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Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Money Bag
Crisis control at the Fed
Bernanke plays his ace - now what?
Give traders what they ask for and they still want more
"When you combine ignorance and borrowed money, the consequences can get interesting." - Warren Buffett
Wall Street is losing its own confidence game
Capital is tight on Wall Street
If lower interest rates will solve all of our problems, why don't we just cut them to zero?
Aren't we trying to solve the problem the exact same way that we created it?
Ponzi schemes are illegal – unless they're being run by Wall Street bankers
Meanwhile, little guy investors are still hoping for the best
There's something to be said for this - if you’re going to panic, panic early
Stupid quote of the day award: "Right now, almost across the board, there are more sellers than buyers." - Bob Bacarella
Any bounce should be taken as an opportunity to trim holdings?
The best market timers remain more bullish than the worst timers
Crash comparisons
Hulbert points out the parallels between today's market and those preceding the 1987 crash
The major difference between 1987 and now
We will see a market PE of 8, eventually
Todd Harrison's 5 reasons for optimism
Earnings season is off to its weakest start since the end of the last recession
Recession across the world is the main concern at Davos
The catalysts for recovery seem to be falling into place
Where are the buyback announcements?
Big moves for retail and homebuilders this week
"Since the S&P became an index of 500 stocks we've only had two months that finished worse than -12.5% (Oct 87 and Aug 98). And in the same period we've only had 8 months with -10% or worse monthly performances. Buying the close of these months produced excellent gains in the two worst periods and solid gains in all but one of the 8." - Jason Roney
Selling stampedes typically last 17 to 25 trading sessions
How about the T2107?
This is the Year of the Rat
The great rebate debate
The Dems and Bush have a poor track record of working together
Government spending on education and health may help
What does Goldman Sachs know that we don't?
Lawyers must be loving this
Oil-field depletion rates are a key barometer of the health of the world's oil market
Traders are still taking advantage of the Enron loophole
Did the Asian and Middle Eastern government investment funds buy in too soon?
The Gulf derivatives market could touch $300 billion
Low-income sole traders dominate China's stock market
China students use tuition fees to buy stocks
Hong Kong stock addicts are expected to surge
Where will contrarian investors find outsized returns in 2008? John Neff offers some ideas
A long-term bull throws in the towel
Soros thinks the situation is much more serious than any other other financial crisis since WWII
How Buffett is playing this market
Why it's fair weather for Fairfax investors
Why did some banks and brokerage firms get so badly scorched by the subprime debacle and others come through relatively untouched?
What stocks will benefit the most when the market bounces?
Market loves the gap fade trade
ThinkEquity draws some conclusions when looking over the top 25 performing companies over the last 10 years
A logical method of stop placement
Whitney Tilson makes the case for less portfolio diversification
Jonathan Clements offers some advice for small investors in today's market
Do not let an investment turn into a trade
The five words you can't say in personal finance
Only 33 ETFs existed at the end of 1999
Pop quiz! What is the best performing ETF year-to-date?
WisdomTree files for 12 new money market ETFs
Financial planners aren't sold on active ETFs
The downside of market-proof annuities
How has your broker been holding up this week? (Ameritrade was out to lunch yesterday)
ManagingMoney offers a smorgasbord of financial services offerings
Important lessons to teach your children about money
Sheldon Adelson may well be the richest American that most people have never heard of
Ex-Trader sees opportunity in death care
Have you achieved a good work-life balance
"Everyone takes a beating sometimes." - Henry Hill from Goodfellas

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