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The stock market has been on a headwind-defying run. Will it continue?

A version of this post first appeared on TKer.co After hitting a few bumps over the past month, the bull market resumed and stocks hit record highs last week. This happened despite some notable headwinds intensifying in recent months. Long-term interest rates, while off their highs, remain above levels we’ve experienced in recent years. This…

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A wake-up call: On the growth forecast

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Even the most pessimistic economic forecasters did not anticipate the sharp downturn in economic momentum reflected in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) estimates for the July-September quarter. From a five-quarter low of 6.7% in the first quarter (Q1), most independent economists expected GDP growth of 6.5% in Q2, citing slackening urban demand indicators such as…