Richer said that up to half of the stars in the universe were obscured by space dust and would soon be visible for the first time, thanks to ALMA's ability to pick up sub-millimeter radiation waves that pass through the dust unchecked.
Small-cap growth guru Jim Oberweis of the Oberweis Report and Oberweis mutual funds thinks the second-half pick-up is no macroeconomic head fake, but he is letting go of stocks with sub-par growth prospects.