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Monday, December 12, 2005
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
