Don't Mess With Santa

• World Bank forecasts grim 2009

• More scary predictions found in Bloomberg economist survey

• Business Optimism Index reaches all time low

• Small business owners broadly and sharply feel the impact of the recession

• Online spending is succumbing to the economic downturn

• The family daycare indicator

• Even in the grocery store, consumers are trading down

• Could the sports bubble be among the next to burst?

• California unemployment soars!

• "Home prices have to decline another 10% to 15% before they get back to pre-bubble levels." - Martin Feldstein

• For home buyers, $500,000 is the new $1 million

• 8.1 million foreclosures over the next four years according to Credit Suisse

• Carlos Slim argues that credit-card interest charges must be cut down

• The last thing we need is policy that encourages or incurs more debt

• History suggests that even the deepest downturns can create huge opportunities for companies with money and ideas

• Investors may draw the wrong lesson from history

• Elizabeth Warren is on the warpath

• Claw-back provisions become more popular

• Put the credit default swaps market out of its misery

• An efficient financial system is a small financial system

• The banks' loss is the classroom's gain

• Top 10 reasons for the credit crunch

• Capitalist Fools!

• The market has a proven ability to reinvent itself

• Calling on plunge protection

• The bloggers stay bullish!

• Isn't it too early for a Santa Clause rally?

• Not everyone can be Meredith Whitney

• What the Oracles of Doom think will happen next

• 8 really, really, scary predictions

• Ford Equity's model shows stocks to be very undervalued

• A stock may look tantalizingly cheap, but sometimes that's for good reason

• Using Tobin's Q Ratio, the S&P could fall another 55%

• The S&P 500 could gain 20% by the end of 2009

• Always fun to read - the 10 worst predictions for 2008

• Breadth indicators on their 5th attempt at a bottom

• Will third trendline break be a charm?

• The next obstacle is S&P 929

• Did you know that the telecom sector has the highest percentage of stocks above their 50 day moving average?

• What's appealing about Telecom ETFs?

• Hey, airlines are losing fewer billions

• Commodity traders grow weary of market swings

• Death of commodities greatly exaggerated

• Foreign-exchange markets have what investors want: liquidity

• Canada slashes rates to a 50-year low

• Deflation approaches for China

• A volume explosion for the DXO

• What if Steve Jobs ran one of the Big Three auto companies?

• Trib bankruptcy a Zell of a deal

• Cisco becomes an infrastructure play

• What are they shopping for at Dillard's?

• How Amazon's cell phone app can save you money at Best Buy, Target, and Wal-Mart

• Default risk for major banks and brokers

• Potash et others under fire

• Trade like Al Gore?

• Free stock scanning tools

• 5 stocks that are debt-free and paying big

• A stock screen focused on stocks moving higher amid heavy short interest

• Short Ratios 101

• Testing the RSI(2) Strategy

• "If you don't manage your bankroll properly when the game turns ugly, you'll never stay on top." - Johnny Chan

• The Wisdom of Great Investors

• MonitorBankRates finds the best rates for your cash

• Another bank ripoff - overdraft protection

• The big questions for your 2008 taxes

• This economy calls for a serious financial discussion with family

• What are your 2009 financial goals?

• Five simple ways to save yourself hundreds of dollars a month

• What to say to a friend who's been laid off

• Network better though Zentact

• An interesting perspective

• Twas the Night Before Christmas

• "Invest a few moments in thinking. It will pay good interest." - Author Unknown