Snippets & Tidbits

• Apocalypse how? (FT)

• Five reasons to expect a near-term sell-off (Pragmatic Capitalist)

• Support seen at S&P 1050-1085 (Bloomberg)

• S&P 500 action calls for caution (Investment Postcards)

• Russ is speaking. Are you listening? (Chart.ly)

• Technical analysis on the emerging markets ETF $EEM (Afraid To Trade)

• Is it prediction season already? Ugh! (StockTwits)

• Holiday sales forecasts are wrong every year (The Big Picture)

• More jobs cuts loom as stimulus fades (WSJ)

• Beware a dollar rally in December! (Business Week)

• Inflation pressures moderating (The Technical Take)

• What inflation? The cost of Christmas! (The Big Picture)

• Plosser calls for higher rates (MarketWatch)

• Economists believe the deficit doesn't matter. After all, it's only money! (The Big Picture)

• A world awash in debt (Globe & Mail)

• The dirty little secret no one wants to tell you except the bears (Trader Planet)

• $1 trillion in bank reserves raise concern (WSJ)

• Dubai assumes it's too big to fail. We'll see about that! (Newsweek)

• Even doomer Marc Faber thinks the focus on Dubai is exaggerated (Marc Faber)

• Dennis Garman under fire (The Big Picture)

• "There is still close to an 80% probability (Bayes' Rule) that a second market plunge and economic downturn will unfold during the coming year." - John Hussman

• John Paulson's gold thesis (Market Folly)

• Gold run a reason to be wary of the stock market (MarketWatch)

• NYSE runs out of gold bars. What happens next? (Seeking Alpha)

• Small business income has fallen off a cliff (Open)

• Sector performance this decade (Bespoke)

• It's a full moon! (Calculator Cat)

• Should we care? The lunar cycle & stock returns (CXO)

• Chinese stocks are set to lead the world (FT)

• Visualizing the Fortune 500 (The Big Picture)

• Pounding the table for Dr. Reddy's Labs (Stock Gumshoe)

• Why all the hate toward Goldman Sachs? (Huffington)

• Sign of the times - traders at Goldman are packing heat (Bloomberg)

• Wall Street puts holiday parties on ince (CNN Money)

• Hoenig's water play (Smart Money)

• John Dorfman suggests riding the budding recovery with these four stocks (Bloomberg)

• Screening by low p/e ratios is not generally profitable (SmartMoney)

• 8 stocks with positive dividend momentum (Dividend Growth Investor)

• Do traders make a positive contribution to the world? Some thoughts (TraderFeed)

• Trade like Paolo Pellegrini (Market Folly)

• Q&A with Brian Hoffman (Trader Interviews)

• The decision-making process (Green Faucet)

• How to trade the best double bottom patterns (Trader Planet)

• A few notes on Harry Domash's book (CXO)

• Even Harvard made this mistake (Random Roger)

• Seven mistakes mutual fund investors make the most (MarketWatch)

• The ultimate guide to the BRIC ETFs (ETF Trends)

• Frontier Country ETFs (VIX & More)

• Obama's brilliant first year! (Slate)

• Obama's 'predictably irrational' economic policies (MarketWatch)

• The reappointment of Bernanke is too much to bear (Huffington)

• Is healthcare "reform" going to cost you more money? (24/7 Wall St.)

• Dems split on stock tax (The Hill)

• Time to get the pitchforks out again! (Rally Congress)

• After receiving death threats, Cramer reverses his stance on stock trade tax (New York Post)

• Debunking the swine flu hype (Mercola)

• Seeking a mortgage modification? Don't believe the hype! (WowoWow)

• Year-end tax advice for investors (Yahoo)

• Two simple yet useful Firefox add-ons you should have (MakeUseOf)

• Tiger's business is his and no one else's! (ESPN)

• If you need some motivation today, here's what it is like being poor (Whatever)

• RIP Ari Kiev (NYT)

• "The answer to successful trading cannot be found in any coach, book, or system. Success is something that is cultivated over time, with directed effort." - Dr. Brett Steenbarger