In And Out Of The Market

• The week ahead


• A fast start for holiday retail


• Retail by the numbers


• For e-tailers, it's Cyber Monday


• The cost of The Twelve Days of Christmas is on the rise again


• 10 big ideas for 2007: a look at the best innovations coming from small businesses next year


• The unhappy dollar


• "Some of the best market advances seem to be the ones that are the hardest to believe, and this one is hard to believe." - Paul Desmond


• The most precious commodity on Wall Street is inside information ($)


• "I keep thinking we're right at the bottom on oil." - Boone Pickens


• Contrary to expectations, small caps are still outperforming this quarter ($)


• "Dividend-paying stocks will outperform growth stocks for the rest of your investing life." - Richard Band


• Value tops growth in October fund flows ($)


• TrimTabs liquidity theory


• What's the cause of most of the current wave of corporate financial restatements?


• Another reason to buy silver?


• Dogs are being used in a new kind of scientific research that even animal-rights activists like


• Cause of U.S. trade deficit is misunderstood


• Why the sizzling Indian economy is more at risk than China's


• Canadian banks simply produce results


• Investors see big opportunity in Vietnam


• The number of mobile phone users in China is expected to reach 459 million by the end of this year (more than the US and Japan population combined!)


• Get ready for the mobile TV boom


• James B. Stewart contemplates on what to sell


• Syntax-Brillian (BRLC) is in the right market at the right time


• Top stocks to day trade this week


• IBD's screen of the day finds stocks with the highest overall IBD rankings. The top 25 are: ACLI, ALB, BOT, CME, COH, CPA, CSH, DECK, FFIV, FMD, GLDN, GS, HOG, ICE, IIG, KNOT, LCC, LVS, MER, PHLY, PVH, RYAAY, SAY, TEF, and UARM


• Standard & Poor's screens for research & development spenders


• Domash goes dumpster-diving


• Tweakie's dumpster holdings


• Is it more profitable to be a trend follower or a trend fighter? Truth be told, both are correct


• Fosback's seasonal market-timing method still has enviable track record


• It's what traders do, not say, that really matters


• Intermediate versus long-term sentiment


• Harry Domash offers some advice for investors just starting out


• 10-year compounded return of key asset classes


• The cold shower portfolio with just three mutual funds is attractive to passive investors


• Morningstar's 10-minute test for mutual funds


• Exceptions to the rule on December fund payouts


• Time to lock in some of those CD rates?


• A fix for social security?


• The retirement plan Uncle Sam has right


• Lessons from an Economic Maestro


• Experts say you need to treat retirement less like a lengthy vacation and more like a career change ($)


• Two money-saving cellphone keystrokes


• 14 ways to lower your heating bill


• Phishing attacks now using phone calls


• Hedge funds grow up!


• Did you know that there are more than 100 mutual-fund managers who are also overseeing hedge funds?


• Lure of great wealth affects career choices


• Rampant hiring on Wall Street is a solid contrary indicator


• Hot skills got the biggest pay bounces in 2006


• Unrumor the rumors


• Google's book search


• 2007 Games of the Year


• Ruckus is a good game particularly if you have young children


• Oprah ditches favorite things in favor of donations


• "No one really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you'll see why." - Mignon McLaughlin