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The Motley Fool August 22, 2005 Seth Jayson	Ignore the Retail Doomsayers Waiting for the market's predictions of retail disaster to come true? Keep waiting. As a stock picker, you'll have your best luck when you concentrate on what you can know, and that means sticking with companies that are growing profitably, especially when they're discounted.
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The Motley Fool November 28, 2006 Matthew Crews	The Yin and Yang of Black Friday Black Friday's retail sales have been tallied, and the results continue to show the difficulties in predicting consumer spending. A successful investor must find the key factors or trends that will drive an investment's performance.
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