Market Watch

• Inflation soars as confidence plunges (let's go buy some stocks!)

• "The stock market is acting more rationally." - James Swanson

• A sign of hope for stocks

• The ultimate sell signal?

• "Since ALL government-sponsored economic stimulus packages since 1948 have worked, we are inclined to give this one the benefit of the doubt!" - Jeffrey Saut

• Even if Bernanke, Bush and Congress win the battle to avert a recession this year, they risk losing the war to strengthen the economy for the long term

• The new conundrum on interest rates

• Corporate America is sitting on $611 billion in cash

• Except for financials, Q4 earnings were strong

• The bloggers are perfectly neutral (makes me think a very big move in market is ahead)

• Top market-timers are still bullish

• The year's scariest investing news

• After complaints, Economic Data Portal will stay open

• The Silicon Valley Index

• Homebuilders look for the bottom

• America's low-density suburbs may become the next slums

• Home prices plunge at record rate

• Homeowners are losing their equity lines

• Consumers turn to credit cards, delaying inevitable defaults

• The secret history of the credit card

• Yet another quant disaster

• Vitaliy Katsenelson sees range-bound market among other things

• Hilite offers some nifty charts

• Do low multiples mean the market is undervalued?

• How does inflation impact stock prices?

• 11 reasons this recession will last until 2011

• The bold bulls are bloodied but unbowed

• Perhaps, a very good contrarian signal - the online brokers stress capital preservation

• The Dow is in the midst of a massive eight year bear market?

• Stockmarkets are entering an ice age?

• Hedge funds feel new heat

• According to Ben Graham, indications of a coming crash

• The next bubble

• Wall Street's toys

• Greenspan's oil call

• Boiling point for the soft commodities

• Ethanol has caused a domino effect

• Arizona’s $4 billion solar deal

• Rising gas costs are forcing drivers to cut back

• A jumbo jet takes off while being partly powered by biofuel

• How water is becoming the next coveted commodity

• The Bank of Australia's war on inflation

• Overseas stocks lose their magic

• World's largest hedge fund firm now in India

• Africa is growing rapidly

• How large is China's economy? Does it matter?

• Jeff Miller offers some insight on importance of the bond insurance companies

• Would you buy a bridge from Warren Buffett?

• What happens if the Black-Scholes model is wrong?

• Financial stocks are dirt cheap!

• Which retailers rank best and worst in customer satisfaction?

• DRM-free music spells trouble

• Virtual worlds are becoming the next economic ecosystem

• Business Week gets more and more speculative

• Spin Cycle!

• A nice 50 day moving average sector check

• Food stocks show relative strength

• Reasons why investors love Cal-Maine

• Apple: angst vs. the reality

• First Solar - terrific earnings, but enormous multiple

• Google is far more exposed to a US recession than the market realizes

• Amazon's Bezos books $135 million dollar payday

• The bullish case for Cisco

• James Altucher pounds the table for Autoliv

• Fairfax earns big on bond bet and now eyes Europe

• Has Eddie Lampert lost his touch?

• Visa plans $17 billion public offer

• I wouldn't bet against Goldman Sachs just yet

• Goldman Sachs said it expects additional writedowns

• Wow - Citigroup discloses that it piled up daily losses of more than $100 million on 15 separate occasions last year

• FDIC is taking steps to brace for future bank failures

• StockScouter picks for this week

• The Toxic Ten

• Companies trading below net current asset value

• Retailers Ben Graham would buy

• 20 attractive foreign companies with market-beating yields

• Best and worst performing stocks ytd

• Most great traders have a specific style and approach to the markets — yet they all share some general traits

• Should you really trade what you see?

• The dirty little secret about MACD

• How does overconfidence and sensation seeking play a role in your trading?

• Some of the best traders are often the most creative. Here are some ways to train yourself

• Poker champ Johnny Chan offers some trading advice

• Flock Mentality

• Great companies often have three distinct elements

• Most mergers fail

• Most big stock winners start their runs trading between $25 and $50 bucks per share

• Is the PEG ratio a valid concept?

• Isn't a rising dividend supposed to be a sign of financial strength? Usually, but not always

• Two ways to check your stocks' credit scores

• Notes from a meeting with Buffett

• After 1,000 columns, Jonathan Clements shares what he has learned

• Teresa Lo on building your own investment portfolio

• ETF yields do not always reflect fundamental values

• ETFs with the highest short interest

• Five energy ETFs to sell now

• The rivalry between ETNs and exchange-traded funds intensifies

• All eyes on two new India ETFs

• The next big scam - seniors get targeted for modified reverse mortgages

• Research shows that that couples that divide and conquer their retirement planning do best

• Control your future with this new Web financial tool

• How much retirement income do you need?

• What's in your wallet?

• Federal tax estimator

• All about Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)

• According to PC Magazine, the best free software

• Newsflashr offers a faster way to track headline news

• FeedJournal allows you to create your very own personalized newspaper

• Overwhelmed by your to-do list? Go with a will-do list instead

• The value of investing in yourself

• "Don't let yesterday use up too much of today." - Cherokee Indian Proverb