Trade Like A Bookie

• Banking on the Fed

• Bernanke is under pressure to open up the monetary spigots

• Federal Reserve System 101

• The desire for government intervention to fix problems that grown adults have created for themselves is dangerous

• Falling into the liquidity trap

• There is still an abundance of modern-day economists who insist that a flawless financial model is still within their reach

• How misfiring quant funds are distorting the markets

• The Roller Coaster Stock Market of 2007

• The market is climbing the wall of ignorance

• Up the wall of worry

• "It's often said the market is a forward-looking mechanism. Perhaps - especially if "forward" means five minutes from now, or may be next week. People sell like they did in early August because they don't like the ways things look right now and they're not sure what's going to happen tomorrow. And they buy like the did in the aftermath because they think they're going to make money right now, credit crunch or no crunch." - Mark Etzkorn

• SIMFA predicts slow economic growth

• A boob job indicator?

• The Christmas Price Index hits a new 23rd year high

• January effect is alive and well

• Earnings Trends by Dirk Van Dijk

• We're facing a tsunami of earnings downgrades next year?

• The profit miracle is over

• Experts are wrong on economy. So go wild!

• Time for the year-end shuffle

• "We remain bullish into year-end, thinking the equity markets will work their way irregularly higher." - Jeffrey Saut

• No sign of sell on Wall Street as analysts say buy & hold

• 2008 forecasts all expect gains for the S&P 500 next year (around +5%)

• Major trends just keep going and going

• The top 10 worst business deals of 2007

• The current mortgage crisis rivals S&L meltdown

• Twisted ARMs & figures that lie

• 13 reasons Bush's bailout won't stop a recession

• Get used to it, America, it's a boomers' world after all

• The other market crisis - America has become less competitive

• But, foreign funds may invest in much more in U.S. firms

• Paying taxes 2008: the global picture

• India has one of the best potential for emerging growth over the next few decades

• Islamic finance spurs new risk management methodologies

• The Warren Buffet of Asia makes a prediction

• Waterworld!

• You'd think that Garmin's stock would be doing better amid all of the positive buzz

• Slot machines are set to get a makeover (and generate profits for IGT & BYI)

• Breakout for Intuitive Surgical

• Goldman Sachs enjoys bonus bonanza

• Cabot is a recent buy by Steven Cohen

• Massive insider buys boost McMoRan

• Toll Brothers scorched in Arizona

• The economy according to Overstock's CEO

• As Mac sales rise, so does Apple's risk

• Best Buy founder sells stock

• "There once was a company called Potash. Which made its investors lots o' cash. The stock was a riser. 'Cause all that fertilizer. Had margins that were totally kick-ash." - John Heinzl

• Sectors & their 50 Day MA

• The best & worst performers since the last rate cut

• Top Blackstone stocks

• Morningstar's all-star fund managers' picks

• John DeGulis finds relative bargains in tech, health care and media

• A few recommendations from a cheap investor

• Nice find: SuperInvestor insight

• Microcap insider buying

• Zack's recovery plays

• Nasdaq short-squeezers

• 11 stocks that pass Buffett's value criteria

• How to catch falling knifes: top tips for counter trend trading

• "There is nothing better as a trader than to see what you think is going to happen actually happen. The market is humbling, though. The worst results follow periods when I decide I'm really good at this and have figured out the markets." - Dan Allen

• One of the greatest problems for traders is that life situations contaminate trading decisions

• Time to turn off CNBC & ignore my link posts? According to a new study, individual investors can significantly reduce the volume of investment information sources in their investment decision-making process

• Information overload and the need for filters

• Never, ever, trade what you cannot afford to lose. Please learn from this example

• I wholeheartedly subscribe to the bucket strategy

• Is buying a stock on a split announcement a sound strategy?

• When does momentum investing work best?

• Confused by business/accounting/trading jargon? Give the BusinessDictionary a try

• Breaking down the income statement

• How to trade the Dow

• Backtesting is far from a perfect science

• Ben Stein shares some lessons learned

• Over $100 billion has flowed into ETFs this year

• Some interesting trends in personal finance

• Face-off: Mutual Funds vs ETFs

• Time to buy a COW?

• Does Vanguard have a hedge fund in the works?

• Individual-bond model portfolios seen as filling a niche

• Making the case for cheap closed-end funds

• The downside of fundamental indexing

• Develop a strategy for dividend-paying stocks

• Monthly dividends

• Beware of the Wal-Mart Supplier ETF

• The homebuilders ETF is tempting?

• 5 benefits of trusts

• These stories are far too common - one couples' descent into health-care hell

• An Excel workbook to help you create a budget

• Chuck Jaffe's annual lump of coal awards

• Thanks Harry for including The Kirk Report on your list of important new investing resources!

• A handy list of investing/personal finance podcasts

• IB's international trading calendar

• Need to make some fancy charts? Google can help

• 10 gifts that sort-of saves money

• Forbes' holiday gift list for the rich

• Tis the season for charitable donations. Here are some timely tips

• Giving to a favorite charity can be a wise tax move if you follow the rules

• Do you need hassled?

• Turkey gone wild!

• Please hold the ice!

• 7 ways to get what you want in 2008

• "Don't worry about being right. Just focus on making money and deal with being wrong. The purpose of trading is not being right; the purpose is to make money. Don't get hug up on your current positions." - Dan Allen