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According to MSNBC, the ardent hippies at Ben & Jerry’s are now creating an ice cream flavor to celebrate the Occupy Wall Street movement. They’re looking for suggestions for the name. I’ve got a few below:

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Today is the 6th Blogiversary of the best financial blog on the web, Abnormal Returns.

As bad as things have seemed this summer/fall, it is important to recognize that we’re not headed to a recession so long as there is no “trigger”, the concern is that a China or Euro shock could serve is that trigger which is why we’re paying such close attention after all.

Street of Walls is a brand new site that’s doing some interesting things with data visualization and community. I recommend you check it out for yourself at the link below, in the meantime, the team there put together a macro outlook that is very timely.

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