Wall Street Watch

• David Weidner looks at the most explosive stories on Wall Street so far this year

• Todd Harrison shares 10 main themes

• Slowing earnings growth has been highlighted as the probable death knell for the bull market, but so far the timing has been wrong

• A recent strategist survey showed a decrease in the recommended allocation for stocks

• Only a week ago, the buyout boom seemed ready to deflate

• Buyout firm KKR files to go public

• Big investors sound note of caution

• LBO debt sets of some alarms

• An interesting comparison between the current M&A cycle and the last one

• The last time stocks were less attractive than bonds on a cash yield basis was March 2005?

• The Bear Sterns' fire sale has few takers

• Brokers' wrong bets cost South Florida seniors millions

• Investors angry as Supreme Court refuses help

• Jeffrey Saut worries about the political winds currently blowing in Washington D.C.

• Anthony Bolton predicts coming decline in investor confidence

• Money flows!

• Q&A with Jim Rogers

• Jim Rogers has sold his emerging market bets with the exception of China

• An important trendline break in Shanghai?

• The Big Mac Index

• Bear Stearns thinks small

• Dividends lose starring role in recent stock rally

• Circuit-breaker levels for 3Q

• Mrs Watanabe shakes up the currency markets

• Socially responsible ratings for the largest 100 companies by market cap

• Top 5 mid-cap stocks

• Go with the trend or maybe not

• An experienced trader knows that nothing is sacred

• Brett Steenbarger reviews some helpful resources for non-programmers who want to develop and test trading systems

• Perception is everything

• After tracking newsletters for 27 years, Mark Hulbert shares 4 lessons

• David Miller shares 5 rules for biotech investing

• Economic indicators for the DIY investor

• Top 10 portfolio pitfalls

• Are you coveting thy neighbor's equities?

• Managed futures: a model for incubating talent

• Charlie Rose has a conversation with Buffett

• In as little as two weeks, and for about $35,000 in fees, hedge funds can set up shop in the Caymans

• Almost everyone wants to manage a hedge fund

• The Chinese stock market has been on a tear the past year, but China-focused mutual funds are lagging far behind

• More support for disciplined ETF strategy

• Year-to-date returns in emerging markets

• Your long-term market assumptions may be all wet

• John Wasik shares his joy and personal prosperity of turning 50

• Tax-managed funds outperform non-deductible IRAs

• Tech-industry experts tell how they avoid ID theft

• Growing debit-card use sparks warnings

• The cheapest days to buy certain items

• Consumer Reports rates the airlines

• More hedge funds need to focus on venture philanthropy

• The 10 most-hyped product launches

• Top 15 buzzwords

• Who invented that? Take the quiz

• Yet another handy RSS tool

• Feeling tired? Perhaps this will help

• 9 great reasons to drink more water

• "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain