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Jamie Dimon Makes Best Case for Not Breaking Up Big Banks

Well said, Michael Clark. I agree.

Galleon Group's 50 Largest Holdings

Short eBay, perhaps? I have done so successfully a couple of times in the past, but have no position currently. They report earnings next week, or so I just read; perhaps we won't have long to wait to see how this one plays out.

I need a good short in my portfolio now, given my overall long positions, so may have to give this some more thought. Better think quickly!

Four Reasons We're Headed Even Higher

I agree with the author, and the pundits are just part of the wall of worry the market continues to climb. Why not get on board and enjoy the ride? Eventually, each pundit will do exactly that, helping fuel the advance. It is happening each market day, and that is the reason the market continues to climb.

Fractured Wall Street Fairy Tales #1: Buy and Hold is the Best Strategy

Buy and Hold does not mean holding forever, and most investors who use this investment strategy, use a 3-5 year investment horizon. Then, as Shiv Kapoor has already mentioned, there are dividends, who to many investors turn out to be as significant a portion of total income, as capital gains. Some studies show dividends to actually outpace capital gains, long term, if dividend paying stocks are selected for ones portfolio. One recent recommendation from a highly rated stock trading selection service (VV) had them going short for this week, and buying the contra ETF's, when the market has gone up for 4 straight days. While I realize that no one is always correct with their picks, this particular selection had to hurt. It seems to me that this is the time to adopt a more longer term investment horizon, much like Buffet, and just wait for things to get much better. The news is improving daily, and longer term holding seems appropriate at this time, at least in my mind.

Rally Broaches Resistance: What the Charts Say

A good friend always tells me at these inflection points, that to trade successfully, you have to be right twice, once getting out, and again getting back in. In this current market, I have been fooled so many times I can't count them all, and the low-cap value stocks I follow are all now looking up. I could try selling a little now, but even if the market corrects to the down-side for a retracement, there is no assurance that my low-cap value stocks would follow the market downward. All stocks do not bottom at the same time, is something I have learned from previous bear marketsso it is possible my low-cap value stocks have already bottomed. At this point, I am just going to leave my current investments un-touched, even though I am up 42% since March 9. I may be wrong, but it won't be the first or last time.

Cramer's Stop Trading! What Do Cramer and Rush Limbaugh Have in Common? (1/29/09)

They are both performers.