Thoughts From The Bunker

• "What’s happening is people are crawling into a bunker and pulling an iron sheet over their heads because they think the sky is falling." - William Ackman

• No end in sight

• So, will coordinated rate cuts do the trick?

• Sadness sweeps the street

• The IMF outlook

• As dire as the times may seem, history isn't about to repeat itself

• Some thoughts and reasons to consider buying here

• While others think the S&P is headed for 800

• Short-term eyes on S&P 960

• For what it is worth, during the average bear market, the S&P has declined 36%

• "Never miss an opportunity to just shut up." - Reese Witherspoon

• Fidelity, Vanguard, and T. Rowe Price join Treasury Department's guarantee program for money-market funds

• Retirement funds threatened with $2 trillion loss

• And, you thought September was bad!

• "I cannot give you specific investment advice, since I don't know your personal situation. But I do know this. If you've not been in stocks, this is the best opportunity to get into the market that we've seen in many years. Yes the market may decline some more. But it *will* turn around, it always does. Banks will continue to lend, companies will make products and we'll buy them. Capitalism does work. This may not be the bottom of the market, but it sure as hell ain't the top." - Don Steinmann

• Why you can't make money even if you know a crash is coming

• We've now entered a new stage of the financial crisis: the blame game

• McCain & Obama square off over how to fix the economy

• Handicapping the next Treasury secretary

• 8 bold initiatives we need to right the ship

• The M.B.A. indicator

• Dow Theory's Schannep turns bullish

• Stocks are close to fair value?

• Crazy p/e ratios!

• TraderMike shares another indicator that's off the charts

• Consumer borrowing falls for the first time in a decade

• Nearly 1 in 6 homeowners are now under water

• But some people are buying some foreclosures

• Losing your head over your house

• Some interesting datapoints

• Hey, there's no auto credit crisis!

• The argument against buying healthcare, tobacco, and consumer goods

• The basic price of shipping a large container of goods from Asia to Europe takes a dive

• Something to keep on your radar

• China now to the rescue?

• Trading in sovereign credit default swaps has provided rich pickings

• Run, don't walk from Treasuries

• Can GM & Ford survive?

• What's up with Laclede?

• Stock picks from the Value Investing Congress

• 6 places to be according to Kevin Matras

• 7 stocks with improving profit margins

• 6 stocks baited for bottom fishers

• "By focusing on what we *can* control--how we trade, how we invest, how we plan for the future--we are best able to cope with whirlwind events that we cannot control." - Dr. Brett Steenbarger

• We have met the enemy, and it is us

• During these times, remember the power of positive thinking

• How to prevent a stress meltdown

• Days of the week performance

• Moon phases and stock market performance

• What happens after the market closes has never been so important to investors

• The number one biggest mistake in all of trading

• As the financial markets swoon, municipal bonds are seeing record highs

• More ETFs bite the dust

• In crisis, financial advisers have more questions than answers

• Depending on your age, what you should do now to protect yourself

• 10 reasons why most people aren't rich

• Many Americans facing higher taxes this year just got a reprieve

• Glowing' jellyfish grabs Nobel

• The best national parks for a fall visit

• Tiger Woods chats about his new golf course in Baja

• New stock market terms

• Stock market crash photos

• "The four most dangerous words in investing are 'This time it's different.'" - Sr. John Templeton