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So many good reasons to visit Chicago, but these are at the top of the list.....

Happy marathon Sunday, Chicago! Runners who visit a bakery and show their bib or medal today or Monday are eligible for one free, classic cupcake at our bakery in the Loop. 🧁🏃‍♀️

Stef gets a lot closer than a lot of money managers!

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These Birds of Prey Are Deliberately Setting Forests on Fire It's pretty hot in Australia right now. A brutal heatwave that's incinerated temperature records threatens devastating bushfires – and to make matters worse, authorities have to contend with an ancient breed of flying arsonists that may as well be

Oops, is it time to back off of tech?

These Birds of Prey Are Deliberately Setting Forests on Fire It's pretty hot in Australia right now. A brutal heatwave that's incinerated temperature records threatens devastating bushfires – and to make matters worse, authorities have to contend with an ancient breed of flying arsonists that may as well

STOP STEEL IMPORTS! Don't worry about potential bourbon tariffs 'lldrinkithere!

U.S. Distillers Brace For Possible EU Backlash Against Bourbon The Financial Times reports that, if President Trump decides to limit U.S. steel imports, EU officials might retaliate against whiskey. EU member nations buy more than half of U.S. bourbon exports.

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All major U.S. stock markets will be closed on Friday March 25, 2016 in observance of Good Friday.

In spite of a lackluster day on Wall Street, 93% of stocks in the S&P 500 are now trading above their 50-day moving averages. Additionally, S&P 500 stocks are currently off the 52-week highs by an average of 16.1%; up from being down -26.9% on February 8th. Also. the index has now made two higher highs after 4 months of lower lows. Technicians would say this supports the call for an end of the bear market. Using one standard deviation on the $VIX to estimate where the S&P 500 could be in 30 days, there is a 68% chance that the S&P 500 will be trading within 1,967.93 and 2,131.67 on April 22.

The averages shrugged off sliding existing home sales data as DJIA gained 20 points (0.1%), to 17,622, logging its seventh straight day of gains – its longest winning streak since October 2015. Consumers seem to feel more comfortable putting their money into stocks rather than playing Russian Rolette with the housing market, as housing prices are moving back into nose bled territory. According to the National Association of Realtors sales slid 7.1% to lowest pace since November. The run-up in prices appears to be due too little supply of affordable houses which is sidelining potential buyers, who are waiting for the market to pull back a bit before jumping in.

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) is among the worst performers on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) today, down 1.5% at $13.52. KBH was trading 76.30 in Jan. 2006 post a 2:1 split and it hasn’t seen much upside action since. The stock traded as low as $5.67 in September 2011 only to rally into the $20’s before settling in south of $14 for all of 2016. KBH is set to report Q1 2016 results on Wednesday (Mar 23rd). Investors aren’t’ very confident, as last quarter KBH reported negative earnings of 15.59%. Analysis’s blamed weather conditions in September and October, and labor shortages in some markets for the softer-than-expected home results for Q4 2015. However, the expectation is that the headwinds have dissipated and the company should have enough homes in queue to post a profit for Q1. That said, Zack’s currently has the stock rated as a Hold.