Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Veritiv Corp. VRTV, Caterpillar Inc.'s CAT, Arista Networks Inc. ANET, First Financial Bancorp. Less-than-expected inflation rates in October and November with respect to several measures have clearly indicated this. In fact, economic indicators like a tepid housing sector, declining commodity prices (except food and energy), growing accumulation of inventories on the part of manufacturers and retailers, a gradual slowdown of the ISM manufacturing PMI and retail sales along with a decline in the job openings rate are all pointing to the cooling down of the U.S. economy.