Output growth has now fallen for three straight months, taking the pace of expansion down to its lowest since the start of the year.

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For most of 2013, discretionary sectors were leading defensive sectors (ratio was rising in 2013).

Dividend income investors are being offered new and exciting ways to invest in the stock market that previously did not exist.

Not all storms behave this way but the ones that do can be particularly damaging, as they are preceded by a sense of complacency, leaving little time for preparation. In today’s financial market, we may be seeing the precursor to such a storm.

The 50-day moving average helps filter out day-to-day volatility in the markets, allowing us to focus on the intermediate-term trend. When the slope of the 50-day starts to flatten out, it tells us the battle between the bulls and bears is relatively even from an intermediate-term perspective.