The Link Dump

• "The most important information available in a market is how it's acting right here, right now. A lot can happen in 12 months, so rather than make predictions about how the market will look next spring or next fall, I take each day as it comes." - Jonathan Hoenig


• Wall Street's 2007 stock forecast has a familiar ring


• Heading in 2007, Mark Hulbert says the top performing newsletter gurus are cautiously bullish


• Hulbert also runs the numbers on the January Indicator ($)


• American chief executives are bracing themselves for a tough year ($)


• The lowdown on 4th-quarter earnings ($)


• Tharp's 1-2-3 model is in yellow light mode


• Bill Gross' January Outlook


• Dr. Marc Faber believes global markets face severe correction


• Byron Wien's 10 surprises for 2007


• Liz Ann Sonders looks into her foggy crystal ball


• Deric O. Cadora's market outlook 2007


• The past 12 months presented a good time to buy a passport for your portfolio ($)


• Shifts in bond prices may prompt squeeze in liquidity ($)


• Eric Miller dons his contrarian cap


• There has been talk that financial and health-care stocks will take the lead in 2007 with basic materials and energy falling into disfavor ($)


• Investors are betting not just on the price of raw materials but also on the cost of delivering them ($)


• Even some Republicans are going solar


• Rise in ethanol raises concerns about corn as a food


• Chicken fat may be next biofuel golden goose


• The real action is in commodity trading


• What will 2007 hold for American home buyers?


• Fast-growing INTECH expands into foreign-stock strategy


• It's really no surprise why the tobacco companies have been under accumulation recently ($)


• New commodity ETFs


• Precious metals funds had a great 2006


• Is there a gold bubble?


• Investors are finding new ways to swap stock tips. ($)


• Jeans are big business and teens are big buyers


• Q&A with Bruce Berkowitz ($)


• Jim Cramer's top stock picks for 2007


• Big Money, No Whammies' six stocks for 2007 are STP, GLW, XWG, TINY, ONXX, and AMGN


• Merrill Lynch's 17 outperformers who are at risk of underperforming in early 2007 ($)


• SAC Capital goes long Pacific Sunwear (PSUN) ($)


• John Dorfman's 2007 robot portfolio is still long homebuilders


• 2007 Dogs of the Dow


• Altucher offers some tracking opportunities for the Dogs of the Dow


• NASDAQ-100 Pre-Market Heatmap


• Keep an eye on the Ocean Tomo 300. (Here's a nice list of the 300 companies by size & style)


• I.Q. Trends' lucky 13 portfolio


• The full-text of Reminiscences of a Stock Operator


• Harry Newton's top investment and life lessons


• Alan Farley's trading resolutions


• Ten lessons on life that apply to trading


• A good technical trading plan consists of three elements: 1) a good technical system, 2) this system on the right market(s) at the right time, and 3) good money management techniques


• Using the Put/Call ratio


• New Year's resolutions for irrational investors


• Kravis and Roberts see no end in sight to private equity boom ($)


• Private equity is expected to receive more scrutiny


• The leveraged buyout boom is making many rich, but is costing the NYSE dearly


• CBOT, Merc, CBOE all tally record turnover


• "We think it's going to be the largest commodity market in the world when it takes off." - Ted Dodge


• Derivatives trading soars!


• Chasing the holy grail: the algorithmic arms race


• U.S. regulators grow alarmed over hedge fund hotels


• Amaranth's founder may start a new fund ($)


• Chuck Jaffe makes some predictions for the mutual fund industry


• Creating the ideal benchmark: freeze your adviser


• How to choose a financial planner or adviser


• A mutual fund expense analyzer


• Don't worry, just expect more of the same from Washington


• Businesses scramble to beef up defenses from the attack of the Dems


• How green is Wall Street?


• It's always a pleasant surprise to see the rich make good use of their money


• Charity pledges smash all US records ($)


• Just in time for taxes - an adjusted stock basis calculator


• Six financial resolutions


• How to set up an emergency fund


• More unique calendars for 2007


• Lawyers must hate these kind of websites - free legal forms backed by a $50 guarantee


• Lots of good free stuff at ConciseFreeware


• 46 best freeware utilities


• Google's Browser Sync is helpful if you use Firefox over a number of computers


• Small steps to healthier living ($)


• We all do dumb things from time to time


• How to go to M.I.T. for free


• A daytrader's keyboard


• Go bucks!


• "I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday." - Abraham Lincoln