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The market is mostly down this morning, but its growth stocks that are again unraveling—as of 11:15 am EST, the Dow is up 18 points, but the Nasdaq is down 173 points and growth funds are down much more than that.

The shine from the Fed’s press conference yesterday came off early this morning and it’s turned into an ugly day. It’s another one of those days (we’ve had too many this year) where it feels wrong to be a buyer and wrong to be a seller. Classic bear market.

The market is having one of its better days in a few weeks—as of 2 pm ET, the Dow is up 578 points and the Nasdaq is up 329 points

Paul Goodwin, Chief Analyst of Cabot China & Emerging Markets Report, appeared on Moe Ansari’s Market Wrap radio program today, and discussed the prospects for emerging markets stocks in 2014.

Rosetta Stone (RST) has had its share of problems over the years. As the Internet grows, there are more free or low-cost language learning courses available online. That has resulted in more competition and put pressure on the product pricing. Until recently, the company was missing out on the opportunity...

MarketWatch columnist Mark Hulbert writes that most Honor Roll receipents, including Cabot Market Letter are bullish on the market.

Today’s note includes the podcast.

Today’s note includes earnings updates, ratings changes and the podcast.

Growth stocks are being taken to the woodshed today, and this comes after some climactic upside action in the indexes and key leaders in recent days/weeks. Moreover, we’re starting to see some growth leaders crack support for the first time during this rally.

Growth stocks remain under severe pressure, with more unraveling today.

Growth stocks continue to bleed today, with many down 4% to 10% even as money rotates into cyclical areas. Our trend-following indicators are still positive, so we’re not selling wholesale, but as growth investors, we are turning cautious—we came into this week with 41% in cash.

Yesterday the major indexes finished mixed, with the Dow up 71 points and the Nasdaq down 78 points. But the story of the day (and the prior Friday) was a renewed rotation out of growth stocks, with most leading titles down 2% to 3% yesterday alone and a couple more cracking near-term support.

According to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., banks grew their loan balances by $178 billion during the second quarter, compared with $38 billion a quarter earlier. That’s the largest lending expansion since banks lent $203 million during the fourth quarter of 2007...

It’s been a rough couple months for growth stocks. But the most beaten-down small-cap stocks could be big money makers when the selling ends.

Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent Holdings - a.k.a. the BAT stocks - have suffered from the trade war-fueled downturn in Chinese stocks. But the tide is turning.

Most growth stocks missed the late-2016 rally, and many have been stuck in neutral for nearly three years. Expect that to change in a big way next year.

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