A Market Of Stocks

• Bernanke demands ultimate power

• The Fed may have a hard time justifying higher borrowing costs as long as a temporary program for emergency lending to nonbanks remains in place

• The market's two biggest fears - an attack on Iran & a collapse of a U.S. regional bank

• G-8 leaders indicate inflation is primary concern

• U.S. dollar-pegged currencies pose risk to global economy

• Three reasons the dollar rally continues

• Five themes you need to know

• All that remains is the dating for U.S. recession

• Bottom fishing can be risky business

• More speculation over subprime loss estimates

• Banks find a way to cushion losses

• SEC should investigate Bear collapse

• Mortgage applications were up +7.5% last week

• While consumer spending and income are up, thanks to the tax rebates, the consumer spending numbers show the way the money is being spent and it is not very encouraging

• The suitcase indicator

• Earnings estimates fall as we head into reporting season

• "Our valuation models are indicating that there is not a huge amount of downside risk. Since 1945 70% of all bear markets bottomed out with P/E ratios around the historical median of 17.3-times normalized earnings." - Leuthold Group

• Has the market become too fixated on the VIX?

• If everyone is going short, that may help explain why there's not as much fear

• The insiders still aren't selling into the declines

• "You must remember that the reasons we get paid more as equity investors are the ups and downs we experience in the market. To stay true to your investing strategy, you must act the opposite of how you feel." - Jonas Zamora

• In spite of long periods in the doldrums, stocks are a better long-term inflation hedge than anything else.

• Bearish waves from "Elliott Wave" forecast

• Why you need to be cautious

• Hopes for second half recovery are fading fast

• Yale confidence indicators

• The hedge fund pros are very hungry

• New age rumor spreading on Wall Street

• The biggest hedge funds are on a hiring binge

• Investing, post-Bush

• With oil prices up, people want to live closer to work

• Paulson latest idea to save the housing market

• Housing bill's tax credit draws criticism

• Home downsizing could become more common as energy costs rise and the population ages

• After our move to Utah, perhaps I should try to save more energy

• The S&P 500 priced in eggs?

• Lower oil, higher stocks?

• What's going on at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?

• Pickens' Plan promotes wind & natural gas

• And water!

• Big investors put retirement funds in commodities

• Commodities look like the tech bubble

• The final throes of the commodity rally

• Politicians who try to make oil cheaper by restraining speculation will just make things worse

• Gold timers apparently aren't worried about gold

• What's up with biotech recently?

• Analyst price targets for the Dow 30

• S&P 100 highest and lowest default risk

• According to James Altucher, stocks that will move the fastest are the ones that have been most beaten down

• 5 soaring stocks ready for a fall

• More bullish chatter on Fuel Systems

• Top 10 holdings of the Centurion Christian Values fund

• Investor sentiment is especially indicative of future performance by the most speculative stocks

• Some thoughts on trade sizing

• Are you an irrational investor?

• The psychology of profitability

• Traders often learn how to improve by playing poker

• How have investment advisers performed over the very long term? Mark Hulbert runs the numbers

• A 10 ETF portfolio

• ETFs have become in vogue to hedge risk

• Avoid the tax trap of commodity ETFs

• A problem with income-oriented funds

• A few more ETFs bite the dust

• Treasury Inflation Protected Securities aren't living up to their name for bond investors

• Special purpose acquisition companies - or Spacs - are struggling to win over investors

• 9 mutual funds with above average long-term returns and low initial investment requirements

• Seeking the perfect investment? Don't waste your time!

• How to calculate how much money you need to retire

• An eBay for frequent flier miles?

• Thanks Roger for the timely reminder that life can be simple, if you let it

• RIP John Templeton

• What is your life plan?

• "In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience." - W.B. Prescott