Here they are...the most widely-read stories on TheStreet.com now:

Stocks Find Early Strength
Robert Holmes

Stocks gathered strength Monday despite the arrival of Category 3 Hurricane Wilma along the southwestern coast of Florida.

Airlines Brace for Headwinds
Ross Snel

The term "crack spread" has turned into a curse for airlines. The spread, which measures the additional cost of refining crude oil into the jet kerosene that fuels planes, ballooned after hurricanes Katrina and Rita knocked out refineries around the Gulf Coast. Airlines don't need any added pressure. They've already suffered almost two years of rising crude prices, and an abundance of competition preventing individual carriers from lifting fares enough to offset fuel bills.


Take-Two Resets for Another Play
Troy Wolverton

Take-Two Interactive has been beaten and bullied, but does that mean buy? With the stock hitting a 52-week low this week and sitting at a deep discount to video-game peers such as Electronic Arts and Activision, some portfolio managers see an opportunity to get the publisher of the industry's most popular title on the cheap.


JBL: The Strong Survive
John Bradshaw Layfield

Albert Einstein stated that the greatest invention of man was compounding interest. Mr. Einstein obviously never heard of a "Supercenter" discount store or Viagra. I love bargains. I love buying good companies at a discount. The two companies I'm highlighting today are both. They also helped revolutionize America: one through a new retailing model of everyday low prices, and the other through lifestyle-changing drugs. Both companies have faced bad publicity, and their stock prices reflect it. However, both companies are typical of my investment strategy: ample cash flow and manageable debt, and great growth prospects.


Fund Firms Take Stage
Gregg Greenberg
The market's October swoon may have already caused investors to forget the third-quarter rally. If so, this week's earnings reports from asset managers should jog their memories, even if valuation concerns keep a lid on share prices. "Average assets under management rose last quarter, and that's how the group makes its money, so you should see some strong performances," says Matt Snowling, analyst at Friedman Billings Ramsey. "We won't see the effects of the recent market pullback until next quarter."

Daily Investing Tip
Use Options Pressure to Grab Juniper

Juniper's worthy of more of a move than this. Given the options pressure to close this stock at $22.50 -- if you have an options monitor, you will see the cluster around the October $22.50 strike -- you might believe that the quarter wasn't as good as people think. You would be wrong if you believed that. This company has consistently done well, and continually had battled Cisco in a positive, sharetaking way. Yet no one seems to believe in the company or Scott Kriens, its excellent CEO.
-- James Cramer, TheStreet.com



Jon D. Markman
A Year-End Bet on Foreign Stocks
Foreign markets have had a great year, and they could be a good short-term play.

James Altucher
RealMoney's Blog Watch
Web 2.0 sparked posts on a business model to harness it and its amorality. Plus, Blodget and Buffett.











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