Monday Mumblings

• U.S leading indicators rise for fifth straight month

• More rosy economic data

• However, mortgage delinquencies are rising at an accelerating pace

• A look who is now walking away from their homes

• Corporate America trims the fat

• Small business optimism grows

• The next M&A boom is coming

• Corporate America loves buying its own stocks, but at the worst times

• Is tracking money flow helpful?

• What about those automated trading systems?

• Measuring the risk appetite of stock market investors

• Market participants remain giddy

• Are you under the gun to meet your performance goals?

• Skeptics continue to doubt rally

• Exuberance defies sober new reality

• The bear market is over? Tell the quants

• Krugman says end of world postponed

• The deeper the slump - the zippier the recovery

• Q&A with Doug Kass

• Hussman sees strenuously overbought conditions

• Barney Fife stock market is ready for a pullback

• Do you sincerely want to be rich?

• Earnings optimism to be put to test

• What has happened in the past when EPS growth turns positive

• Small caps and value outperform

• Growth is not enough

• All eyes on the ascending triangle in crude

• Inflation pressures on the rise

• Well, it's official. Ben Bernanke is a hero

• Who is buying all of those Treasuries?

• Treasury girds for debt-ceiling fight

• Vanity Fair looks at how the TARP Program was run

• The future of global finance

• Obama wants G20 to rethink global economy

• A G20 preview

• Putin says U.S. dollar issuance uncontrolled

• Patience is required for China's retail stocks

• Faber on China

• Rising expectations for India

• Wow - can this be true? Lack of insurance causes more than 44,000 U.S. deaths annually

• In tight market, borrowers turn to peers

• Regional banks stampede to sell stock

• Risky loans fuel bank's fast fall

• More accounting tricks using bank write-downs

• More bank failures are likely

• According BIS head, the world cannot afford to slip into a complacent assumption that the financial sector has rebounded for good

• Is it time for one super-regulator to rule the world?

• Common sense proposals for executive pay

• So much for the infrastructure trade

• Goldman's latest million dollar investment

• Continued concerns over Moody's

• Dorfman finds five companies that grew through the recession

• Craig's watchlist

• This week's earnings preview

• Looking for new trends? Try Trending Topics

• As a trader, if you don't come to grips with your obstacles and embrace them, you will simply find another way to repeat them

• 6 ways to right your wrongs

• In case you need it - a simple pivot point calculator

• NASDAQ market pathfinders

• Have you ever used a Keltner channel?

• Esignal's code for the Keltner channel

• Lessons to be learned from Dow 36K

• Zen & The Art Of Index Investing

• ETF watch

• Where can the next big ETF sector be found?

• ETFs for emerging markets

• Does asset allocation still work?

• An early peek at 130/30 ETF strategies

• Final warning for offshore bank tax cheats

• Sign of the times - bloggers buy social media insurance

• Keep your guard up when using Twitter and Facebook

• 5 key concepts for long-term financial success

• Seven famous people who survived bankruptcy

• 7 signs you are creating your own workplace stress

• Have some spare time on your hands? Here's a great way to find volunteering opportunities

• Something we should all read once at least once a week!

• "If you want to be truly successful, invest in yourself to get the knowledge you need to find your unique factor. When you find it and focus on it and persevere, your success will blossom." - Sydney Madwed