12 Awesome Insights From Wall Street's Sharpest Minds

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After a week overwhelmed by economic announcements across the world — think PMI, consumer spending, GDP, unemployment — it's time to sit back and take it all in. 

This week analysts tried to digest all of the above and look for signs of future market movement.

There's on problem: everyone has a different opinion.

ECONOMIST: 'At Least We Don't Have To Hear About How People Are Dropping Out Of The Labor Force'

"The unemployment rate went up a tenth today, but at least we don’t have to hear about how people are dropping out of the labor force.  The labor force had fallen in March and April, those not in the labor force had risen.  No jobs for them so they dropped out was the argument.  But today, the labor force went up 642K, 422K of them found jobs, employment up, and 220K of them did not find jobs, so the unemployment level went up to 12.7 million.  We cannot be too bearish then on the 8.2% unemployment rate, and this is especially true as unemployment claims are still low."

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BofA: The Bullish Argument For Dividend Stocks Is A Simple Case Of Supply And Demand

"'[W]e think that cash return may be one of the most bullish themes for US equity investors as a solution to the supply / demand imbalance of income oriented investments,' wrote Subramanian. Because there are so many corporations with the capacity to boost dividends, she recommends going for 'dividend growers' over 'high yielders' which are stocks that already have a high payout relative to stock price."

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CHART OF THE DAY: This Is Easily The Craziest Reason Why A Company Would Boost Its Dividend

"It is important that fundamental analysts understand how the senior management teams of the companies they are analyzing are variably compensated, as those with restricted stock and not options are much more likely to increase dividends. The principle? People rarely intentionally damage their own net worth."

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