Blips And Dips

• The perma-pausers are in the ascendancy


• So are fears over higher taxes


• What if bulls are wrong about 2007?


• More homeowners are cashing out


• Housing derivatives could take center stage in 2007


• Citadel fund among best in 2006


• Ryan Crane has the hot hand


• Long-only hedge funds are getting popular


• Daytrading makes a comeback


• It's time to double-down on commodities?


• Jonathan Hoenig offers a different take on the buy the dip in oil trade


• "The sloppy action in crude implies one of two scenarios. Either the global economy is drastically and suddenly slowing, or we've seen forced liquidation by hedge-fund holders." - Todd Harrison


• How speculators increase oil volatility


• Green power!


• Geothermal power!


• New website offers weather prediction market


• In climate change controversy, industry cedes ground ($)


• Wall Street's billions head toward the farm


• BOT & Merc put down roots in move to reap greater harvest


• "I feel a little bit like the Jim Cramer of the commodities markets." - Mike Carboni


• A farming fund sprouts up


• In bull markets, the deregulation advocates always make a compelling case


• The end of easy money for hedge funds and broker-dealers


• Wall Street firms add flexibility to lure back workers


• Former U.S. Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, now manages private funds


• Interesting stats on crossborder investing ($)


• Emerging markets managers grow bolder and less fearful of a major turndown


• Russia dominates list of leading hedge funds


• High valuations in Asia prompt caution


• Macau has overtaken the Las Vegas Strip as the largest casino market in the world


• Stock picks from a monkey!


• Buying the top NYSE stocks under $5 is a popular screen/strategy


• Dorfman examines the quarterly casualty list


• Jack Hough screens for insider buying. When this same screen is run today, the following 10 stocks come up: GS, MS, WFT, XEC, DJO, HERO, MMS, PRAI, GBX, and TLCV


• The big money is in unfashionable shares


• "Everyone is building more sophisticated algorithms, and the more competition exists, the smaller the profits." - Andrew Lo


• John E. Deysher's 5 memorable mistakes and lessons learned


• What is your stock worth? AAII's valuation worksheet may provide some help


• The incredible value of doing nothing


• The ultimate buy-and-hold strategy


• No surprise - the lazy portfolios win again!


• Going global with ETFs


• SEC has taken steps to speed up the introduction of new foreign ETFs ($)


• Fixed-income ETFs expected to be everywhere in 2007


• How to use an ETF to profit from raising rates while not exposing to risk if they are cut


• A junk-bond ETF


• ETFs may be coming to your 401(k)


• Intraday pricing of mutual funds still hasn't caught on


• Target date funds are becoming more popular


• Long-short mutual-funds draw more attention


• IRS examines donor-advised funds ($)


• "Many people are more interested in balancing their checkbooks than juggling their stock portfolios." - Scott Moore (Yahoo Finance)


• More than half of boomers lack a written financial plan


• A lifetime strategy for investing by James B. Cloonan


• Starting from scratch? How to make your first investments


• Some good news - pension plans take healthy turn ($)


• No one likes getting their papers in order, but if it has been awhile, this is a good time of year to do it


• Could you live on $12K a year?


• Healthcare, technology, and corporate finance/accounting are top fields for job hunters


• Airline miles: use them or lose them


• Good for him - Henry Paulson plans to give away fortune


• Thinking of starting your own foundation? How to give away your cash


• A game daytraders tend to love


• Minority Report computing


• iPhone's funny video


• Google Notebook


• Million Dollar Journey


• Five ways to find your purpose after 50


• Yes, you really are what you expect!


• "Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the 'someday I'll' philosophy." - Denis Waitley