Stock w00t

• Recession starts next Tuesday at noon!

• Good retail sales or bad?

• Fed games

• Everything you want to know about the Fed move but didn't know who to ask

• Bankers at Work!

• Who cares about inflation!

• Central banks step in over credit crisis

• Is this the beginning of the end of the credit crisis?

• Are you feeling impatient on the Fed?

• Rate forecasters still predict lower rates ahead

• Behind Bernanke's bombshell

• ECB warns of danger of a wider squeeze

• Why the Fed bailout might not work

• Worrisome bank statements

• How not to fix the economy

• "If the Fed needed a little help from its friends, or vice-versa, wouldn’t that suggest that the situation we’re seeing is far worse than even we know?" - Herb Greenberg

• Up +21% over the past year, Harry Schultz thinks a financial tsunami is upon us

• 20 takeaways from the Fed's move

• Don't blame the Fed, blame bullish sentiment

• O'Shaughnessy thinks the sell-off in U.S. bank stocks may have run its course

• Financial advertisers show no fear

• Hedge fund vet Leon Cooperman still thinks equities are a buy and shares some of his best picks

• Bulls tie their hope to the jobs market

• Jason Kelly suggests a smart way to play this market

• Value is always in the eye of the beholder

• Please remember, participation in this market is optional

• Points & Figures: an end-of-the-year rally appears possible

• Hedge-fund guy is up SIV creek without a paddle

• If you're sitting on 12% ytd gains, how are you going to spend the final two weeks of the year?

• A historical look at the market’s history between now and after New Year’s Day

• Time to buy? That's a big YES according to Morningstar

• Four people offer perspectives for what's ahead for 2008

• Why the housing sector collapse is wonderful

• According to Standard & Poor's, about 27% of all the companies in danger of losing their investment-grade status are likely to do so because they are contemplating an acquisition or leveraged buyout

• A few reasons to look at the utilities

• Paul Tudor Jones has partnered with several big firms to form a new electronic venue for trading carbon greenhouse gases and other emissions

• Easy comes as easy goes in the copper market

• Sovereign funds should be watched with caution

• Wall Street's big bang

• 10 things every investor should know about U.S.-China Relations

• Do you own Apple, Dell, or HP? If so, check out this research

• Ho-Ho-Hoku

• Everybody now loves AT&T!

• For the right price, Cellcom may offer a decent income opportunity

• IBD analyzes Baidu

• I have been flooded with questions about Clean Energy Fuels probably because of this

• According to Brush, these retailers could surprise the pessimists

• Fortune provides 40 stocks to retire on

• Harry Domash's 10 small stocks for a happy new year

• 8 stocks to own in 2008

• MSN CAPS finds 5 stocks with great potential

• StockScouter picks are fairly widespread this week

• Five stock disappointments in 2007

• Morningstar's stocks that are priced to sell

• 10 stocks with insider buying & buybacks

• If you get the big picture right, stock picking gets easier

• ThinkEquity provides a handy product checklist among other things

• Wealthtrack profiles hot handed John Montgomery & Whitney Tilson

• 10 ways to build trading discipline

• Diversification and Portfolio Weighting

• A stock's price and value are entirely two different things

• Johnny Chan shares some real-life game theory

• 6 simple steps to achieve laser-like focus

• 5 time-management tricks

• Get started with Excel

• "Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do." - Benjamin Spock

• Roth IRA is the surest route to retirement-savings success

• End-of-year financial checklist

• Last minute tips for trimming your 2007 taxes

• New tax brackets for all taxpayers

• 11 year-end retirement moves

• Kiplinger's names the best 529 college-savings plans

• Trade on a Mac? VMware offers a solution that is getting good reviews

• $20 bucks a year for phone service

• A number of stock trading software & system utilities

• Indicies Snapshot!

• SectorCheck

• Rupert Murdoch is already at work at the WSJ

• The rich are taking it with them, at least as far as the mausoleum

• Bermuda will soon become the the destination of choice for hedge funds

• Track those Christmas packages!

• Make the perfect holiday party drinks

• Ron Paul beats Hillary Clinton

• How saying thanks will make you happier

• Mark Cuban on Warren Buffett, taxes and the presidency

• "I am the luckiest guy in the world in terms of what I do for a living. No one can tell me to do things I don’t believe in or things I think are stupid." - Warren Buffett

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  Mixed News & Poor Sentiment

  Good morning. We're set for lower market this morning as weakness in global markets weigh heavily on sentiment.

  For the most part, investors are sorting through some mixed news. While we have a better than expected report form Lehman Brothers (LEH) and strong report on retail sales, a hotter than expected PPI inflation report hasn't sat particularly well with those expecting more help from the Fed.

  Premarket gainers: SVNT, RIGL, DEPO, MATK, ADCT, PSPT, CTDC, GXDX, JRCC, KMGB, JOSB, UMBF, ESLR, CYNO, DOW, JOSB, and XMSR.

  Premarket losers: NBIX, BIIB, SCSS, AYSY, ADPI, WSTL, MALL, MICC, VITL, CHA, BHP, LIHR, DLB, CYNO, CKR, ELN, COST, POT, CHNR, SOLF, RIO, CFC, ACH, QCOM, COST, ELN, HQS, DRYS, CSIQ, and RFMD.

  It's a new day and I'm looking for reasons (any reasons) why I'm wrong in thinking that lower prices are ahead. With the Fed in the rearview mirror, it will be important to see how the market reacts to both good and bad news over the next few days. In addition, keep an eye on those overseas markets for hints of stability and strength in any recovery attempt we see near-term. Have a terrific Thursday!

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