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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Some breaking economic news to bring to you June Bloomberg Economic

Expectations Index, that's lowered.

Folding to 41 versus a prior rating of 44 and a half.

Also the Weekly Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index coming in lower at 42.1, the previous reading

of 43 and a half.

The Central Banks around the world are placing their policy on hold.

Ah, do they know something the rest of us don't?

Doug Cass, Seabree's partners telling Tom a little earlier,

Save your money for a rainy day because it's starting to rain.

That to worry is sending stocks lower and driving money into Haven assets.

With the Downjans industrial average,

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