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What The Fed Should Be Reading Posted: 12 Aug 2009 10:09 AM PDT Economists call for Bernanke to stay and say recession is over Economy headed for steady growth A recovery only a statistician can love Forecasters regroup A V-shaped recovery? The road to recovery? Money supply and the stock market The error of pessimism Retail's healthy signs Only 31.5% of reporting companies posted earnings growth this season Cash for this, cash for that! Soaring deficit may defy forecasts Consumer bankruptcies show no sign of abating Did you know that U.S. companies have doled out the lowest salary raises in the 33 years? Have you seen the average duration of unemployment? The economy strains church finances Tough times in the porn industry And for the Nigerian online scammers Corporations take a low-key approach to event sponsorship States end up losers in gambling pullback The backlog of California homes in default, but not yet repossessed, keeps growing Foreclosure wave gathers momentum Pundits were looking for commercial real estate to be the next big financial calamity. The stock market seems to think otherwise This is more than just a summer fling S&P 500 trend, breadth & volatility Falling breadth and volume The state of short-term mean-reversion Sector relative strength Are financial ETFs signaling the start of a pullback? Expect only a pause that refreshes Post-crash dynamics "The most likely outcome now is a protracted dose of directionless trading." - John Authers Bob Prechter stays stubborn on bearish thesis New meltdown by 2012 Very bullish indicator Where are you in the sentiment cycle? Performance anxiety remains Q&A with Doug Noland The bears have cut and run Everyone is now optimistic Who is left to buy now? What's bad for Obama is great for the market! A bubble in bond ETFs? Trusting a CEO in the Twitter Age Financial Media Coup d'Etat Testing Navellier Another hedgie bites the dust The SEC remains under fire and for good reason Electricity prices plummet So, you want to be an oil speculator Bulkowski sees two patterns in gold Online sheep & beef trading Container shipping deflation 2009 is looking an awful like 2008 Get ready to be hit by some startling inflation data Inflation's little parts Speculation grows over dollar's turning point No trust for dollar rally Deflationary debt destruction must run its course Time to learn from the Fed in Australia? Fed faces its Zimbabwe moment American graduates are finding jobs in China Credit tightening threatens China's giant Ponzi scheme The best China ETF The real reason to worry about China ETF expert eyes Sweden Singapore sounds a note of caution GE sees tide coming in for water business Macy's raises outlook Director buys $2.9M worth of Cabela's What's driving the rally in Fannie & Freddie Fibo retracements for Potash 8 companies showing real signs of life Increasing P/Es for stocks on the move What's hot Wednesday Do you screen for dollar volume? Trading is like chess How to improve your trading by NOT having an opinion Do we really need daily doses of news? Technical trading rules revisited Some of the most effective trading rules come from tracking our trades Three steps you can take now toward becoming a better trader Poker & stock market investing Potholes on the road to riches Learn to leverage your risk aversion Are you using bracket orders? How to tweak your home office to be more productive The dividend factor Time to place a ban on daytrading? True Equity vs. Market Equity Stator's position sizing calculator ETF portfolios for every purpose More quant ETFs coming soon Don't count out Index Mutual Funds The great great bailout - social security Tax savings for affluent older families Kudos to Fidelity Investments Free audiobooks for your summer travel Best and worst credit cards named Extended auto warranty provider USfidelis stinks Fraud doesn't always happen to someone else Simple, secure passwords Weird Al offers another treat "Listening to the market, maximizing the bets that turn out and minimizing those that don't, is the essence of how portfolio management works. Because nobody is right all the time, that discipline is the oft-overlooked secret of how real fortunes are made." - Jonathan Hoenig

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