I wouldn’t bet against Wal-Mart in Africa and I wouldn’t ignore the peripheral investment opportunities that may arise because of it.

It’s on today!

This is a guest post from buddy David Blair, you may know him as The Crosshairs Trader.

74% of new poll respondents say the recession is still in full effect, boyee.

The Patron Saint of post-credit crisis bullishness, David tepper, gets the profile treatment in the latest issue of New York Magazine.

Bulls who had been heretofore stunned by the springtime euro shock that threatened to derail the rally spent the bulk of the summer with their heads down. They may have been buying, but they certainly weren’t bragging about it. In fact, some of the most-respected market commentators and traders I follow wore their large cash positions and their admissions of uncertainty like basges of honor. Until two weeks ago, it was hip to be scared.

Foreclosure mills, pension time bombs, negligence suits, bond fund downgrades – cheer up, it’s Monday!

See me at the store, it’s goin’ down. Meet me at the mall, it’s goin’ down, etc.

A hot new track from Uffie featuring Pharrell.

The ludicrously drawn out will-they-or-won’t-they rumorfest that is the Verizon iPhone story never ends.  The only parallel I can think of that does it justice in comparison is the 14 year wait for the Guns n’ Roses album “Chinese Democracy“. Oh, and SPOILER ALERT: by the time that record was actually released, no one cared…