Pete Newell, Managing Director of Vontobel Asset management, believes there are some incredible bargains out there, and he lists 4 stocks that are growing earnings in spite of this economic mess.

Another dramatic weekend saw four banks receive government bail outs, not to mention the further file sales and mergers. Mondays have been chaos for the last few weeks, as governments on both sides of the pond prefer to work through major announcements, mergers, and bailouts, over the relative calm of the weekend.

Each day I hear disgruntled comments due to losses and see many people looking for an out. "The fact is people are scared and the only thing they're doing is selling," said Ryan Detrick, senior technical strategist at Schaeffer's Investment Research. As a dividend and value investor, these are the times we live for - value priced stocks and golden dividends.

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Another historic day and massive drop in the Dow. We had a 797 point range during the day! In the third primary leg of a bar market, I stated that this leg and any follow legs will exhibit the most erratic and volatile sessions of all. The reason is because we’re at a point where almost everyone just wants to liquidate, liquidate, liquidate.

Most recent significant insider sales, $2 million or more, and link to trackthepros.com which tracks the performance of the stocks after the sales

So much for the government ‘fixing’ the financial markets. Mr. Market simply isn’t buying the bailout. How should investors react? Outstanding Investments co-editor Byron King says the answer is physical gold and precious metals mining shares.

These are treacherous times for equity investors. The curse of Monday struck again today: the Dow crashed through the 10,000 mark. Stocks across the board are getting slaughtered. So where can you put your money right now? Julian Chillingworth, manager of the Rathbone Income and Growth Fund, recommends four defensive stocks in today’s MoneyWeek…

Jordan Opportunity Fund Manager, Jerry Jordan, gave his top picks in a Barron's interview; link to track the picks

Intel Corporation engages in the manufacture and sale of semiconductor chips, as well as in the development of advanced integrated digital technology platforms for the computing and communications industries worldwide. Linked here is a detailed analysis and commentary.

Janus mid cap value fund manager tom perkins' top stock picks via a barron's interview and link to track his picks and performance

Maybe the markets don't make any sense to you.... When the house did not pass the bill we saw the Dow drop from down 300 to down 780. Then the House passes the bill, so of course the markets will go up on this news right? No. So what do you do? For the rest of the article see http://fiscalfrenzy.com/

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$6 billion hedge fund, Farallon Capital, key Q2 Trades via link to website that tracks the moves and let's you see the performance of the stocks post buy/sell

Whew – what a wild week! World stock markets and commodities tumbled, whereas government bonds and the US dollar surged amid mounting fears that the ongoing turmoil in financial markets was foreshadowing a hard landing for the US and Europe.

Now that the bailout deed has been done, attention is shifting to whether the plan will work and break the logjam in the credit markets.