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Thursday, April 17, 2008
Wall Street Watch
Making sense of the earnings deluge
More shocks for stocks?
The worst may be over, but...
Mark Mobius thinks the credit crisis is near the end
Beige book shows a slowing economy and rising prices
U.S. inflation appears to be retreating
Don't worry - only Europe has an inflation problem
Why inflation can lead or lag economic cycles
80 years of the Dow/Gold Ratio
Forget the headlines, listen to the bond market!
Time is an often overlooked element of technical analysis
Looking inside the Dow
"The economy goes in cycles. I'm not gonna start freaking out. It may take a year or so, but it'll come around. I'm not worried." - Matt Rappoport
It's been a very bad year for the Seasonality Timing System
More on the magazine cover indicator
The Vegas Indicator?
10 things not to worry about
Bespoke's sector snapshot
Investors poured more than $9 billion into ETFs for the week ending April 4th
"Though we're certainly not expecting the main stock market indexes to move back to their 52-week highs, the market is indeed presenting us with a tradeable bear market rally. I suggest taking advantage of the strength while it lasts." - Deron Wagner
Nearly 56% of Americans believe their current economic standard of living is declining (up from 24% in 2006)
American workers show real concern
"Unless something changes, we could see a time when nearly every tax dollar collected will be needed to pay for retirement and health care for the elderly and interest on the debt." - Scott Bittle
The homeowner bailout debate rages on
The Madness of Ben Bernanke
Ben to the rescue!
Frankenstein's monster
Even the banks are complaining about the Fed bailout
New accounting rules later this year will help American corporations "improve" their balance sheets
Fair value is like throwing gasoline on a fire?
Hardest-to-value assets escalate
Libor is a broken indicator?
Wall Streeter converts to a fan of regulation
Private Profits & Socialized Risk is a must read
Hedge funds are key players in the world's financial markets, but no one knows exactly what they're up to
Except, reports suggest that they are moving into distressed securities including the student loan market
Did you know that New York City hedge funds earned $20 to $39 billion last year?
Hedge fund moneymakers
It's nice to share a good story about Wall Street for a change
London's financial services sector faces a loss of 20,000 jobs over the next two years
What's Wilbur Ross up to these days?
Iceland's deep freeze
Carbon finance comes of age
"Crude oil prices are still headed upward and could top $125 a barrel in the near-term." - T. Boone Pickens
Global warming rage lets global hunger grow
Genomics is cure the oil crunch?
Farmers are advised to hedge crops cautiously
The herd mentality in commodities
Show me the commodity bubble!
Cramer's agricultural picks for 2008 are leading the pack year to date
What the smart money is buying
Autoliv and Siliconware Precision are being bought by the best performers
Charlie Schwab has a great quarter
GE insiders are active after selloff
Quicksilver buyer doubles up
Is Exxon simply too cautious?
Morningstar thinks Google, Amazon & Intuitive Surgical are overpriced
Kent Croft shares three out-of-favor stocks
10 ways the world could end and how to play them
Stocks with misleading earnings
An interesting look at stocks hitting new highs yesterday
Gurus jump on the truck
Tim Melvin shares his favorite Value Line screen that looks for stocks which are ranked 1 or 2 for timeliness, trade under $10 a share, have insider buying, and currently trade below book value
Moroney's 7 rebound buys
Just go with the flow
An excellent overview on using sector correlations when trading
Fair value and short term stock trading
Tim Ord on combining price and volume to predict price movement
The options market is pretty good at forecasting dividend cuts
Here's a score sheet to help you evaluate the credit-related risk of owning a particular stock
IBD urges investors to select stocks with increasing institutional sponsorship
How to review biotech clinical data
Jim Rohrbach offers a few tips
The biggest problem is that investors tend to over-react to news
Portfolio Building by Maria Crowford Scott
Paul Merriman provides 10 ways to crash proof your investments
Got a hankering for some high risk/high reward ETF opportunities?
It's all about front-running
Mutual fund shareholders are forecasted to pay more in taxes this season than ever before despite so-so returns in 2007
Should you fire your financial advisor?
A simpler way to save: the 60% Solution
The best and worst 529 college-savings plans
Woulda coulda shoulda - what if you had $100,000 to spend back in 1998?
Duh - making money, not inheriting it, creates more financial security
Interesting - sad and self-focused individuals spend more
Fortunately, Americans grow happier as they grow older
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