This And That

• "At the end of 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf,' the wolf really does come. And he eats the sheep, and the boy, and the parents." - Dr. House


• Stocks look cheap? Not without the big guys


• Insider behavior is neutral and suggests an average year for the market in 2007


• Analyst buy recommendations, as a percent of all recommendations, is at its lowest level in over ten years


• According to TickerSense, the percentage of companies guiding higher is at multi-year lows while the percentage guiding lower is higher than it was in the previous two quarters


• "The peg ratio for the US market is now 1.83 times. Since 1988, there have been 11 occasions when the ratio has risen as high or more. Each time, the market has fallen subsequently over six and 12 months. The average fall over six months was 8%" - Ian Harnett


• 32 reasons some think stocks will jump this year


• Dow Transports confirm the bull market


• "Traders have a phenomenal opportunity to cash out at the top of a market melt-up in the next few months." - Bill Cara


• The pundits see increased volatility and lower earnings ahead


• Why is January is so important for the U.S. stock market?


• Ken Tower's daily market comment


• Interesting tidbits from Doug Kass


• Jeff Miller examines the risk versus reward


• Jim Rogers offers his two cents worth regarding the private equity boom


• The IPO market continues to pick up speed


• Various looks at sector performance


• The high number of vacant homes should concern the housing market bulls


• Goldman Sachs scores the home builders


• Exurbs hardest hit in recent housing slump


• Marcus & Millichap's investor outlook for real estate in 2007


• The Big Mac Index


• China will dominate the 21st century and place Australia in a prime position to become its major supplier of resources according to the co-founder of George Soros's Quantum Fund


• Peter Navarro offers an interesting perspective on China


• While Jim Jubak thinks China's growth can't last


• "With all the money in the market, I don't see how it could go down." - Du Shuzhan, China investor


• The new star wars: chinese style


• Chimerical? Think again!


• Global stock-fund managers shift focus back to the U.S.


• You, too, can now buy a piece of a hedge fund


• Are Wall Street bank employees leaking information about big trades to favored clients?


• According to this hedge fund jock, Buffett has it all wrong


• Red Kite Fund lost 30% on metals bet


• David Einhorn is a good guy and a smart portfolio manager


• Technology bulls must be, by definition, crude oil bears


• Analysts see profits in climate change investing


• A handy directory of alternative energy stocks


• And uranium


• A future without fish?


• The number of free stock screeners is dwindling


• Top 10 gainers & losers by time and country


• The 50 strongest stocks in the S&P 500 ranked by 20 day % change


• John Dorfman's value plus momentum screen


• Standard & Poor's 18 stocks to dodge


• SAC Capital's 2007 Transactions


• Stockpickr's takeover targets system and mid-cap values


• Tilson Focus Fund's holdings


• StockScouter's top 50 stocks


• The Microcap Speculator's dividend screen


• Tweezer bottom - the filter


• Insights from Bill Miller


• Six keys to trading success: lessons from a successful trader


• Three qualities of good trade execution


• A like to find cup-with-a-handle patterns, but as Newmarket (NEU) proves - it is by no means is a perfect indicator


• Work at your own pace if your goal is to take on greater levels of risk


• Some helpful rules of thumb on asset allocation


• RSI is one of the more useful short-term indicators


• Why every trader needs to watch the 200-day moving average


• 4 rules for when to sell


• Jim Cramer's techniques for spotting situations where analysts are about to upgrade a stock


• The teachings of Warren Buffett


• Understanding bond credit ratings


• Jason Kelly's reasons and limits worksheet


• Interesting research study on the implications of informed trading


• As traders, we can learn a lot by just observing nature


• Your morning routine can make a huge difference to your bottom line


• 9 traits of the successful, but irrational millionaires


• The four milestones for successful investing


• "The dumb money out there with 20K in its account, trying to day-trade online from home loses everything. These people are dead money, they're the ones who are going to lose this game to professional day-traders and institutions and hedge funds. Sometimes, in this job, you have to be glad that you don't see the face on the other side of the computer, because you'd feel bad about taking their money." - Don Bright


• Simple recipes for wealth creation


• For Scott Burns, it's building block portfolio time


• Financial screens and fund performance measurement


• Morpheus offers a very useful ETF guide


• Four ETFs that can make up a solid portfolio


• ETFs that bring hedge-fund tactics to the mainstream


• The most diversified ETFs


• The ETF portfolio cost calculator


• Roy Weitz's mutual fund portfolio


• Mutual funds get greedy


• Low yields and higher risk in the bond market?


• Don't forget to fix social security!


• College Planning: how much aid can you expect?


• Did you know that our savings rate is at a level similar to the last Depression?


• According to a recent study by the AARP, only about one-fifth of all boomer households have received inheritances and only 15% of others still expect to receive one. The average inheritance is $64,000 dollars


• Have you updated your home insurance policy recently? If not, chances are good that you probably need more coverage


• According to AAII, the top 3 brokers rated in terms of overall satisfication are USAA, Interactive Brokers, and Fidelity


• Etrade offers some suggestions on things you can do with just one finger


• New internet anti-fraud measures are proven ineffective


• It's time to be wary of those high-yield Internet offers


• Something fishy!


• WallSt.net's podcasts


• Top finance blogs ranked by Alexa and Maoxian's rendition based on the age of the blog


• Zman's Energy Brain offers interesting insight to the energy complex (I have added the blog to the blogs I read page)


• Have you made your spring break travel plans yet? Farecast may help save you some money


• Those Italians are serious about their cars


• "The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good." - Ann Landers