The Traderszone Network

The IPO market has been a bit sluggish in recent months, but that doesn’t mean new issues should be off your radar. Why is it important to focus on newer companies? They tend to be in their earlier stages of growth with plenty of market-share gains ahead. Some will succeed; others won’t. But focusing on top-rated newer issues is sound strategy.

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CEO Klaus Kleinfeld is excited about both parts of his company going forward.

Hospital treating shooting victims, there may be hostages in Colorado Springs
Initial reports said the shooting was at a Planned Parenthood clinic but a separate report says there was no connection to the abortion clinic and the attack.

39 Fifth Avenue (inset: Nate Berkus)

Interior designers Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent are listing their duplex penthouse, but, sadly, they aren’t including the furniture. (more…)

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What little credibility the shamanistic voodoo religion that is economics had, it lost over the past 2 years when even the most modest downtick in economic activity was blamed on the “weather.” It appears that as part of their conversion from “economist” to pure-play weathermen, nobody advised Wall Street’s if not best and brightest, then certainly dumbest Keynesians, that adjusting for the seasons, is precisely what seasonal adjustments are for, and why they spend hundreds of hours goalseeking every data point with Arima-X-13 models until they get the result they want.

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Trading was quiet in the post-Thanksgiving session, but these stocks dropped. Find out why.

Police and firefighters in Colorado Springs, Colo., are responding to reports of an active shooter at the local Planned Parenthood clinic on Friday.
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