Weekend Reading

• How bullish are 9-to-1 up days?


• Yes, I am aware of the P/Es & yields on the major indexes


• Happy days are here again!


• Ben changes one phrase and the market goes nuts!


• Lessons from the sell-off


• A look back at a raucous month in the stock market


• Don't worry about the December low indicator according to Hulbert


• The carry trade returns


• And reaching for leverage is now becoming fairly common


• The smart money is getting out while it can


• BGI to launch private equity ETF


• The IPO market stays upbeat


• Goodbye easy mortgage money (or has it just been put on temporary hold)


• Investors with $1 million-plus say they're planning to put even more in stocks


• In search of a better recession gauge


• "Yet despite the increased conviction on both sides of the battle, and even despite today's big rally following the Federal Reserve's decision to hold rates steady, the market is still just churning about without proving that it is ready to really start moving one way or the other." - Michael Kahn


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• The system of program trading


• The little guy trader has his work cut out for him in the new era of millisecond trading


• Options algorithmic trades give Goldman & UBS the edge


• Hedge funds: market angels or demons?


• Hedge funds seek subprime bargains


• Everybody loves the FIG


• Big investors commit to hedge funds despite high fees


• Academics fail to find stock picking skills in hedge funds


• More peak oil chatter


• The energy non-crisis?


• Keep an eye on the metal with the PhD in economics


• Are you building a natural resources portfolio?


• An interesting look at why farmers lose in markets


• Hedge funds get taste for cocoa


• Biofuels - an energy, environmental or agricultural policy?


• Environmental markets: the next frontier in environmental investing?


• Ethanol's growing list of enemies


• Pollution could destroy world's most important rivers


• The H20 Trade


• Brandywine Global sees value in energy


• James Dines chimes in


• Caterpillar and Deere should be Buffett's next targets


• Bill Miller's value bets


• Top investor sees U.S. property crash


• Google expansion leads to impatience


• What the heck is going on with Microsoft's Vista?


• CMGI is showing up on everybody's radar


• TickerSense offers data on 2006 Group Earnings Performance


• The 10 most active PHLX options and equities


• Kiplinger's stock finder


• 200-day winners by volatility


• Real-time insider stock purchases


• Top 10 highly-rated stocks with a low p/e


• 7 secrets of billionaire investors


• Everyone must find a strategy they're comfortable with and that fits their skills and personality. For many that doesn't mean actively trading


• A mechanical strategy that has produced consistent stock market profits


• Yaser Anwar shares how he trades


• 10-day trading system


• Lessons from a Pirate


• Do you use Darvis Boxes?


• Use the right technical tools when you trade


• Point and Figure Patterns


• Fun with Worden Indicators (T2120)


• Bullish Percent Charts


• I'm frequently asked how some traders achieve such impressive gains in these trading contests. My answer? I don't know, but I know if I had more time, I'd be studying their trades pretty closely


• TraderMike on position sizing


• When to short a stock


• Greg Feirman's investment philosophy


• Yield Curve 101


• Four basic steps to gauging a firm's true financial position


• Geoff Gannon's festival of stocks


• Trading Patterns linkfest


• Coming soon: a new stock universe


• Derivatives become more user-friendly


• An intangible asset growth index?


• With mutual funds, you get what you don't pay for


• Target-date funds are becoming more popular


• Housing market up or down? Think location


• 14 personal finance questions that you should know how to answer


• A penny saved, is a penny earned


• New tools to search old newspapers are launched


• Instant messaging for the traffic-bound


• If you haven't backed up your data in awhile, let this story serve as a warning to you


• Yahoo offers a revamped mobile page. I like to use it from the desktop as well as from the blackberry


• Here's the link again for tracking the Federal Funds Futures


• Can feng shui improve your cash flow?


• Cramer's Market Manipulation Manual


• Move over Jim Cramer - I think we've found your replacement


• Security for your trading computer - a laser trip wire


• Are you planning to switch to a new broker this year?


• You too can now test-drive your dream job


• How to get rich quick meaningfully


• Those who step in and help where few others tread have my respect


• "If you don’t follow the stock market, you are missing some amazing drama." - Mark Cuban