Jim Cramers stock picks advise for 4-30-08 is listed on madmoneypicks.net

I see nice round bases everywhere in EVERY long scan and CANSLIM scan that I run. Stocks like our HA long from 3/27/08 is already up 60% and MA from 8/2/06 is up almost 500% since then and now we have a lot of pretty green BOP filled charts starting to round out and complete bases.

After Microsoft withdrew its $33-a-share offer for Yahoo on Saturday, the question was how far Yahoo’s stock would drop. On Monday morning, the markets gave an initial answer: plenty.

Shortly after 10 a.m., Yahoo’s shares were off nearly 20%, at $23.92, down from the close of $28.67 on Friday — a day when the companies were said to be escalating their talks on a merger.

A rumor has surfaced regarding a purposed merger of DT and S. Here are some initial thoughts on some potential benefits and challenges in store, were the companies to proceed.

Even movies can help you live a better, more economical lifestyle. Remember to plan for the worst, and keep your finances in order if you really want to live the dream!

Real tick was developed in 1980’s by Townsend Analytics as the changed the revolutionized the stock trading industry. Realtick dates from the times of DOS operating system to recently when they came out with RealTick 8.0 in 2004.

The coming election is increasingly looking like alternative energy is going to win no matter if a Democrat or Republican is elected. Sure, there is Solar, but a lot of people don't realize the potential of geothermal and heat recovery systems. Ormat is the only pure play, just look at these numbers...

Kiplinger's June Issue article about 7 stocks that have been beaten up but look like bargains today

Many people think that investing in mutual funds is the way to go and the best method for getting rich. I think mutual funds are horrible investments. Here are 8 reasons why you should not invest in mutual funds.

"A main theme for the year is the underlying trend of volatility would go up, but I was not smart enough to predict the volatility of the volatility. The underlying trend of volatility is still up,” - Richard Bernstein, Merrill’s chief investment officer.....(If you understand that… good luck to you)

It was another overall boring session to end the week but despite the overall boring tone to Friday’s session it was still a bullish session underneath as many stocks had solid sessions and many stocks that I was long had a very positive session. This kind of action on a do nothing day is just what I like to see in a market that refuses to do much.

America's gasoline supply is limited partly because the environmental movement has been a key player halting the development of oil refineries, which in turn limits our ability to produce gasoline (we haven't built a new refinery in nearly 50 years). This puts us in a bind. We, along with the rest of the world have a growing demand for oil and gasoline, while the supply .............

The Carlyle Group again tops the PEI 50 list, having raised a whopping $52 billion in direct private equity investments over the last five years, and maintains its position at the top of the list as the biggest private equity firm in the world. Carlyle is followed by Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Area in second place with $49.05 billion, and third place is taken by TPG with $48.75 billion.

Despite skyrocketing food costs, Yum! Brands (YUM ) recently turned in an incredible quarter and is now trading near its 52-week high, Jim Cramer told fans of his "Mad Money" TV show Tuesday. Cramer welcomed chairman, CEO and president David Novak of Yum! Brands to the show to discuss his company's prospects. . . . . . . . get the full story at madmoneypicks.net

In late February, I posted on a short clip that I saw on CNBC that showed a few of the CNBC anchors discussing the Bond Insurers. The clip had Becky Quick and Charlie Gasparino talking and clearly there is some tension between these two.....