Sleepless in Cincinnati & Minneapolis

(1) A terrible week. (2) Will “act of war” trigger NATO response? (3) Stock market troubled by falling commodity prices and currencies. (4) Worrying in the Heartland about a stall-out for the US and global economies. (5) Consumers not buying winter coats during warm patch. (6) Fed Vice Chair Fischer may be too laid-back about strong dollar. (7) None-and-done in 2016 is a likely scenario after one-and-done this year. (8) Still looks more like muddling than stalling. (9) Slicing-and-dicing S&P 500 revenues and earnings for Q3. (10) Ex-Energy, there’s no profits recession.