The Next Trade

• U.S. seals bailout deal

• Read the draft proposal

• Rescue plan gives ample power to Treasury secretary

• The Fed would gain more power over short-term rates in rescue bill

• "I've been through ten bear markets, in this business for 57 years, and I've never seen this." - John Bogle

• Fed pumps billions into global markets again

• Spin it baby! Despite the public outcry over the bailout bill, taxpayers and the Treasury are likely to come out ahead

• "There is a HUGE misconception by the public that the purposed bailout is to rescue Wall Street, when in fact the real winners of a bailout are Joe Q. Public and Main Street." - Scott Kramer

• Why mark-to-Paulson accounting won't save banks

• Vulture funds plan to buy assets ahead of bailout

• Rescue includes steps to help borrowers keep homes

• "The root of the banking story is in the money markets, which are still in awful shape." - Padhraic Garvey

• A disastrous house of cards

• We are a nation of debtors

• A memo found in the street

• America's financial crisis: who's really living in a cave?

• Jim Cramer's list of things that must be done for us not to go down in flames

• The entire bailout package could eventually cost up to $1 trillion

• What's the real cost of the bailout?

• A capitalist economy can't be fixed with socialist ideals

• What’s free about free enterprise?

• How would you like to see a new tax on your trades?

• In financial food chains, little guys can’t win

• "It is hard for us, without being flippant, to even see a scenario within any kind of realm of reason that would see us losing one dollar in any of those transactions." - Joseph J. Cassano, a former A.I.G. executive back in August 2007

• Moody's & S&P secured subprime's boom & bust

• "It’s such a long time since the last downturn that there are a number of managers in large organizations who have only experienced growth and good times and the current downturn is coming as a real shock to a lot of people." - Mike Jervis

• Amid the widespread crisis, even healthy small businesses are feeling the squeeze

• Ripple effects from a worsening credit crunch are already making their way from Wall Street to Main Street

• Tighter terms for car loans promise to deepen troubles for sluggish sales

• But, the farmers are having no difficulty getting credit

• Steelmakers see demand fall sharply

• U.S. Mint halts sales of its popular American Buffalo 24-karat gold coins

• By 2040, 29% of our GDP will be spent on healthcare

• The other crisis continues - surging food and fuel prices

• Remember this lesson - there is no insurance against risk

• Trading set to surge in Lehman claims

• Corporate bonds become fund managers' favorite

• Hedge funds are bracing for investors to cash out

• Compensation fears in hedge fund land

• The Sell the Bailout Rally trade will change

• Watch out for those money flow reversals

• Significant levels to watch in the major market indexes

• "As we enter the fourth quarter participants should keep in mind that since 1960 the S&P 500 has produced positive returns in the final quarter of the year 77% of the time; and, that Technology has tended to be the best performer. Also worth considering is that the only sector with positive net earnings estimate revisions during the past month has been Telecom Services." - Jeffrey Saut

• Market-beating market timers are more bullish than the laggards

• The bloggers turn bullish!

• Dr. Steenbarger offers a nice chart on investor sentiment

• Does the TED spread really matter?

• "It remains an uncertain, high-risk trading environment." - Robert W. Colby

• Wall Street's woes worry charities, arts groups

• Bank of China is ready to buy Wall Street

• Financial chill may hit developing countries

• Where to invest in a post-bailout world

• The SEC's list of unshortable financial stocks has grown by more than 150 to more than 950 stocks

• Maybe short-selling isn’t so bad, after all

• SEC opens probe on Freddie Mac

• WaMu offer private equity a harsh lesson

• Deepwater drillers offer deep value?

• Third quarter earnings season will not official start until October 7th, but 21 companies are confirmed to report this week

• According to Forbes, the 100 best mid-cap stocks in America

• McDonald's and 9 other hot stocks

• Thestreet.com's fast-growth stocks

• Zen and the art of portfolio maintenance

• Exploiting the Professional Investor

• A checklist for those of you who want to quit your day job

• HamFon's basic trading rules

• 5 survival tips for entrepreneurs (most will be the same for traders)

• Top 10 ways to stay energized

• Are you getting enough sleep?

• How to identify best in class sector ETFs

• ETFs that track bonds have been running into trouble trading at prices that match their underlying values

• Perfect timing for the Gone Fishing Portfolio

• It's about time! Banks bid for your cash

• Manage a $100K virtual stock portfolio

• Researchers identify regional personality traits across America

• "No matter what the models say, traders are not machines guided by silicon chips; they are impressionable and imitative; they run in flocks and retreat in hordes." - Roger Lowenstein