Market Noise

• Markets rally, but wider economy remains in limbo

• "Other than headline noise, there’s nothing to suggest that the bears have reclaimed the upper hand." - Chris Tyler

• The Fed seeks to flood the market with even more liquidity

• Yeah, baby, liquidity

• Hedge fund portfolios stockpile cash

• Asian nations agree to set up crisis fund

• American consumers are growing accustomed to $120 oil?

• What recession?

• It's a recession for 79% of Americans

• The economy is not as weak as some think

• Financial doom and other fairy tales

• Is this just a suckers' rally?

• The technical data is the prize on which the bulls have set their eyes

• Welfare grows after decade of declines

• Sources of the growth and decline in individual income tax revenues since 1994

• A series of recent reports forecasts that the country's health-care crisis is about to get worse

• Squeezed: how costs for insuring families are outpacing income

• Oil's surprise party

• Sleepwalking toward the oil precipice

• Gas may soar in June

• Best stock pickers pick energy

• Energy's power stocks

• The commodities price bubble is starting to look scary to Tobias Levkovich

• Aside from financials, earnings are strong

• This week's earnings calendar

• Stock returns during and between earnings seasons

• Sell in May?

• Jeffrey Saut recommends scale-selling trading positions into strength in the 1420–1440 target zone

• Goepfert provides a seasonality index update

• A rally with serious muscle

• Hulbert examines Russell's track record

• Another trader using familiar trend channels?

• The next Buffett

• A few choice quotes from the Bershire Hathaway meeting

• Times may be hard, but Merrill Lynch spends $90 million for a trader

• A nice graphic showing the average consumer's spending

• Big government is responsible for high gas prices

• Obamanomics

• Republicans seek hearings on dollar's fall

• Bush vs. Whales

• Financial pressures lead some states to free inmates early

• Election-year trends

• Industrial Production is a good timing indicator

• Gold coins indicator

• "The best of times for Treasuries is over." - Jamie Jackson

• Hedge fund investors are pessimistic, but are expecting the strongest returns from emerging markets

• India considers ban on trading in food futures

• Michael Moe's observations following a trip to Dubai

• Many see future oil wars ahead

• California water shortage is worst in decades

• Water picks

• Translating Steve Wynn's corporate speak

• Insider buying at Verizon

• Cisco quarterly results top expectations

• The latest insider trading

• Winners & losers since the March 10th bottom

• Stocks with questionable management integrity?

• Ugly, risky stocks

• Perspectives on achieving greatness as a trader

• Rather than try to control the market, consider a few ideas for controlling yourself

• News is not the news. It's the reaction that counts

• Guppy moving averages

• Options: learn all about them

• Have you heard of Collaring the Cube

• Shorting Puts

• If you're a novice trader, set yourself up to win by keeping expectations realistic

• Tales of the promiscuous trader

• According to Ned Davis Research, companies that consistently raise their dividends return the most to investors over the long pull

• Gene Marcial on investing

• The art of stock picking by Charlie Munger

• Just buy index funds!

• How to build a simple, low-stress portfolio

• Standard & Poor's research shows the equal-weighted ETFs are best when value leads

• Overbought & oversold ETFs

• Withdrawal strategies: articles & more

• Four options for solo healthcare

• Year-round tax tips for the self-employed

• Fibonacci calculator

• It doesn't happen very often, but sometimes I'm asked if I have a resource for long-term historical charts

• WikiCharts with pricing theories

• InvestorWords' financial glossary

• How many monitors should you use to trade? John Chittenden provides food for thought

• Hoofy and Boo take a look at some the innovative things being used by the military these days

• "Most people don’t know what they’re doing, and a lot of them are really good at it." – George Carlin