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Inside the Market's weekend roundup of some of this week's best investing reads on the Internet, which are highlighted every morning in our Before the Bell report.
ETFs
An ETF that could just be the worst investment in the world - especially for buy-and-hold investors. Not convinced? Barron's has this similar take on the iPath S&P 500 VIX ST Futures ETN.
More swap-based ETFs are on the horizon in Canada.
Trends
The Dow Theory, perhaps the oldest market timing system that remains in widespread use today, is painting a bullish picture.
The overall bull and bear cases for markets right now.
According to at least one technical indicator, gold is now most oversold since 1985. While we're on the subject, here's the odd reason why gold rose on the Senate deal.
An alarming chart that shows the great divergence between the U.S. and Canada in household debt-to-income.
Insight
Four U.S. stocks that offer good bait for activist investors.
Rallies don't end because of bad news.
If you are looking for something that doesn't correlate to the S&P 500, don't go buying Berkshire Hathaway.
Portfolio diversification has become more challenging during the past five years.
A key piece of advice for investors: Beware the gambler's fallacy.
Five countries with bonds safer than U.S. Treasurys.
Why a 1987-magnitude stock market crash is inevitable.
Seven unreliable economic indicators that move markets.
Tech
How much is Yahoo worth without Alibaba? Not much.
Twitter's huge payday for early investors.
For Apple investors, why the iPad is more important than the iPhone.
Darcy Keith