Occupy Wall Street

October 11, 2011

From Josh Brown at The Reformed Broker, his top ten suggestions for a new Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavor to honor the Occupy Wall Street movement:

10. Occu-pie a la mode

9. Mud n’ Rocks

8. Kleptocracy Krunch

7. 99 Percent Vanilla

6. Class W-Oreo

5. Zuccotti Biscotti

4. Marching Powder

3. Protest Parfait

2. Drummer’s Delight

1. Unemploy-Mint

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Source: Ben & Jerry’s

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Relative Strength Spread

October 11, 2011

The chart below is the spread between the relative strength leaders and relative strength laggards (universe of mid and large cap stocks). When the chart is rising, relative strength leaders are performing better than relative strength laggards. As of 10/10/2011:

Relative strength leaders and relative strength laggards have generated similar performance over the past two years. A meaningful shift higher in this spread could bode well for relative strength strategies in the coming years.

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