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Stocks are continuing their slow trek higher after the government's report of a drop in companies' inventories during January.


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Businesses trimmed inventories at the wholesale level again in January even though sales rose for a 10th consecutive month.



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Unemployment rose in 30 states in January, the Labor Department said Wednesday, evidence that jobs remain scarce in most regions of the country.

Investors are searching for direction Wednesday, after two days of relatively flat trading. Stocks edged higher in early morning trading.


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Legislation to give additional months of unemployment benefits to people who have been out of a job for more than half a year cleared a key hurdle Tuesday.


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The move down in gold yesterday surprised many traders and flashed an exit signal based on MarketClub’s daily “Trade Triangle” technology. As we have mentioned before, we felt that gold was in a broad trading range and were not optimistic that it would shoot higher.

The action yesterday confirms that we have more of a two-way market. I expect we’ll see further selling on any rallies from this level.

In today’s video, I share with you some thoughts I have on gold based on one important element: how gold energy fields propel this market.

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As the economy recovers, energy prices are rising and that is placing extra strain on families' budgets.

Job openings rose sharply earlier this year, a sign that employers might be preparing to step up hiring.