Making Birdies

• Consumer sentiment rises in May

• In an economic desert, signs of life

• Five things for Friday

• The economy's October surprise

• I wouldn't try to time the market according to the Fortune Recovery Index

• Three keys to end the recession

• Stock market optimists need to read a history of the Great Depression

• This is not another great Depression

• Enthusiasm rules!

• Are the bears all jumping the gun?

• Coming soon - Dow 1,000!

• Socialism coming back to haunt U.S.

• Say goodbye to Great Gatsby Era

• Contrarian alert - many advisers are now more interested in reducing risk than making a killing

• A new normal

• Our vanishing home equity

• More homeowners getting aid, but demand keeps rising

• White House adds details to housing plan

• High percentage of homeowners waiting for a market turnaround

• Is America overstretched?

• "We will see inflation levels not seen in our lifetime by as early as the end of this year." - John Williams

• The dumbest inflation explanation I've ever heard

• Sector rotation in motion

• What's down with the semi sector

• S&P 500 sector p/e ratios

• Earnings are down over 90%

• A bad earnings season has a silver lining

• S&P 500 net OB/OS Reading

• NH NL picks market tops and bottoms

• It is time to chase value instead of price

• Q&A with Charles T. Munger

• Robert Prechter is still extremely bearish

• Gold performance versus other metals

• Green flag for silver

• Ag stocks offer great opportunity

• How are food prices set?

• Everyone's talking about the Baltic Dry Index

• Massive sovereign defaults coming around the corner?

• Q&A with Mark Mobius

• Nasdaq seeks Chinese listings

• Crouching tigers

• At Japan's banks, recovery signs remain scarce

• Ireland's new troubles

• A new ETF that offers small cap investing in Brazil

• Watch for falling BRICs

• The truth behind the Social Security and Medicare alarm bells

• Chances of national health reform happening this year grow

• Stress test for U.S. banks is a complete fraud

• Will anyone investigate insider trading in the insurance stocks?

• 5 stocks with good numbers in a grim quarter

• Screening for both growth and value

• The best performing stocks during earnings season

• Shorting these stocks is now verboten

• Looking for a short? Stocks up on declining volume

• How about shorting the companies with the highest paid CEOs

• The government's rescue of AIG remains shrouded in secrecy

• A name change for Bank of America?

• Abercrombie picks a bad time to muff merchandise

• Too big to fail? Four derivatives dealers account for 94% of contracts

• For trading success, be open to every possibility

• Three questions for the start and for the end of your trading day

• Watch for a Fibonacci confluence

• Testing the Vervoort Crossover

• What really worked in the market from 1998-2008?

• A red flag that investors often miss

• Should you bother with government bonds?

• Why it's time to buy REITs

• A fund that hedges against inflation

• Jim Simmons apologizes for funds dismal performance

• Your retirement's guessing game

• Don't count on your 401(k)

• 10 things to do before creating your next budget

• Money saving ideas for May

• Need a currency converter?

• Choose the right sunblock this summer

• Six reasons now is a good time to become an entrepreneur

• "Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water." - Swedish proverb