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• Earnings and economy less negative

• Fewer companies reported first-quarter results in line with expectations than in a typical quarter

• This week's earnings preview

• No more California dreaming, except for CalPERS retirees

• The depression scare is over (for now)

• The silence of the bears

• Does anyone truly care that the nation's debt clock is ticking faster than ever?

• The newspaper indicator

• The falling wage syndrome

• New stress trial balloon floated

• Banking fortunes - from catastrophic to just awful

• New York Fed Chairman's ties to Goldman Sachs raise questions

• DOW 10,000!

• The quickest bull in 70 years

• Sharp 30% rallies are a hallmark of bear markets

• A large portion of the gains have occurred on up gaps

• A major buy signal! Well, maybe...

• Buffett dispenses gloom at Berkshire fest

• Top quotes from Buffett's annual meeting

• Some common sense from Buffett

• The latest investment outlook from Bill Gross

• Rally risks

• What's the worst case scenario?

• Investment sentiment update

• Time to deploy some shorts?

• Concerns linger over commerical real estate

• We are still no way near a bottom in housing

• Asian country ETFs are rocketing higher

• Bespoke's commodity snapshot

• Industries push for free pollution credits

• Gas is dirt cheap!

• U.S. gas fields go from bust to boom

• US wind sector impatient for stimulus funds

• Here comes the Sun. Right?

• Solar ETFs warming up

• Three epochs of oil

• A bull's case for silver

• Statistics from Ned Davis Research covering the past five recessions show that information-technology stocks are usually the best performers

• Sector earnings growth in the first quarter

• Follow the tea leaves in the semiconductor world

• 10 most promising new drugs

• If you think network TV is bad now, just wait

• Get ready for some insurance inflation

• Lindzon's 7 themes he feels confident about

• Boring times on Wall Street

• What's happening with Exxon's cash?

• How Lehman Brothers got its real estate fix

• To what degree were AIG's operating insurance subsidiaries sound?

• Have you been getting hosed by American Express?

• A closer look at the top 10 highest paid CEO's of 2008

• Sucker swine flu trades

• Wells Fargo's #1 investor

• Best performing stocks during the rally

• Top picks of hot handed investment newsletter gurus

• Very interesting - ranked performance of 8 technical indicators

• Using Bollinger Band Bands to gauge trends

• Understanding Donald Lambert's Commodity Channel Index

• Why stock-price volatility should never be a surprise, even in the long run

• Check the market trends instead of slogans

• Asset allocation: time for new tactics?

• The ETF Investing Toolbox

• Three interesting ETF themes

• Attention fund lovers - you need to keep running tabs on management expenses for your funds

• Are green and socially responsible mutual funds worth it?

• The End of Personal Finance

• Four reasons to hate credit card companies

• Have you considered negotiating your medical bills?

• 100 wise tips to feel better fast

• How to move on from failure, risk, rejection, and pain

• Key Zen Habits

• "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell