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The Imperial President ...And His Discontents 2012_7_9 ups_cover61404-postal.qxd 6/19/2012 9:58 PM Page 1 July 9, 2012 $4.99 FOSTER ON BS LOU CANNON on Rodney King The Imperial . and His President . Discontents John Yoo Jonah Goldberg Andrew C. McCarthy Kevin D. Williamson $4.99 28 0 74820 08155 6 www.nationalreview.com base_milliken-mar 22.qxd 6/19/2012 4:07 PM Page 1 Never Be On The Wrong Side Of The Stock Market Again re you tired of building your portfolio and seeing it wither But cracks started showing in late March. IBD noted distribution A in a punishing market downtrend? Read Investor’s Business days were piling up on the major indexes. On March 28 - just one Daily® every day and you’ll stay in step with the market. day after the market hit a new high - IBD told readers the uptrend was under pressure, which presented a proper time to book some IBD uses 27 market cycles of history-proven analysis and rules profits, cut any losses and begin raising cash. 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