Hope & Fear

• U.S. pulls the trigger

• Statements by Paulson, Bernanke, Bair

• Kashkari leaps from obscurity to lead role in rescue

• A momentous power shift toward Washington and away from Wall Street

• Democrats as well as Republicans expect more government regulation of the financial sector in the future

• Lehman's fall caused $300 billion in losses globally

• Barclays chief warns rivals will be hobbled by state intervention

• Bailout plan could cost $3 trillion

• "The government's most recently floated proposal to take direct equity stakes in banks makes it even more painfully clear that Uncle Sam is no longer a referee but a player in the game, moving the pieces and writing the rules as we go along." - Jonathan Hoenig

• Institutional investors are returning to money-market funds

• Anxious investors are flocking to the safety of certificates of deposit

• Market observers who have been wondering if last week's big decline represented "capitulation," got a bit of an answer this morning

• In Chicago, they trade fear like any other commodity

• Hedge fund pros seek to explain to investors what went wrong and they they are now doing about it

• Where did all of that money you lost in the market really go?

• GMAC lending rule excludes even those with sterling credit

• Is General Motors too big to fail?

• Too bad the government can't cancel third quarter earnings season

• Markets are just organized craps

• Kevin Klombies shares a few charts

• According to John Hussman, stocks are now measurably undervalued

• Stocks are on sale!

• Weighing the bull case vs. the bear case

• Q&A with Jeremy Grantham

• Kevin Depew provides five things you need to know

• Everyone agrees that we're screwed...so was that the market bottom?

• What kind of a bottom was Friday?

• Are we seeing just another bear market rally, or definitive floor?

• "Getting happy about an up day is as unproductive as getting upset on a down day." - Roger Nusbaum

• There is a case to be made that the averages will hit bottom sometime in the next few months, even if the economy is in the middle of a recession

• Significant bear markets since the Great Depression in the Dow

• S&P 500 performance during recessions

• "While we may have seen the bottom on Friday, I strongly suspect that we will go back down and retest those levels. The next decline is likely to be more slow and grinding, and will separate out the weak companies from the strong." - Dirk van Dijk

• "Sectors that best resisted the market downturn this month are prime candidates to lead once the market gets back on its feet." - Michael Kahn

• How to energize your portfolio

• This is a traders' paradise, but investors beware!

• "The harder they fall, the more I smile." - John Schwartz

• Is America ready to lead in the race for new technology?

• Watch for privatizations overseas

• The U.K. corporate pension time bomb

• Investors worry emerging nations will default on debt

• According to Merrill analysts, gold could hit $1,500

• A bull market is expected for the OLED industry

• Thin computing attempts a comeback of sorts

• GeoEye is still attracting some attention

• Morgan CEO goes on a big mack attack

• Top homebuilder short-squeeze plays

• Morningstar's favorite healthcare safe havens

• S&P 500 stocks that are NOT oversold

• The difference between cash and income is more significant now than ever

• How to identify and trade an important trend day

• The overwriting strategy works in market surges that may fade quickly

• 5 trusty trading lessons

• Eliminating emotion from trading is both impossible and undesirable

• Risk/Reward in Trading

• Money Management using the Kelly Criterion

• Position sizing calculators!

• The fate of the average investor

• When to utilize a price-to-sales ratio

• Have you written down your goals?

• In spite of challenging times, Teresa Lo's strategic performance portfolio is outperforming the competition

• "All we need to do is stick to the long-term indicators, such as the 200 and 150 day moving averages to know when it is safe to invest with a long-term time frame again. When a stock or market is below these moving averages you can't try to be a buy and hold investor." - Michael Swanson

• ETFs weather the market turmoil well

• How safe are your ETFs?

• New indexes meld frontier with emerging markets

• How retirees can ease pain following market crash

• Tax free IRA withdrawals are coming soon?

• Now more than ever, dig out of debt!

• Want a new search engine? Try cuil

• Pure stupidity - how people are keeping up appearances in the credit crunch

• Weird Al is back!

• "Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories." - Polybius