Commentary

mark hulbert on the markets | About Mark Hulbert
Sell in April and go away?   
There’s a lot to be said for getting a head start. The indicator (also known as “Sell in May and Go Away”) has become perhaps the best-known seasonal pattern on Wall Street. Waiting until May Day to sell runs the risk of trying to exit your positions at the same time that a large number of other investors are all trying to do to the same thing, writes Mark Hulbert.  
                
therese poletti's tech tales | About Therese Poletti
'Mad Men' on ice, thanks to dispute
Maybe it’s time for Matthew Weiner, the creator of the award-winning TV series “Mad Men,” to take out his own ad in the New York Times, just as his protagonist, the adman Don Draper, did last season, to the distress of his uninformed partners, writes Therese Poletti.   
     
brett arends's roi | About Brett Arends
Ponzi scheme hits hedge funds
Who are the three gullible hedge fund managers in New York and San Francisco who just dropped $15 million in an alleged Ponzi scheme out in Utah?    

David weiDner's writing on the wall | About David Weidner
Nasdaq needs a deal, but not NYSE  
For the exchanges, the war over listings and equity trading has become moot. They’re a limited business with small margins.They’re as relevant as the traders on the floor of the NYSE, writes David Weidner.  

Rex Nutting's Money and Power | About Rex Nutting
Tea party can taste only ashes  
It looks as if the tea party might have its first real success in trimming the size of the government. They ought to be celebrating, and plotting their next move. Instead, they’re mad as hell. A party that can’t celebrate and build on its successes will never have many, writes Rex Nutting.  

IRWIN KELLNER | About Irwin Kellner
Home prices slide, end is near
The latest housing data paint a picture of unremitting gloom. Once again, sales of both new and existing homes fell in the latest month, compared with the previous month. And to no one’s great surprise, prices are down as well, writes Irwin Kellner. 

jon friedman's media web | About Jon Friedman
Why the iPhone is overrated
When it comes to the iPhone, I think Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs is a marketing genius. His company gets otherwise sensible consumers to buy a gadget that they don’t really need, but think they can’t live without, writes Jon Friedman. 
         
David Callaway's editor's view | About David Callaway
Six threats to the stock market  
While it’s tempting to think the rally will ride on, it’s probably more likely there will be some hiccups in the next few months that will trip up the market temporarily before it resumes its run this fall to finish out the year with strong gains, writes David Callaway.        

john C. dvorak's second Opinion | About John C. Dvorak
The fake Bill Gates-Paul Allen feud  
John Dvorak loves it when a supposed feud designed to sell books gets no traction except from the media looking to attract attention.