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Market Shrugs off Pessimistic Reading of Fed Minutes

Although the retail sector is lagging, key stocks are thriving, while fast food stocks are posting slow and steady gains.
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    Get Ready for a Volatile Fourth Quarter
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    Falling Yields Fuel Housing Market Demand
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    Good Time to Sell Gold
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    Bonds Retreat but Market Still Shows Anxiety
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    A Few Reasons an Inverted Yield Curve Is Bullish
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    Sharp Rally Ends the Week's Roller Coaster Ride
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    Nervous Investors Punish GE, Netflix, and Viacom
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    Inverse Energy ETFs Soar Amid Global Slowdown Fears
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    Recession Fears Reverse Market Gains
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    Stunning Overnight Reversal Traps Complacent Bulls
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    Markets Rally as US Relents on Tariffs
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    3 Ways to Trade the Move in Precious Metals
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    Yields and Stocks Resume Slide
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    3 VIX ETFs to Trade Heightened Market Volatility
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    Last Week Saw Big Selling in Stocks, Especially Energy
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    Markets Pause Going Into Weekend
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    Long Bond Fund Poised to Hit New Highs
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    Latin America ETFs Bounce as Growth Slowdown Fears Ease
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    Rebounding Stocks Remain Volatile
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    Stocks Dodge Bear Bullet, Defensive Sectors Surge
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    3 Defense ETFs to Play Defensive Amid Trade Uncertainty
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    Nervous Market Pauses at Notable Juncture
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    Devaluation Leads to Capitulation
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    Don't Let August Jitters Bounce You Out of Great Stocks
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    Falling Knife
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    China Bear ETFs Come to Life After Latest Trade Salvo
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    All Signs Point to a Summer Correction
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    Trump Tweet Terrifies ... Again
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    Fed-Driven Roller Coaster
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    Volatility Ahead
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    Cautious Optimism
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    Moneyball and Strategies for Stock Market Success
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    Fed Ahead
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    Rally Stumbles on Fed Concerns
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    Tech Leads Melt-Up
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    Europe ETFs Jump Amid Hopes of Brexit Breakthrough
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    Earnings Bonanza
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    3 Charts That Suggest Gold Is Going Higher
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    Poised to Break Out
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    Overheated Markets Set Up for an Opportunistic Pullback
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    Shaky Markets, Rate Uncertainty
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    Fed to the Rescue ... Again
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    Two Steps Back
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    Seeking New Highs
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    Markets Cautious as Earnings Season Kicks Off
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    Preparing for Overbought Markets and Compounded Returns
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    Record High Markets Ahead of Earnings Season
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    Topping Patterns in Real Estate ETFs Suggest Selling
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    Bond Market in Retreat After 'Powell Put'
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    Rally Hesitates on Higher Inflation
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    Markets Cheer Lower Interest Rate Outlook
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    Brazil ETFs Hit 52-Week High Amid Pension Reform Vote
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    Markets Brace for Fed Testimony
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    Is Deutsche Bank Another Bear Stearns?
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    3 Technical Reasons Why the Bull Market May Be Over
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    Hidden Information and Big Buying in Stocks
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    Strong Jobs Numbers Fail to Boost S&P 500
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    3 ETFs for Contrarians to Play a Summer Fade
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    All-Time Highs on Wall Street With More to Come
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    Bulls Move in Before Labor Report
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    Dividend Stocks Pop as Bonds Recover
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    3 Charts That Suggest European Stocks Are Headed Higher
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    China Pushes S&P 500 to New All-Time High
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