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Mr. Kansas is chief markets commentator for The Wall Street Journal and blogs daily at blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat.

Rules For Radicals 2011

A rise in volume would help confirm the newly bullish sentiment emerging from the knights of the charts.wsj. com/marketbeat The Disappearing Millionaires New York and California are usually the leaders in producing and losing millionaires.

Chartists Heart 2009

"Industry analysts are getting even more bearish on the fundamentals of their companies, while investors are looking past the bad news or concluding that it is already priced in the stock market," Ed Yardeni, president and chief investment strategist of Yardeni Research, told clients Thursday.wsj. com/marketbeat

Same GE Song, 2009

"Even though there aren't going to be a lot of deals, investor sentiment is improving, and people are more willing to bet on newer issues, as long as they're good companies," Mr. Einhorn said.wsj. com/marketbeat Rich get richer and spend more Conventional wisdom holds that the rich have gained a much bigger slice of the national wealth pie over the past decade.

Forecast for IPOs: 2009

"People who invested in equity with the expectation that the dividend would be there are no longer attracted to equity as an asset class -- so they need to turn to fixed income," says Diane Garnick, investment strategist at Invesco.wsj. com/marketbeat Why Obama Plan Won't Kill Charity Charities are up in arms over President Obama's proposal to trim deductions the rich take on charitable donations.

A Record Year For Dividends 2009

Agency brokerage Instinet signed an agreement with D.C. policy firm Potomac Research Group last year, and Instinet officials say there has been a flood of interest from clients in the past month.wsj. com/marketbeat Private Banking's Money in Motion Money in motion.

Help Wanted: 2009

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services and Moody's Investors Service still give Berkshire Hathaway their highest ratings.wsj. com/marketbeat Millionaire Population Falls The numbers are in: Millionaires are getting clobbered by the financial crisis.

Did the Oracle 2009

With more than 69 million shares traded on a given day, there apparently is no shortage of fools.wsj. com/marketbeat

Chief Executives Still Flying High 2009

Apple traded Friday at $91.20, well below the May 52-week high of $192.24 and an amount that wouldn't get you the company's eight-gigabyte iPod nano, listed on the Apple Web site for $149 each.wsj. com/marketbeat

The Politics 2009

As for the idea that defaults would be subdued and spread out, as Mr. Geithner -- and much of Wall Street -- postulated, the report laments that derivatives "became a major source of contagion" and invaded otherwise sovereign parts of the economy.wsj. com/marketbeat Lamborghini Wait Times Fall One silver lining in the recession is the sudden availability of things exclusive.

The Case of Geithner v. Geithner 2009