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• the current negativity sweeping the market;
• the obstacles retail stocks are facing; and
• what's really wrong with Europe.

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Negativity and Skittishness Abound

Posted at 1:43 p.m. EDT on Friday, June 15

No offense. All defense. That's what every day feels like these days. "So-and-so is out defending Boeing(BA) against stories of slowing orders." "Bed Bath & Beyond(BBBY) defended on Amazon(AMZN) competition." "McDonald's(MCD) defended on slowing Asia," "Starbucks(SBUX) defended on slowing Europe." "Harman(HAR) defended on Apple's(AAPL) Siri incursion into autos." "Nike(NKE) defended on possibly faltering Asian sales."

I find this kind of research to be reflective of how negative everything has become. These aren't upgrades. They aren't new, positive catalysts. They are simply attempts to try to defend a decline that may or may not be warranted.

Some of these defenses have to be made, simply because the analysts were already recommending the stock, and they feel they have to say something!

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But the more insidious are literally defenses against charges that are simply bogus or that really can't be refuted by the parties right now.