Noteworthy

• Consumer confidence declines again

• Existing-home sales fall in August

• Yet, it looks like a return to risk-taking as usual

• Is today's stock market like fall 1998 or late 1970s?

• Net inflows into domestic stock funds have fallen to a level not seen since 1994

• How many quarters in a row can earnings really grow?

• Revisions ratios fall to bearish territory

• The Empire of Debt

• Do investors show an unhealthy faith in the Fed’s problem solving abilities?

• Bernanke has snookered us all

• Those complaining about the Fed should study history

• Bernanke defends hedge funds

• Currency trades soar!

• Hedge funds are feeling confident that government will leave them alone

• Goldman Sachs thinks the worst credit-market shakeout since 1998 is now abating

• Nine months into the meltdown of the home loan market, investors are still waiting for firms and companies to come clean on losses

• Credit crisis could be just beginning

• There could still be a few more land mines to defuse

• "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

• They cried wolf. They were right

• Housing slump could reset itself again

• More home sellers are going the way of the auction

• Housing slump spurs rentals and complaints

• Fannie Mae to the rescue!

• How the falling dollar affects Americans

• Bernie Schaeffer offers some levels and indicators to watch this week

• Looney Tunes!

• Q&A with David Dreman

• Ron Paul on the Fed's latest cut

• Strong signals of Recession

• David Weidner looks at the latest threats

• Doug Kass thinks the bulls got another wakeup call with the latest retail news

• The stars predict another selloff?

• What happened to the quants in August 2007?

• Small cap risk!

• What large caps and emerging markets say about each other

• 10 broad trends now affecting the markets

• Wall Street undergoes change

• The balance between generations in an ageing Europe

• World's greatest market: China or U.S.?

• Some perspective on the lead-paint scare

• Chinese investors follow fund managers’ lead

• Currency lessons learned since the upheaval

• Herro looks for banking bargains

• The great inflation mystery

• Cost of living extremely well index

• Commodity costs to keep on rising

• Jim Kingsdale provides his take on Canadian Oil Sands Trust

• Peak Oil is not our problem. Politics is

• Going nuclear after all these years

• Gold, again, becomes a shield against the unknown

• Diving for the next big gold rush

• Companies make climate change a priority

• Safeway is sold on Solar

• Green investors see opportunity in the auto suppliers

• There's a boom in so-called climate tourism

• The skeptical guide to global warming

• The fight for resources at the top of the world

• The new cigarette

• After a quiet period on the merger and acquisition front, the rumor mill is running full throttle once again

• Job market wanes for U.S. lawyers

• Investment funds focusing on art and wine attract interest

• Representative of our wonderful healthcare system - more profit and less nursing

• Gurus jump into IT

• The battle between MSFT & GOOG over the future of the Internet is about to get even hotter

• Can Apple double again?

• Meet the XO

• Steve Case launches online credit card company

• Nvidia rides the graphics boom

• Inside NRG's new nuke thinking

• IBD's daily stock analysis on Phase Forward

• Everyone likes Cree!

• Jonathan Hoenig is bullish on Stillwater Mining

• LULU continues to attract attention

• Tough times at Lennar

• Cisco is among StockScouter's favorites

• Top stocks of Buffett, Soros, Icahn, & Pickens

• Top stocks of the Forbes 400 Richest

• Siegel's corporate El Dorados

• Jubak's 50 best stocks in the world

• 5-star stocks in the bargain bin

• Top 50 companies for workers over age 50

• High & low short interest in the Russell 1,000

• PEG Ratio Plays

• Tony Crabel and the secret ORB

• Lessons from the Sonus blowup

• Knowing the time frame you are trading in is one of the most important concepts in trading

• Lawson presents an important lesson for investors

• Dr. Steenbarger shares one of his favorite market indicators

• No investing signals hidden in dividend cuts

• Did you know that companies managed by women more profitable than those run by men?

• 4 ways women can be better investors

• Did you know that having integrity can boost your return?

• Aggressiveness, hard work, and size are the keys to Highland's success

• Hedge Funds: Performance, Risk, and Capital Formation

• Active vs Passive Investing in ETFs

• Advantages & disadvantages of leveraged ETFs

• DB plans to lever precious ETFs

• Using the trade-to-GDP ratio to evaluate country-focused ETFs

• On the hunt for mispriced REITs

• New ETFs target muni bonds

• Currency ETFs gain traction

• Tim Middleton tweaks his model ETF portfolio

• No shock here - shareholders may earn less than the total returns reported by mutual funds in which they are invested

• Deadline looms for fee-based accounts

• Ameritrade's secrecy on tech breach irks advisers

• How safe are your CDs?

• Excess Share Insurance can protect more of your money

• Pros and cons of using credit unions

• With the Fed's latest cut, now is the time to prepare for rate hikes

• 9 ways to get your tax return noticed by the IRS

• To spend wisely, you have to consider the hidden costs

• You pick the car model - then watch the crash test

• Wesabe - a community site that makes managing your money easy

• Dividend.com - a home base in which to research, analyze and be heard

• SteamStreet - better investing through collaboration

• The top 16 lies of CEOs

• Mr. Warner asks Cramer to stop this nonsense

• Greenspan’s lies are obvious to those who remember

• More questions for Greenie

• When the Fed says X, they really mean Y

• Oliver Stone looking back on the 20th year anniversary of Wall Street

• The new colors of U.S. money

• Make your workstation fit you!

• RSS Popper sends feeds directly to outlook & outlook express

• How to stop feeling depressed

• Where there is a will, there is a way

• Unicef taps the power of water

• "In horse racing, people generally don't like to bet on a great horse at short odds. Instead they under-bet the best horse and over-bet the worst. The same is true for the stock market." - William Ziemba