The latest and greatest fear - deflation
The Federal Reserve put deflation back on the table
Fed's Bullard says U.S. deflation is an issue Fed must face
Fed's Lacker sees 2009 rebound
Inflation is bad for stocks. The only thing worse is deflation
U.S. Treasury's u-turn on TARP jolts credit markets
Paulson goes on defense
Paulson tries to rewrite his own history
Borrowing gauge falls
The world according to Hank
Fed watch: policy adrift
Default risk at new highs
The cost of protecting corporate bonds from default surged to records around the world
U.S. agrees to buy student loans
We're now seeing a collateral squeeze
Let's put the economic blame where it belongs - on ourselves
Record-breaking data everywhere!
More extreme conditions!
Can the Dow go lower? I hope so!
Fear Louise Yamada!
Easy come as easy goes - the S&P 500 has now erased 100% of the bull market from 2002 to 2007
A closer look at S&P 500 stock performance yields some insights
Indeed - the market is guilty until proven innocent
S&P p/e ratios - how low can they go?
"There seems to be no bottom. We have no tools that tell us where to go now." - Laszlo Birinyi
The fair value for the S&P is at 700
"The long-term, intermediate and short-term views for the broad markets displayed by ETF and futures proxies are all bearish." -Clare White
Many fund managers are now expecting a global recession to persist in the coming year
More plunge protection team chatter
Good luck with this - traders' machismo must be curbed
Before the bust, these CEOs took money off the table
Things never change - the bank gets bailed out and the CEO gets his parachute
What's on the economic calendar next week?
The recession will get worse according to University of Michigan economists
"The Great Recession is now upon us and will be with us for some time to come. Stocks don't lie; people do." - Doug Kass
What this depression will look like
Lowry Research on current market conditions
Time to ignore the stock market until February?
Broken investors are finally throwing in the towel
And here's more proof!
Where's the pessimism?
Divergence in T2108
According to the charts, the market has a lot of healing to do
A nifty comparison chart of four bear markets
This chart illustrates all major stock market corrections (15% loss or greater) of the last 108 years
"In the year following the 10 largest bear markets in history, the Dow rises an average of 44%, with the leaders doing even better." - Michael Cintolo
Stock signals!
How to thrive when this bear dies
Cash is king!
U.S. financial system still needs at least $1.0 trillion to $1.2 trillion
Banks back mandatory CDS clearing
Harkin seeks to force all derivatives onto exchanges
Regulators take steps to monitor some thrifts
More than half of the corporations that defaulted on their bonds had private equity investments
Within the next 12 to 18 months, there is going to be FHA-insurance Armageddon
Rating downgrades drive up debt-rollover costs
High-yield bonds yielding record highs
After losses, pensions ask for a change
"This is apparently the new American way. Companies screw up, get in trouble and then turn to the government to bail them out. No worries, the government can always print more money, right?" - Glenn Hall
Maybe the Pope should sell a market timing newsletter
PayPal to offer holiday credit lines
Glitzy Greenwich feels hedge fund pain
Fannie & Freddie suspend foreclosures
Ascertaining value - there is no single accurate index of home prices
The stock market graveyard
An estimated 150,000 jobs have been lost by the financial sector worldwide, and more are expected in investment banking and trading
Unemployment will reach 9% according to Goldman Sachs
Surprise drop in power use delivers jolt to utilities
Glutton for punishment? The case for buying oil stocks
Another snapshot for commodities
Bad times for biotechs that need cash to burn
Dry-cargo rates have fallen by more than 90% as a five-year boom has turned to bust
Everyone keeps trying to call the top in the dollar rally
The dollar and equities part ways for now
After this week's data, economists call for larger rate cuts from the European Central Bank
Argentine president aims to nationalize $24B in pension funds
Japan's acquisitive mood
Mark Mobius punts Brazil
BeSpoke's international snapshot
PC makers embrace Core i7 chips in new desktops
Intel to push out everything in 2009
Vishaal Bhuyan is helping to create a new market tied to life-insurance policies
Health care analysts are gearing up for policy changes that could affect stocks throughout the sector
At one point, Obama and Paulson talked every day for two weeks
Obama and the Insider Effect
Jim Cramer tells Obama how to save the market
A free lunch for you is a painful cost for someone else
Remember - the stock market performs significantly better when Congress is out of session
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An estimate of car jobs in jeopardy is dubious
Financial job losses may double to 350,000 by 2009
Goldman's gold standard is less golden
A big Visa chargeback
If you want to own Apple, you can now get it on the cheap
The Senate begins a probe into the causes of the financial crisis
Golden West under investigation
Citron takes Lifetime Fitness for a workout
Q&A with Costco's Jim Sinegal
Bulkowski shares more than a few chart patterns
A screen of REITs
5 stocks with a cash cushion
5 blue chips under $10
5 whipper snappers
Confidence is everything in this game
"The best traders aren't those who can take risk, but those who know how to mitigate it." - Jonathan Hoenig
Three common trading mistakes
Let the balance sheet be your guide
Perhaps, we should just be more like Canadians!
Louise Yamada: relative strength is key
A test of Ablin's trend following strategy
Market timing is impossible
An asset allocation backtester!
Attention bond investors! Here's a great resource for you - InvestinginBonds.com
A very tough time for muni ETFs
First active real estate ETF begins trading
No kidding - ETFs are increasingly becoming the hedging and speculative mechanisms of choice
ETF tax-loss harvesting: the good, the bad, and the ugly
Congress has an eye on the tax break for your retirement
A tax raise? You can bet on it!
Threats of identity theft increase
Where to stash cash at home
5 financial things to do before year's end
Newly out of a job? Here's how to replace the health benefits
What about a no-spend weekend?
Preparing financially for the holidays
Financial tools for difficult times
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Fraternity launches harebrained scheme to fix economy
"I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution." - Wernher von Braun
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