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This is one Bank Holiday that retailers won’t be looking forward to. Rising mortgage bills, fuel costs, and food bills are really starting to bite out there on the High Street.

A recent story in the Financial Times covered the possibility that Nigeria’s crude oil output could fall by a third in the next seven years. The problem is, Nigeria is one of the top five foreign oil suppliers to the U.S.

Another batch of earnings announcements sent shares lower, as weak results from non-financial firms fueled investor concerns that economic weakness is spreading to other industries.

Another multibillion-dollar write-down hits the Street. China gets chopped in two… Shanghai Composite erases 2007 gains. Rice at another record high… U.N. warns of coming “silent famine,” food rationing hits U.S. soil. Euro near $1.60… global finance chiefs grow tired of the declining dollar.

It’s earnings season again. But with an odd twist. You see, most investors realized that earnings season would be dismal; so when the results came in pretty much as expected, many investors seemed to find that the news, especially among financial, was not worse and went on a buying spree.

A fresh round of earnings reports dragged on U.S. stocks today (Thursday).

The key to making money in oil stocks this year…Is to sell ‘em. That’s right. The editor of an oil-stock advisory is telling you to sell oil stocks. But before you decide I’m committing professional suicide, realize that selling is how you realize profits in any stock, aside from blue chips you plan on keeping forever.

Stocks surged today (Wednesday), on a round of earnings releases that met or exceeded Wall Street expectations.

Stocks dipped lower today (Tuesday), as investor confidence about first quarter earnings remains low.