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title: "Sequester Friday"
url: https://independentstockanalysis.com/sequester-friday/
description: "And the sun still rose in the east… US oil production surges to a 20-year high at the end of 2012 to over 7 million barrels a day ( EIA ) ( Mark Perry )…"
published: 2013-03-01
updated: 2013-03-01
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# Sequester Friday

Published 2013-03-01

Posted on

by

J.J. Butler

And the sun still rose in the east…

US oil production surges to a 20-year high at the end of 2012 to over 7 million barrels a day ([EIA](http://www.eia.gov/oog/info/twip/twip_crude.html#production)) ([Mark Perry](http://www.aei-ideas.org/2013/02/us-oil-production-surges-to-20-year-high-at-the-end-of-2012/#.US90oPmijp0.twitter)) is positive far beyond direct employment, and includes manufacturing ([Business Insider](http://www.businessinsider.com/manufacturing-jobs-returning-to-america-2013-2?0=warroom-contributor)) and balance of trade. Plus shale *natural gas*…

US Durable Goods Orders at [Yardeni](http://blog.yardeni.com/2013/02/us-durable-goods-orders-excerpt.html).

Remarkable Stat on Real GDP at [Crossing Wall Street](http://www.crossingwallstreet.com/archives/2013/02/remarkable-stat-on-real-gdp.html).

Is the *cyclical* run over? [Short Side of Long](http://theshortsideoflong.blogspot.com/2013/02/has-nasdaq-topped-out.html#more) Is this Beginning of a Bear Market? [JC Parets](http://allstarcharts.com/is-this-the-beginning-of-a-bear-market/)

Doom and gloom headlines generates clicks on the internet, so we try to avoid it. That said, Warning: Stocks Likely to Crater from Here: Losses of over 50% may be in store by [Chris Martenson](http://www.peakprosperity.com/blog/81049/warning-stocks-likely-crater-here). More by [Walter Zimmerman](http://www.businessinsider.com/walter-zimmerman-warns-of-financial-crisis-2013-2?op=1).

Why I Love Dividend Achievers by [Charles Sizemore](http://charlessizemore.com/why-i-love-dividend-achievers/).

“By 2025, annual consumption in emerging markets will reach $30 trillion—the biggest growth opportunity in the history of capitalism.” [Mckinsey](http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Winning_the_30_trillion_decathlon_Going_for_gold_in_emerging_markets_3002)