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Those who had long compared President Obama to President Carter can gloat for awhile because now they have a statistic to back them up. For the first time since 1978, when President Carter was in office, the stock market declined for nine straight sessions yesterday, August 4, 2011.Unfortunately,...

We saw weaker than expected durable good orders for June this morning, renewed concerns over the debt ceiling here in the United States, problems in Europe and everything else imaginable. In other words, it's just a typical Wednesday in the equity markets it seems. June durable goods came in at -...