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Crony Capitalism Posted: 06 Aug 2009 10:38 AM PDT Get ready for the year's most honest jobs report Employment report preview Job charts Retailers report sluggish sales Shoppers are itching to spend When will consumers start spending again? Owners of small companies think the economy is starting to turn Sign of the times - coffee shops pull the plug The ghosts of August past Why is August rough on investors? The elusive correction is now upon us? The great missed opportunity of 2009 Junk stocks rule! Markets can be wrong and the price is not always right A tale of two markets Seasonal charts Paul Krugman on the prospects for recovery Michael Steinhardt speaks Banks reopen global casino More than 100 U.S. banks lack capital No end in sight for bank bailouts Crony capitalism Cooking the books legally A reminder of Enron History suggests the US economy would be better off without the Fed? Obama must focus on the fundamentals The recession American needed Trading vs. Investing Sector correlation climbs to a new high One sector with revenue growth How should we feel about the tech sector recovery? Get ready for oil prices to go back to $147 Time is running out on the oil market manipulation biz Positive & negative factors for gold Playing for reverse stock splits Trade of the century? China's bubble threatens global recovery AIG breakup nets Wall Street $1 billion bonanza If only we could trade like Goldman Looking back at Huron Consulting Rerouting Cisco Systems ExxonMobil is the green company of the year? Dividend raisers David Dreman's latest picks Investing like Warren Buffett How to maintain your trading confidence Being creative is a skill you often find within many great traders The importance of intermarket analysis Stop loss placements: part I, II, & III CXO looks at using short-term simple moving average crossovers Despite any claim you may read, you cannot be an overnight success Are you spending your time chasing the hot hand? Trend chasing funds struggle after blowout year ETFs by net assets Leveraged ETF winners & losers Three sector ETFs that beat the global credit crisis Younger investors reconsider set-it-and-forget-it attitude and look to take a more hands-on approach with their 401(k) plans How personal financial mirrors the Tour de France Fun! Economy-based board games that make you think The best places to store your cash A burglar reveals the best place to hide your money Foreclosure buying is red hot For today's graduate, just one word: statistics Dan Loeb's recommended investing books Cracking the two-envelope problem "So many people want the positive rewards of being a successful trader without being willing to go through the commitment and pain. And there's a lot of pain." - Bill Lipschutz

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