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Investors tend to think rosy thoughts when times are good, yet they are quick to expect the worst. The fact is that most investors get things wrong.

By now you probably know that Facebook filed its long-awaited IPO on Wednesday. What you may not know is just how ambitious the social network’s initial public offering is.

The market has been relentlessly higher for nearly two full months. Such a long rally without a decisive pause always ends in mayhem. Meanwhile, do you think Facebook is over pricing itself?

I truly expect significant earnings increases for this robust shipping company.

What would you buy now? It's a question that we, as self-directed investors should have to answer. Yet the question is asked everyday in almost every financial media outlet. And most of the answers lack depth and sound reasoning.

Why are S&P 500 companies holding onto cash instead of paying its investors through dividends?

Better-than-expected first-quarter earnings could signal a turnaround for much-maligned Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (Nasdaq: GMCR).

Fresh off their best sales year since 2008, U.S. auto makers posted mixed results in the first month of 2012.

A new report from the Congressional Budget Office revealed that Social Security may go broke long before the Social Security Administration predicts.

While I expect a short-term pullback, I'm not anticipating a large top to form this week. It could, but I don't expect it to occur.