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Earnings Preview - Week of April 15

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Watch the Regional Banks Here Friday morning saw the opening of earnings season, but things really start swinging this week. For the week, we’re going to see more than 200 different earnings reports from three major sectors. Last week’s rough start for the banks puts more pressure on the wider swath of companies from the […]

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Markets Live Recap: Unemployment in Focus Today

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This morning, United States weekly jobless claims came in at 4.4 million.

Just over 26 million Americans have now applied for unemployment… In the last 5 weeks.

That means the U.S. economy has wiped out all the job gains since the Great Recession.

Unemployment sits at 23% and it doesn't look like we're close to re-opening the economy any time soon.

Despite that, investors shrugged off the news, bidding up the S&P 500 about 1.7% to start the day.

But stocks turned over mid-day and closed about flat.

Here's what our experts - Chris Johnson, Tom Gentile, D.R. Barton, Jr., and Shah Gilani - saw in the financial markets today, April 23...

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There's a Lot to Gain from This Dow Theory "Failure"

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When the markets get irrational, traders like our Chris Johnson ask lots of questions because there’s something to be learned – and money to be made.

While markets constantly change and evolve, there are a few rules that remain constant, such as the Dow Theory.

But despite that, what’s currently going on is signaling us to stay away, or even short, the Dow Jones Transpiration Average aggressively.

Let’s look at the issues pointing us to these bearish opportunities and the profits that can be made…