The Early Bird Gets The Worm

• This is going to be a big week for economic data


• Wall Street is betting on a pause


• U.S. Energy Secretary predicts high prices at the pump over the next two to three years


• How dumb does Big Oil think you are?


• A comparison chart showing the market's performance between November through April versus May through October


• The best year-over-year earnings gains of over 20% produce only mediocre subsequent market performance over the next 12 months


• The Hindenburg Omen was confirmed


• As Jason Goepfert at Sentimentrader recently pointed out at his website, flows into mutual funds haven't been this good since before the last market top


• What does data dependent mean to the Bernanke?


• Money, Banking and the Federal Reserve


• The FOMC is still data dependent


• We'll be watching you Bernanke


• Since 1950, the average 6 month return for the S&P 500 after the Fed takes a pause is -1.7%


• Barry Ritholtz doesn't like the Fed's current pause/resume scenario


• CPI inflation calculator


• The California SUV Fill Up Index


• Bush Approval Ratings vs. Gas Prices


• Marc Faber predicts 10-fold rise in gold


• Silver ETF makes an impressive debut


• Gold at $635: Buy, sell, or hold?


• Commodities hold key to economic power


• Jim Rogers has pegged food crops, livestock and other agricultural products as the next bonanza for investors after base metals


• A coffee supply crisis is on the horizon


• Bill Miller offers a different (and not common) perspective about the current commodities boom


• "The chances are fairly high that you're going to get a lower return from investing in spot commodity prices than cash." - Edwin Denson


• Is a materials sector shakeout ahead?


• The Dash to Trash by James Montier


• Headwinds for household spending continue to strengthen


• The current state of real estate


• Outlook for the housing market


• 50-year mortgage debuts in California


• It's probably only a matter of time before Citigroup (C) gets broken up


• Goldman Sachs (GS) is on top of the world


• Matria's (MATR) CEO buys up ailing shares ($)


• Vonage gets ready


• Insiders are selling the gadget retailers ($)


• George Putnam sees contrarian opportunity in three Internet incubators


• If tracking initial public offerings is your game, Edgar Online can help


• Over/under performing stocks


• Pacesetters added shares of SPF, BBBB, EBIX, RHI, GILD, HGRD, & POOL to their portfolio in April


• Stockconsultant's stocks to watch


• Insider stock purchases by three or more different insiders


• Most active options


• "Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can." - Richard Bach


• Superior diversification on a shoestring budget


• A few pointers we can learn from Mad Dog and The Rocket


• Q&A with Brett Steenbarger


• Increase your odds with multiple time frame analysis


• How to calculate your personal rate of return


• Risk compensation


• History of The Stock Market


• 10 smart selling strategies


• If you use a stock broker, then you still have to do your own due diligence


• Every successful trader has their own system, and the key is to find your own


• Trends in mutual fund investing


• Actively managed ETFs are around the corner


• Let's hope our brokers never pull a refco on us


• Are you getting pampered at the dentist office?


• Another day, yet another new search engine


• Free excel spreadsheets!


• Top 10 reasons you know you watch too much CNBC


• "Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money, power and influence." - Henry Chester