Bear Market Beer

• Will historic returns give way to additional gains?

• A preview of this week's earnings & economic data

• Reports on both construction spending & manufacturing disappoint

• "It's no time for the Fed to act like a bashful virgin." -Vincent Reinhart

• Governments' ability to pay for rescues in doubt

• Bailout spending is out of control

• Let's just throw a lot more money at the problem

• From a market economy to a political economy

• Obama knows how to move the market

• Citigroup may soon need more taxpayer assistance

• Citigroup to be held accountable by Obama admin?

• GMAC puts institutions ahead of private investors

• BIS outlines way to value bank assets

• Save the banks no matter what!

• Many Americas will soon have a tough time living on credit

• No inflation? The cost of Christmas is up 8%

• Same store sales trends

• More Black Friday chatter

• More D-talk

• NBER makes it official - recession started last December

• Buyout mania to bust - 50% of buyouts will be in trouble

• But, keep in mind that in negative markets such as we’re experiencing right now, investors tend to believe even the most gloomy assertions from “media gurus” and self appointed experts

• Short selling declines

• A noteworthy reversal in money flow

• Investors shouldn’t celebrate a new bull market yet

• Bottom feeding is for catfish

• Guppy Multiple Moving Averages as applied to the S&P

• A technical analysis of the recent bear market

• More chart comparisons

• "While the rally has been substantial, we continue to see a pattern of lower highs and lower lows in the stock market." - Dr. Brett Steenbarger

• What about the drop in the VIX?

• The shift away from human oversight to electronic trading systems has contributed significantly to the wild late-day swings

• "We have, and continue, to treat the October 10th “capitulation lows” as a bottom for the short-to-intermediate term, until proven wrong. Still, this is the most difficult market we have seen since the 1970s, which is why we are employing a hedging strategy and continue to emphasize clean balance sheets, decent fundamentals, and dividends. We continue to invest accordingly." - Jeffrey Saut

• Market strategies for the very brave

• Low-yield bonds offer gauge of financial system's health

• Commercial-mortgage securities offer high yields, low risk

• No matter how bad things get, Americans won't stop watching cable tv

• Investors may be tempted to buy despite a long wait for returns

• France is upset with EU block

• China expects 10% growth for next year

• Russia cuts growth forecast in half

• In Japan, currency traders stay in the game

• Did you know that Ghana's stock exchange is up 60% this year?

• FYI: terrorism and the stock market

• Energy giants eye floating gas-liquefaction plants

• Fuel-cell powered devices are getting closer

• Why the dollar is getting stronger

• The gold/silver ratio is starting to tighten a bit

• A new look at gold

• Traders looking for year-end strategies may want to focus on other stocks besides depressed secondaries

• The Reluctant CEO of the Year

• Apple is one bright spot in otherwise lackluster Black Friday

• A grinchless holiday for Best Buy?

• IBD profiles Emergent Biosolutions

• Louis Navellier offers two stocks to buy now

• Bernard F. McGinn's four stocks for December and beyond

• Charles Rotblut's deep value screen

• A portfolio of the top publicly traded IT innovators

• The Santa Portfolio

• FYI - QuoteTracker has added an Advanced Screener with fundamental and technical indicators (however, you need an Ameritrade account to use it)

• "Doubling down on the losers is just dumb, no matter how rich or how much information you have." - Howard Lindzon

• A trader's most powerful weapon - cold hard cash!

• How to combat overtrading

• The mean reversion trade after options expiration

• 4 rules for successful short selling

• How to identify targets for your trades

• AAII's ebooks on stock investing strategies, portfolio building, and investing basics

• Another nice tool for keeping a trading diary

• An example of what you should put in your trading diary

• The Tricks of the ETF Trade

• An ETF performance report for November

• Another source for finding ETFs and Indices that include specific stocks. Just type in the ticker symbol in the box

• Three ETFs to consider if Dow retests lows

• Little guy investors aren't the only ones taken for a ride. Some hedge funds were too

• Hedge fund secrecy is being taken to new levels

• Alpha bets turn sour

• If your fund is closing, get out before the door hits you

• Gaining perspective over needs versus wants - the only things you really need can fit in a suitcase

• How to send email to any cell phone via text message for free

• Want to learn how to play chess?

• Life is too short - RIP Tanta of Calculated Risk

• It's time to step up and help someone in need!

• "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." - Aristotle