Street Notes

• Stocks climb and sentiment declines


• The crowd goes wild!


• Futures traders are still short the Nasdaq 100


• "Two sentiment indicators that point to still “scared” investors are the amount of money going into mutual funds that “bet” on a market decline. Over the past week, as the market jumps, money gets added to these funds, anticipating a decline. Finally, investors are still buying put options, again betting on a market decline. One option indicator we look at is actually below the level that was reached at the low in 2002. With sentiment at lows, any market pull back is not likely to be too deep." - Paul J. Nolte


• How did corporate insiders react last week to the stock market's new high?


• Helene Meisler talks sentiment, sectors, and timing


• The weekly charts with Ike Iossif


• Everyone is waiting for a pullback that has broken beneath a significant prior pullback low


• Did the Dow REALLY make a new high?


• I wouldn't count your chickens before they hatch


• IBD/TIPP economic optimism index


• More yield curve chatter


• Earnings: which sectors will shine?


• Slate's election scorecard


• What’s on voters’ minds ahead of the election


• The average cost of a family insurance plan has risen another 7.7% this year


• Federal deficit now lowest in 4 years


• Companies that favor Democrats produce outsize returns


• An investment guide to the midterm elections


• Suspicion surrounds retreat in gas prices


• OPEC's big gamble


• Is cheap energy on the horizon?


• U.S. to see warmer-than-normal winter


• Cheaper heating, or a lot of hot air?


• Institutions will pour more than $500 billion into hedge funds in the next four years accounting for more than half of the expected inflows


• Herb Greenberg comments on the current state of short-selling


• Naked stock tactic blasted


• Hedge funds are manipulating mergers


• Chasing high returns can be a taxing business


• Is it time to ring the cash register in consumer staples stocks? ($)


• Genetic scoring is sure to be a hot topic in the coming years


• Profiting from a cleaner future


• There's no fever like gold fever ($)


• Housing is such a drag


• Are homebuilders worth more than book value?


• Lower rates will bail out the real estate market? Don't bet the house on it!


• Sign of the times? A house flipper in serious trouble


• Get ready for the Visa IPO


• In WiMax, it's Qualcomm vs. The World


• Am I the only one that still uses Yahoo.com (YHOO)?


• Sequoia Capital is the big winner in the YouTube deal


• Jubak's 4Q picks are DOX, AEOS, GRMN, JBHT, and NVDA


• John Dorfman's billion dollar portfolio


• Five high-yield, low beta dividend stocks


• Five cash-rich companies


• Stocks set to double their earnings


• Have you ever used the moat checker?


• SmartMoney's price check calculator


• Automatic excel spreadsheet for MSN Money


• Half of what you see on the screen isn't real


• Random Roger offers thoughts on how to capture a sector with a low beta strategy


• Trader Mike talks about narrow range bars


• Cataloging the high probability chart patterns


• Q&A with bottom fisher Tim Evnin


• Are stock blogs pulling a fast one?


• NYSE unveils indexes for IPOs


• The risk/return balance across iShares ETFs


• Digging deeper into international ETFs


• Best & Worst ETFs


• To HOLDR or not to HOLDR


• Some municipal bonds aren't for everyone


• All corporations will report their financial information in a format called XBRL very soon


• Companies to use blogs for financial disclosures


• $100 million CEO club


• How stock options rob shareholders


• Choose to save!


• Roths are worth another look


• Dilbert deserves the economics Nobel


• NYSE traders floored?


• If anyone had traded with Zecco (the commission free online broker), please let me know your thoughts


• Bank of America to offer free trading


• Are you clicking under the influence?


• Calculator Heaven


• Life Expectancy Calculator


• Google's Docs & Spreedsheets


• "Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind... From this moment onward you can be an entirely different person, filled with love and understanding, ready with an outstretched hand, uplifted and positive in every thought and deed." - Eileen Caddy