Market Outlook

• Forget Green Shoots: These Are the Brown Shoots Turning Black
  Michael Shulman • EXPE, HLT, HOT • 4 Comments| Quick Read
• Last Quarter Is Going To Be Hard to Beat
  Bespoke Investment Group • 1 Comment| Quick Read
• Pompous Prognosticators 2004-2009
  Nick Barisheff • 3 Comments| Quick Read
• Watching Sectors Decline
  optionMONSTER • 2 Comments| Quick Read
• Weekly Charts Point to Continued Recession, Bear Market
  Richard Suttmeier • DUG, GLD, SPX • 4 Comments| Quick Read

The Economy

• TARP Mission Creep Watch, SBA Edition
  Felix Salmon • 3 Comments| Quick Read
• Consumer Confidence Fading
  Tim Iacono • 12 Comments| Quick Read
• Consumer Sentiment Dips Again
  Jordan Kahn • CIT, GMGMQ.PK • Comment!| Quick Read
• 11 Economies Worse Off than U.S.
  Rick Newman • 5 Comments| Quick Read
• In Defense of Green Shoots
  Arnold Landy • 2 Comments| Quick Read

Dollar/Currencies

• Dollar Retraces Some Parts Of Thursday’s Declines
  TheLFB • EGB, FXA, FXC • 1 Comment| Quick Read
• Currency Markets Enter Again in a Risk-Aversion Mode
  TheLFB • EGB, FXA, FXC • 1 Comment| Quick Read
• No Chance of Inflation Anytime Soon
  Sanjeev Sharma • UDN, UUP • 4 Comments| Quick Read
• 'The Wreck of the Hesperus' and the Meltdown of Global Monetary System
  Jake Towne • GLD, SLV • 5 Comments| Quick Read
• U.S. Dollar: Safe Haven Flows Ease on Positive Trade Numbers
  Kathy Lien • UDN, UUP • 2 Comments| Quick Read

Today's Market

• Friday Options Update: VMED, FSLR, BDK, SNDK
  Andrew Wilkinson • BDK, FSLR, SNDK • Comment!| Quick Read
• Consumer Confidence Fading
  Tim Iacono • 12 Comments| Quick Read
• Consumer Sentiment Dips Again
  Jordan Kahn • CIT, GMGMQ.PK • Comment!| Quick Read
• Closing Update for Friday, July 10
  MidnightTrader.com • AIG, CIT, CVX • 2 Comments| Quick Read
• Commodities Today: A Traders' Market
  Matthew Bradbard • Comment!| Quick Read

Earnings

• Mechel's Disappointing Quarter, And What It Says About Steel
  Zacks.com • MTL • Comment!| Quick Read
• Helen of Troy: An Underpriced Stock
  The Correct Call • HELE • 2 Comments| Quick Read
• Target Gets a Lift from Guidance
  Ockham Research • ANF, GPS, TGT • Comment!| Quick Read
• A Look at Google Options Ahead of Next Week's Earnings
  Moby Waller • GOOG • Comment!| Quick Read
• Will Alcoa's Cost Cuts Help the Company?
  Andrew Horowitz • AA • Comment!| Quick Read

Hedge Funds

• Hollywood, Lotteries and Mutual Funds Show That Risk Is Relative
  Christopher Holt • 2 Comments| Quick Read
• May Hedge Fund Asset Flow
  David Enke • Comment!| Quick Read
• For Ross Mandell and Sky Capital, a Long Trip Indeed
  Jake Zamansky • 1 Comment| Quick Read
• Hedge Funds Update: Soros, Anderson, Meriwether, Rosenberg and More
  Market Folly • Comment!| Quick Read
• Dan Loeb's Third Point Hedge Fund Favoring 'Blank Check' Companies
  Market Folly • AMED, CORE, DEPO • 1 Comment| Quick Read