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Brown explores the theories behind last week's drop in Apple stock prices. Apple continues to knock down everything in its path, Brown writes, leveling Stock Market City.

Focusing on stock market action and fundamentals is probably a better bet right now than seeking explanations, Brown writes.

When in doubt, stay long quality and use rallies to pare back the stuff that needs global growth to work, Brown writes.

Most of the time moving forward is the ideal scenario - except for those times when we need to preserve tradition and regroup, Brown writes.

Some financial bloggers argue that the fiscal cliff won't have much effect on the economy at all. But the actual impact of the fiscal cliff doesn't matter. What matters is the perception. 

Brown predicts that Apple's announcement Tuesday of their smaller iPad will probably not be quite enough to lead the market higher again.

That number is the entire pool of financial assets in the United States, according to Joshua M. Brown. While many may not have enough to put away in a retirement account, those who can save, save in vast quantities, he writes.

The preference for financial engineering over hiring, expansion, M&A, or dividend issuance has been in force for a while now, Brown writes, and nothing could be less productive.

There are good years and there are bad years for the Nobel Peace Prize, Brown writes. What will the prize mean for the future of the European Union?

Good vibrations in the market, especially those emanating from the third quarter of this year, go a long way toward solving lots of outstanding issues in a very benign and gentle way, Brown writes.

Economy bloggers praised Ben Bernanke's speech Monday for being unapologetic in laying out the Federal Reserve's short-term objectives to lower unemployment, Brown writes. The speech is worth the read for anyone interested in Bernanke's views on monetary policy, Brown writes.

We built a castle on a cloud, Brown writes. With European markets back in turmoil the only question is whether or not our castle on a cloud can remain aloft, above the disturbances at ground level.

Ray Dalio, the manager of the world's biggest hedge fund firm, has achieved hedge-fund-mogul status. His success comes with certain trappings and pitfalls, Brown writes.

Warren Buffet's firm deviates from its usual buy-and-hold strategy to sell its Intel stocks a year after buying them, Brown writes.

Q3 earnings will still matter for individual stocks, Brown predicts, but QE3 will not affect the major indexes.

Over the last several years investors have abandoned roughly $65 billion in gains by walking away from their equity mutual funds.

Low interest rates may seem great for consumers, but they wreck business models (particularly in the financial industry), and they don't do enough to spur lending and borrowing.

Learning to invest shouldn't be a chore. Here's how to make money and have a good time doing it.

Junk bonds offer investors solid returns with slightly relatively low risk and very little volatility. But what happens when everyone on Wall Street is buying them?

The GOP could incorporate some of Ron Paul's fiscal ideas, including the gold standard, into their platform, putting ecnonomists into attack mode.