What comes first, the chicken or the egg? That question might not be as clear as which comes first, a decline in corporate profits or a recession. According to a Source “Uncommon Truths” report, a decline in profits – and a fall in the stock market – most often precedes an economic recession. Despite recent stock market shocks in 2016 stinging and at times along with faltering individual name corporate profits, don't think a recession is on the way, the report says. Its the economy that will trump politics when it comes to stock market returns.

This economy "still has legs"
Despite flashes of red warning signs, Source thinks the economy is going...

