To me, context is about pattern recognition.

It's connecting the dots.

It's giving readers an ability to synthesize

a number of different perspectives

so they can understand how the greater whole works,

because nothing really occurs in isolation anymore.

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I am a modest and bullish near term, but I'm barrish intermediate term.

I expect the S&P to decline to a low double digit percentage this year.

I think if we're going to take long dollar positions, I think the euro is the way to go right now,

short the euro long the dollar.

I don't think inflation is too low.

The public doesn't care that core PCE inflation. is

one point point point point point four percent they're oblivious to it

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Good morning I'm Michael McKee, it's 7 a.m. on Wall Street 8 PM in Shanghai where

G20 finance ministers and central bankers are meeting to save a world financial

system that today at least doesn't look a whole lot like it needs saving.

That said there are a lot of problems out there for them to talk about and talk

about them. We will on the show today

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