Gobble, Gobble - Happy Thanksgiving!

• National Retail Federation raises holiday sales forecast


• The U.S. consumer just keeps on spending


• The cost of your Thanksgiving meal rises


• It's not easy raising turkeys where coyotes roam


• It's time for Turkeys of the Year


• Everyone currently hopes we'll see a repeat performance


• Is a year-end stock rally inevitable?


• The generals push for a year-end mark up


• "The market, like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do." - Warren Buffett


• When Greenspan exits, will the Fed be done raising interest rates? At least that's the current assumption


• Good luck Mr. Bernanke!


• M3 money growth is off the charts


• Jobless claims jump just in time for the holidays


• Economy goes forward but leaves many behind


• "There are no facts, only interpretations." - Friedrich Nietzsche


• How long can Google (GOOG) run ahead of the pack? Lloyd Sakazaki offers some clue


• The story of Google is ultimately a story of money


• The Great Google Wipeout?


• Stock screening with Zacks


• Forbes sees five bear traps


• Charts, charts, & more charts!


• Coach (COH) makes it to Standard & Poor's Top Ten


• John Dorfman finds a few stocks set for a year-end bounce


• Bank shares are popular with insiders


• Stock turkeys of 2005 - this year's list of biggest losers on Wall Street


• How much should you pay for a growth stock? Morningstar provides some help


• Buffett likes beer and Wal-Mart


• Wal-mart's game plan? Spare no rivals!


• Macy's plans $1M gift card giveaway


• The transportation sector is really truckin' because America keeps on shopping


• All eyes are on Playboy (PLA) as Hugh Hefner buys stock


• "If you're ridin' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there." - A Cowboy's Guide To Life


• The tech industry's great task


• Cars that talk to each other?


• The Trend Desk by Daniel Pink


• A simple explanation why American auto manufacturers are having problems


• Honda Civic wins car of the year


• The long-overdue job-cutting efforts by Ford and GM are just another sign of indirect ravages of inflation, which we are routinely assured is under control


• Rising inflation in the video game business?


• Sun-powered power plants to the rescue?


• Tracking Avian Flu


• Bank of America provides an Investor's Guide to China


• Despite bombs, Baghdad stock exchange thinks big


• Thousands of Californians flock to a career in real estate


• Americans become addicted to energy drinks


• Putting the new Xbox through its paces


• Forget day trading - just flip your Xbox on eBay


• Running a hedge fund may be losing some luster


• If you want to make the big bucks, you've got to go to Wall Street


• It's a bull market for derivatives


• Accounting board is ready to rumble


• You should always refuse to stay wrong. Everyone makes mistakes, but staying wrong is a perfect recipe for losing a fortune


• Radical Guides to investing and more!


• The benefits of proper asset allocation over the long-term


• The decline of stock picking?


• Few doubt that enhanced indexing will become quite popular in the years ahead


• Is value investing too popular?


• Value Investing is not strictly an American game anymore


• A few reasons why emerging markets have been red hot


• Female investors shun the pros and instead get advice from friends & family


• Investors aren't flocking to free, independent stock research


• Only 1 in 5 market-timing newsletters have been able to beat a buy-and-hold strategy according to Mark Hulbert


• AAII offers a useful guide to ETFs


• Merriman's 4 buy-and-hold portfolios


• Looking for new investment ideas? I frequently examine FolioFN's portfolios for some ideas


• RetirementThink - essential information for your retirement future


• "There is an enormous risk if you buy anything after protracted run-ups, and that's true with commodities." - Peter Anderson


• Every trade should have a catalyst, one not already baked into the stock price. If you can't find it, then move on or put in on you watch list


• Too many links, not enough time


• What exactly is RSS and how and why should I use it? Here's a useful primer to get you started


• Setting up a new computer takes time, but I found this website useful to make a few tweaks


• An (almost) invisible browser so you can surf at work


• For some, the holidays are indeed very tough times


• A gift organizer?


• It's time again to hang some Christmas lights outside


• "Most financial gifts are as appealing as discount coupons for gym socks." - John Waggoner


• In case you missed yesterday's post - my 2005 reading list


• Oprah's favorite things


• Happy Thanksgiving! I'll be back on Monday!