More Work to Do on the Downside

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On Friday, I turned negative on oil, yet I didn't receive even one email on the subject.

I also find it curious that there's a lot of talk about a slowdown, yet there has been no flight to quality in names like Coca-Cola (KO Quote) and Kimberly-Clark (KMB Quote).

This leads me to believe that people might be hiding out in oil stocks instead of recession names. Does the oil trade need to be shaken out? ...