Money Roll

• A quick recap of the market last week
• It's official - the bear is back!
• At midyear, the economic pain persists
• Today is day 33 in the selling-stampede
• Hope springs eternal- the second half of 2008 is unlikely to be as bad as the first
• Strategists at Deutsche Bank, Lehman Brothers and UBS are the most bullish and expect the benchmark for American equities to climb to a record in the second half
• The worst recession since WWII?
• The lost decade?
• Another disappointing jobs report
• Hand wringing intensifies ahead of earnings season
• Second quarter earnings expectations
• SEC urged to act against short-selling
• Bringing down Bear Stearns
• Your tax dollars at work!
• The dollar is the barometer for Fed credibility
• Liquidity woes for student loans
• Treasury auction to test market's fear of inflation
• 25 reasons to remain cautious
• Is capitulation on the cards?
• Does the VIX need to spike at a climactic low?
• "When you get real capitulation, it's because everyone who wants to sell has sold. Once they have sold, it's easy to rally because there are no sellers above. It's as simple as that. But when there are sellers above, we get action like we had on Thursday. - Helene Meisler
• In short, the weak market has become weaker
• How to stay ahead of a bear market
• Incorrect forecasts by brokerage analysts are contributing to the current downturn in the equity markets
• When all else fails - just blame the computer models!
• Wall Street lobbies to delay accounting rules that could bring $5 trillion back onto bank balance sheets
• Credit derivatives were hailed as one of the most impressive innovations in the pre-credit crunch world
• 40% of mainstream fund managers surveyed said they had bought products for which they had no framework to assess risk
• How to stop the next bubble
• Dow Theorists disagree
• A bear market freak out
• Dividends start to crumble
• Move over Goldilocks - this is a Murphy's Law Economy
• The Economy? Words Fail Me.
• Consumer Discretionary stocks are the furthest from their 52-week highs
• Coal and steel stocks take a hit
• Another sector snapshot by Bespoke
• Bad times even for good companies
• Fed hint of rate hikes puts homeowners in refinancing bind
• Hidden dangers within builder balance sheets
• Wall Street is bracing for regional and small banks to fess up to large losses from their mounting volume of soured construction loans made primarily to home builders
• Debt-laden casinos are squeezed by slowdown
• Down and out in Las Vegas
• Falling sales and income taxes, combined with rising energy costs, continue to erode state finances
• Consensus is growing on Wall Street that GM may have to float new debt or issue new stock to cope with its rising cash-burn rate.
• Credit default swaps on carmakers trade at levels suggesting bankruptcy, but are things so bad?
• Why are oil prices rising? The answer comes into focus
• Surging crude-oil prices vaulted energy ETFs to the top of the second-quarter performance list
• "Higher demand, compounded with diminishing supply only means one thing ... higher prices." - William Eng
• A 1% fall in the dollar means $4 more on the price of oil
• 50 things being blamed on rising oil prices
• The ECB raises interest rates to show it means business about inflation
• Stock exchanges in China and Hong Kong will host 86 initial public offerings in the second half of 2008
• Asian money flow concerns
• Political uncertainty plagues Indian stock market
• Global economy won't bail out the US
• Goldman grabs prime brokerage business
• Misery loves company - Buffett has worst first half since 1990
• You may take some consolation by seeing how many 'fund managers of the year' and other top-notch investors have been faring over the recent past
• The Canadian Robot Portfolio is off to another bad year
• Today's Value Investor offers opinions on 20 stocks
• Alan Farley likes four tech plays
• Only three stocks are above $10 per share and trading above both their 50 and 200 day moving averages this morning
• TheStreet.com's top 5 small cappers
• 5 stocks with hot hands
• The own every stock portfolio
• There are challenges that every trader faces before they achieve mastery
• Those who make trading their living and career spend much more time self-coaching than other traders
• Four lessons I've learned from hedge fund managers
• According to Whitney Tilson, most investors devote too little attention to risk management
• Do you have a contingency plan?
• Trailing-stop/stop-loss combo leads to winning trades
• Using the 10 week moving average
• Interesting research on superstar CEOs
• Investors in both actively managed funds and index funds exhibit poor investment timing
• The brain appears to make up its mind 10 seconds before we become conscious of a decision
• Your best shot at diversification
• Don't make these critical mistakes with your nest egg, even if times are tough
• Six tips for keeping your credit limits intact
• To win any recession, however, you need to understand its rules
• Don't buy savings bonds
• Games and quizzes let you put your investment knowledge to the test
• A power lunch with Buffett
• How the rich would fare under Obama & McCain
• Streetread collects news on your favorite tickers
• RSS feeds from the Fed
• "The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking for itself." - A.A. Milne