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- No Greek Debt Deal? No Problem! (Maybe)
- Irish Finance Minister Causes Draghi's Worst Nightmare
- Caesars' Wild Open
- Forget the Incredible Shrinking Greek Politicians—It’s Draghi Time!
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- Overcoming Distrust Between the Germans and the Greeks
- Is Merkel Too Comfortable With Greek Default?
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Stocks Rally On Dr Doom's Encouraging Words
Reporter
Stocks were moving sideways...until midday, when famously bearish economist Nouriel Roubini came out and said that the "worst is behind us in terms of economic and financial conditions." The Dow rallied over 100 points on that news...
A rally on that? But Roubini was famously bearish at the right moment several years ago, and is widely followed. Roubini less bearish is notable news.
More notable is the slow trickle of modestly positive news this week...from Intel [INTC
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The bottom line: the market jolts upward whenever there is a modicum of good news, but drops very little on disappointing news.
The Dow is now up 7 percent this week, its' best streak since the March lows.
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- Overcoming Distrust Between the Germans and the Greeks
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