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From the Wall Street Journal’s MarketBeat Blog this afternoon: With the Federal Reserve meeting out of the way, along with most of the important earnings reports, many participants are ready to take a bit of time for vacation, and they leave with a smile on their face after the dollar rebounded, oil prices slumped, and the Dow industrials put together a 300-point rally to close out the week.

Bloomberg Radio Interview OK, no names are used in this post! But holy cow! In the midst of the sell off this week, Bloomberg Radio interviewed a money manager about the current condition of the market. The money manager went on and on making predictions about the market.

Can Merck go any lower? This article could be titled: Can (fill in the blank) go any lower? I'm not picking on Merck. The reality is you could drop in Merck, Citibank, General Motors, Ford, J.P. Morgan, along with most other names in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (and most of the largest names in the S&P 500) and ask the same question…can this stock go any lower? The short answer is: yes.

Strategies - Conventional Wisdom, Foiled Again IT is widely assumed that a stock’s price will rise when it is added to a major stock market index. As is often the case with conventional wisdom about the stock market, however, the truth is more complicated.

Chapter 5: INDEXES UNVEILED “A rising tide lifts all boats, but every year some vessels in the stock market spring a leak. Broad diversification ensures they won’t sink the whole portfolio.” - Weston Wellington, Vice President, Dimensional Fund Advisors In polite conversation, appropriate people know to avoid conversations about religion and politics.

The first quarter of 2008 is complete. Boy has it been brutal. As of this writing, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 7.53%, the Nasdaq Composite Index corrected by 14.09% and the S&P 500 retraced 9.88%. While many people lost money on American equities, Death Cross Trader subscribers came out well ahead of the game.

Due diligence…recommended whenever you one is contemplating a barter or cash deal. Shouldn’t the same action be taken when working with a financial advisor? Read the following missive…it will only take a minute but it could be very helpful, and make a difference in your financial future.

Today the venerable Dow Jones Industrial index is undergoing changes to its component stocks: Altria Group, formerly Philip Morris (MO) and Honeywell (HON) are being replaced with Chevron (CVX) and Bank of America (BAC). Actively Passive Which explains why I always chuckle when people get into debates about “passive” (aka index) funds vs.