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• Fed finds the recession easing

• Beige Book: bad, not worse

• Obama saves us from the Great Depression

• Stock markets are rising even as the economy bombs – what’s going on?

• Animal spirits rarely stay down for long

• What makes the current recession so bad?

• A harbinger of difficult days ahead?

• Consumer confidence, spending, & job creation

• It would seem that the US housing market is finally looking up

• Real Estate is now getting worse more slowly

• Unemployment-related foreclosures may be spreading

• As prices plummet, condo sales perk up

• Only one of the seven foundations of a secular bull market is in place

• The downtrend and uptrend are not created equal

• Strategies based on mean reversion tactics (my personal favorite) are having a tough go lately

• More questions raised about Dow Theory

• Dow sends another buy signal

• An avalanche of good news is expected soon

• Equities are either pretty darned cheap or bum-clenchingly expensive based on 2010 earnings

• Six rules for investing in the worse-case scenario

• Bernanke deserves to be reappointed

• Ben was incredibly, uncannily wrong

• Trade like Bernanke

• Bill Gross’ investment outlook for August

• A different take from Tim Bond

• We need a first amendment for the economy?

• Increasing the money supply invariably leads to inflation – but that’s not the only factor driving it

• The politics of speculation

• What Goldman wants is exactly what they’re going to get

• Stocks go up as Obama’s agenda slides

• Stocks tend to perform better when Congress is not in session

• When newsletter writers trade

• Game changing battery technology: is it here now?

• Who’s messin’ with them there oil prices?

• Hedge fund pros love gold

• Aging populations around the globe raise profound questions

• We fear what we don’t understand

• You too, can now work for a hedge fund

• Stephen Roach starts to worry about China

• Hugh Hendry walks the streets of China

• Signs of German rebound lifts hopes

• GM will be saved by China

• Baidu’s competition

• Deutsche Bank offers reality check

• Stock Gumshoe is on the prowl for two more picks

• Magic numbers to screen by (or not)

• Visualize the markets through Ycharts

• Fighting confirmation bias

• Dr. Brett Steenbarger’s favorite posts of 2009

• Consistently profitable trading should be boring

• Are you addicted to trading?

• Volume, the Great Deceiver

• Interesting performance data on portfolio manager’s top holding

• The recently revised Morpheus ETF roundup

• Looking for investing answers in formulas

• When to adjust asset allocation

• What is a Roth IRA?

• You get what you don’t pay for

• Who wants to buy some toxic assets?

• Investors are leaving Wall Street to sign on with independent investment advisers

• Questions to ask your new financial adviser

• Pitches for financial products sell hope but push hype

• Frauds and scams

• Still hooked on credit? Try this Fed calculator

• How to spend your money – prioritize experiences rather than materials

• 10 iPhone apps for investors

• The power of money

• My new favorite hobby!

• Play one round of golf with someone and you will learn everything you need to know about his character

• “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” – Sun Tzu

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