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Presented with little comment… because if this doesn’t wake people up to the unreality of the stock ‘market’, nothing will. Hertz has ripped higher 8 days in a row, surging over 18% in that period as analysts and talking heads piled on proclaiming how wonderful it is.. and then:

• *HERTZ HAS DECIDED TO WITHDRAW 2014 FINANCIAL GUIDANCE
• *HERTZ EXPECTS TO BE WELL BELOW LOW END OF 2014 GUIDANCE

Must be a one-off idiosyncratic issue right?

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Submitted by Scotiabank’s Guy Haselmann,

In Loving Memory of Dear Great Aunt Addy

Hear ye, hear ye, Fed policy is hereby bestowed the name “Great Addy Policy” in memory of my great aunt who drove with one foot on the accelerator and one foot on the brake. This is fitting since the FOMC is physically applying the brake by ending its asset purchase program in October, while simultaneously blowing hot air into the accelerator in the form of promises of continued accommodation.

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Submitted by Scotiabank’s Guy Haselmann,

In Loving Memory of Dear Great Aunt Addy

Hear ye, hear ye, Fed policy is hereby bestowed the name “Great Addy Policy” in memory of my great aunt who drove with one foot on the accelerator and one foot on the brake. This is fitting since the FOMC is physically applying the brake by ending its asset purchase program in October, while simultaneously blowing hot air into the accelerator in the form of promises of continued accommodation.

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These five things are key in determining where B-Dubs goes from here.

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While the technology-friendly Nasdaq Composite has made it back to levels not seen since March 2000, the month the tech-bubble popped, the shares of many tech giants that helped fuel that bubble still have a long way to go.
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Authored by Eric Holder, via The St.Louis Post-Dispatch,

Since the Aug. 9 shooting death of Michael Brown, the nation and the world have witnessed the unrest that has gripped Ferguson, Mo. At the core of these demonstrations is a demand for answers about the circumstances of this young man’s death and a broader concern about the state of our criminal justice system.

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Apple approaches its all-time high as the iPhone 6 is expected to be unveiled in a matter of weeks. This all sounds eerily familiar, but things are different this time.

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