The average score is 51.03 across our ADR universe, above the four week moving average score of 49.40. The average ADR is trading -21.13% below its 52 week high, -3.81% below its 200 dma, has 3.42 days to cover held short, and is expected to post EPS growth of 18.14% next year.

This truncated brief blog is about ethics.

Realistically, a 5% tax rise should prompt a 5% spending cut, with the earning power lost to inflation adding more belt tightening. You can't squeeze blood from a stone. Workers have no money.

The average ADR score is 48.07, below the four week moving average score of 48.33.

The average score across our ADR universe this week is 48.12, above the four week moving average score of 47.54.

Russian tanks, planes, and troops are reportedly crossing the border with eastern Ukraine after the referendum there which violated the terms of the truce between Ukraine and Russia.