Head Scratching

• Fed Beige Book sees continued weakness

• Fresh data offers hope

• On the economy - have we hit bottom yet?

• 10 reasons the worst of the crisis is over

• 10 things that could still go wrong with the economy

• Bankers are more reluctant than economists to express confidence in recovery

• Ad spending fell 14% in first quarter

• Market downturn hit lawmakers

• The California countdown

• Google as unemployment predictor

• Do U.S. economic stats lie?

• Bloggers versus experts

• The economy is still at the brink?

• Bailouts galore bewilder market

• Expect the return to normalcy

• It is lonely in the diminishing camp of bear

• "I believe that investors should not rule out even the 500 level on the S&P 500 as a plausible outcome over the coming 18 months." - John Hussman

• Status quo

• The story of the current market as told via ETFs

• Never short a dull market!

• Can stocks go sharply higher from here?

• Fed would be shut down if it were audited

• Favorite investment books from investing bloggers

• "What separates the 1% from the other 99% is a lot of hard work. It's perseverance. You have to love to do it." - Tom Baldwin

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