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STOCK SCREENS
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The IQ List: Smart Stocks with Potential Here are top scorers under Standard & Poor's "Investability Quotient" measure, which ranks stocks according to their potential for return
MARKET SNAPSHOT
Stocks Fall on Weak Data A weak manufacturing report -- and a decline in a key consumer gauge -- renewed worries about a U.S. recession
S&P STOCK PICKS AND PANS
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S&P Picks and Pans: Bond Insurers, Citi, UBS, Best Buy Analyst opinions on stocks making headlines in Friday's market
THE WEEK AHEAD
Vital Signs: More Gloomy Forecasts from the Fed? On tap: January consumer price index, housing starts, and leading indicator data, Federal Reserve economic projections and minutes
MARKET VIEWS
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Stocks: 1990 All Over Again? Current market and economic conditions are reminding many investors of the start of the last decade. S&P takes a closer look
INVESTING
Bernanke's Precarious Position The Fed's in a tricky spot as it tries to bolster growth while maintaining its inflation-fighting credibility Everything Isn't Going to Be O.K. William Fleckenstein, the author of Greenspan's Bubbles, says Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is in over his head How Low Will the Fed Go? Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke is hearing it from all sides, but the rate doves appear to have the upper hand
NEWS ANALYSIS
Behind Buffett's Bond Gambit The Berkshire Hathaway chief's offer to reinsure $800 billion in munis may signal a move to dominate the bond insurance biz
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BLOG INVESTING INSIGHTS >>
Warren Buffett's offer to take over insurance coverage of $800 billion of muni bonds from the troubled "big three" insurers is no rescue plan for them—it's a death knell.
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