Kirk's Market Radar

• Fed chatter


• Just don't worry about the core


• "A good third quarter in any year is unusual and one in a mid-term election year is even more unusual. But there's no historical record of what it means for the fourth quarter." - Jeffrey Hirsch


• 14 of the last 16 years have produced positive S&P 500 returns in Q4


• 35% of money managers surveyed believe that U.S. stocks are undervalued


• Trade what you see and not what you think


• However, strength does not always bring strength


• The market has developed a sour spot for mid caps


• Historical tendencies this year have been faulty


• Does it pay to buy into multiple market highs?


• Few people realize how arbitrary the Dow is


• Mr. Market has been hijacked by a lot of money


• What would have happened if you actually held the Dow 30 stocks since January 2000?


• Morningstar's 3rd quarter in review


• Emerging markets funds bounce back


• What's on tap for next week?


• There's no such thing as cash sitting on the sidelines?


• I love the pressure!


• New pension law will make it easier for companies to automatically enroll employees in the 401k plans ($)


• The S&P 500 (SPX) hasn't declined -1% since July


• Who's keeping oil down?


• Gas is down - go back to sleep!


• Have you heard about the crisis in Hungary?


• Has the housing market really stabilized?


• Construction jobs


• Newsletters stay bullish (or at least stubborn) on energy


• Warming trend is hatching a business


• Cheap coal will be the main enemy in a fight against global warming


• Small cars stage a big turnaround


• The ascent of wind power


• A nut-free peanut?


• A business disaster for some, but a profit-making opportunity for others


• India outsourcing firms could process 30% of US bank transactions by 2010


• Outsourcing homework?


• The market has yet to realize the value in Nam Tai (NTE)


• Pirate Capital owns 22% of PW Eagle (PWEI)


• A long-term cup-with-a-handle can be seen in Rofin-Sinar Technologies (RSTI)


• Why do tech companies continue to release new products that are bug-ridden?


• Wal-mart ramps up political contributions


• Oil's not the only thing Chevron's been pumping


• When I bought my own blackberry, I should have picked up a few shares of RIMM as well


• According to Mark Cuban, only a moron would buy YouTube


• $1 billion for facebook? LOL!


• Craigslist founder stays stubborn


• Morgan Keegan's focus list


• Standard & Poor's favorite foreign stocks


• Best and worst-performing ADRs in the 3rd quarter


• Good healthcare REITs


• Dow members - then and now


• Top insider buying and selling in the past 30 days


• Retailers with interesting options activity ($)


• Unusually high option volume


• Are you a dividend lover?


• 50-day winners & losers


• S&P 500 September winners & losers


• Find opportunities by examining Wall Street golf handicap indexes


• NYT's intraday stock screener


• NYT's trade alerts


• Is trading for a living right for you?


• How to choose achievable goals


• 40 bits of trading wisdom


• Are you making any money this year? ($)


• Trading to win vs. trading to not lose


• Whatever your system, stick with it through thick and thin


• Martin Pring shows you how to trade smarter


• Short-selling with Ken Tower


• Q&A with Roger Nusbaum


• Understanding distribution days


• The importance of considering more than just the trade entry


• "Rule #1: Don’t lose money. Rule #2: Never forgot Rule #1" - Seth Klarman


• The Anti-Trader


• Yes, a good ticker symbol does help


• Stop worrying about making money and place a spectacular bet on your own talents


• Surfing the blogosphere for day trading resources


• Beware of pump-and-dump stocks


• Screening ETFs by their P/E ratio is of little value?


• Bond market manipulation?


• Idiotic examples of corporate cost cutting


• Options probe has cost investors billions


• Option grants increase at the top


• Herb Greenberg is always on the hunt


• Frankly I can't be less interested in the HP scandal


• We're only scratching the surface on rampant mortgage fraud


• Speed dating for hedge funds


• Prison tips for Bernie


• Only risk what you can afford to lose


• Watch the tax bite on mutual funds


• Do you have 3 months of wages on hand for a rainy day?


• There's no 80% solution for retirement


• 0% Interest


• Where there is a will, there is a way


• Keeping it simple with cell phones


• Blackberry crap


• To keep up with my RSS feeds, I've been using Sage


• But, when I'm on the go, BerryVine RSS Reader is useful


• Stock spam hits cellphones


• Does anyone out there trade on Ubuntu?


• Do you have too many phone numbers?


• I love Hawaii, but in my opinion, Honolulu is overrated


• TradeKing blog


• ValueWiki


• Money Origami


• Wall $treet Folly


• The Ugly Show is a riot!


• A real time waster - Mouse games


• No, Thank You!


• "To be successful, you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish, then resolve to pay the price to get it." - Bunker Hunt