Snippets and Tidbits

• A disappointing session so far as pre-Fed worries dominate


• Fed meeting could boost stocks


• Did Santa come early?


• Vital signs for this week


• Word junkies get read for the Fed


• Comparisons to last year's market continue to be widely discussed


• Speculative fervor!


• Financial stocks look golden


• Buyback mania just won't quit


• Gold at $1,000?


• Gold gaps upward and the explanation may be alarming


• The market currently loves Helicopter Ben, but will that love fade next year?


• Bernanke confuses depression cure with disease


• Knowledge and perspective are the two best tools you'll ever have at your disposal


• No wonder why the natural gas stocks continue to perform well - households heating with natural gas can expect to spend from 50% to 70% more this winter


• Where the action is in energy


• A growing trend - Americans burn corn to cut heating costs


• Home sellers chop asking prices as signs of hard landing begin to appear


• An interesting look at foreign investment behavior


• China overtakes US as IT exporter


• Global retail development index


• Solid gains are likely in storage and data processing


• Holding down costs is important, but not everything at Sears & Kmart


• Satellite radio - out of the car and under fire


• Tech companies gear up for seniors


• Speed trap!


• There are no big surprises on IBD's list of fastest-growing, top-rated companies


• CANSLIM Rockets


• Like volatile stocks? Here's a working list of fresh candidates


• What you trade may be as important to profitability as how you trade


• Ben Stein thinks small to get big returns


• John Templeton's 5 steps for financial success


• Algorithmic Trading: its growth and limitations?


• 65 chart patterns


• Ideal features of a good trade


• Stocks on the trading radar? Here's today's list: MYOG, ICON, PRFT, VIVO, CONN, EGHT, BOOM, INLD, ASTE, HITK, SIFY, GROW, ATHR, TRLG, ANTP, & CTRN
  


• Your risk tolerance and time horizon should always been in synch


• Hurricane victims stay close to home


• We should be glad God doesn't give us everything we ask for


• "The economy is strong, and it will stay strong right up until the moment that our elected officials kill it." - Donald Luskin


• The Bush administration has tossed in the towel on tax reform


• One major source of uncertainty is the low tax rates that are about to expire


• The easiest way to save on taxes is to stash money in accounts that aren't taxed


• Investing: Roth or not?


• Five bits of conventional financial wisdom to ignore


• The next retirement time bomb


• I'm so glad that TIAA-CREF made it to this year's Lump of Coal awards


• Six questions to ask about any mutual fund


• As tuition rates soar, some ask questions on the value of education


• The key to business success is to find a unique niche


• Lessons in leadership - the education of Andy Grove


• 50 coolest websites


• BusinessWeek highlights the best of 2005


• Happy news!


• Yahoo Widgets


• My wife and I rolled over laughing last night before bed when I said that my plan was to get some rest this weekend. That's how busy we were


• "The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." - Walter Bagehot