; C; BLK; PNC; RF; USB; WFC; FAST; OpEx; PPI (Producer Price Index); Retail Sales; Industrial Production; Consumer Sentiment; Business Inventories; RUT Under 1000; Cascading Global Selloff; US Stocks Collapse Ahead of 3-Day Weekend

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can take off like a rocket and shock to the upside as much as today’s shock to the downside.

THURSDAY 1/14/16; Cascading Global Selloff; SSEC Under 3000; Jakarta Terrorist Attack; Renault Faces Emissions Scandal; JPM; BOE Rate Decision; Import and Export Prices; Baltic Dry Index (BDI) Under 400 at Record Low; US Stocks Rally; INTC

Japan Core Machinery Orders drop -14.4% month-on-month worse than the -7.9% expected. 






































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 Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are the top two candidates on the republican side although the establishment politicians do not like either one. The general election for the next President of the United States (POTUS) is on 11/8/16.

WEDNESDAY 1/13/16; China Trade Balance; Global Stocks Rally; SVU; 10-Year Note Auction; Beige Book; SPX Under 1900; Brent Oil Under 30

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 chip maker for GoPro cameras, collapses -10.4% in sympathy. GoPro is viewed as a one-trick pony catering to sports enthusiasts. Many consumers simply use their cell phones instead of spending extra money on a GoPro.

TUESDAY 1/12/16; NIKK Loses -3%; WTIC Oil Prints 29-Handle; Natural Gas Crashes -5.3%; CSX; State of the Union

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Republican POTUS candidate Ted Cruz humorously says the speech is not a “State of the Union” but instead a “state of denial.” The president does not mention the developing Iranian crisis with 10 sailors held captive on Farsi Island. Iran upstages the president.