Does the mini bull run mean the market's finally turned the corner? Or have investors, weary of being weary, just decided to be irrationally optimistic? A reality check for bear hunters.

We're in the midst of a full-on recession! No, the economy is bouncing back! Have Wall Street analysts ever been this divided about what the future holds?

Investors and stock analysts are trying to blame all their current problems on Fed chairman Alan Greenspan -- but the ingrates should be on their knees thanking him!

Democrats want to hang the Enron scandal on Republicans, but if they really cared about the ordinary investors who got screwed, they'd go after the real criminals.

Track the Dow for a few hours, and you'll get vertigo. But look beyond the skittering ticker for a minute, and you'll find a thread of logic you can hang on to. Really.

Wal-Mart will stumble, the stock exchange will move to Chicago, major airlines will cease to exist, and other humble predictions for 2005.

Sure, everyone hates the market. But with interest rates low and investment alternatives scarce, September 22 may have marked a new beginning.

Why the market may be ready for a sudden boom. And why investors should pray it doesn’t happen.

They lack the sizzle of sexier stocks, and they tend to hibernate for years at a time, but cyclicals are about to become your new best friends.

Now that Wall Street has relegated every last dot-com to the dustbin of history, maybe it's time for the smart money to do a little Dumpster diving.