Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #5 Rank ("strong sell") List today:

American Commercial Lines Inc (ACLI) Arris Group Inc (ARRS) Associated Banc-Corp (ASBC) Astec Industries Inc (ASTE) Badger Meter Inc (BMI) Banner Corp (BANR) Beacon Roofing Supply Inc (BECN) Brunswick Corp (BC) C&D Technologies Inc (CHP) Capital Product Partners LP (CPLP) Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN) Ciber Inc (CBR) CIT Group Inc (CIT) Copano Energy LLC (CPNO) Crucell NV (CRXL) CryptoLogic Ltd (CRYP) Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica SA (ERJ) ...

Since I don't want to make the blog a place of constant sour news I'm always on the look out for slivers of good news.... we've been talking for a long time about the weakness in discretionary spending and just hit recently on the troubles of those (normal folk) who buy normal boats for normal fun [Jun 30: Listen to the Companies, Not the Government Reports - Brunswick Corp (BC) and Smithfield Foods (SFD)] However, there is always a bull market somewhere! Such as the nuevo rich [Jun 27: Global Millionaires - the Shift from West to East] and the booming market for super yachts. Our global gilded age continues - the gap between rich and middle class will widen. (poor - non starter unfortunately - falling farther and farther behind). I look forward from writing this blog from my super yacht ...

Most of these items can be filed under the heading of "things the market doesn't care about as it races upward, trusting everything will be fine in 6 months" :) Myself, I am fascinated with the dichotomy between the real economy and the stock market economy; I believe in the coming decade the divergence could grow even larger as more money is concentrated in the upper classes of society and less profits are due to the US as each year passes. But to see it so early, is interesting and I think has to do more with the printing fest at the Fed. We'll end this post with a bright spot... if you live in Forth Worth, TX Real economy issues that don't matter to Wall Streeters Credit Crunch Issue #1: GE to Stop Financing Boats, and Motor Homes (ironically 2 things I think are excellent shorts) I went ...