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  1. Breathtaking pictures of the Old West dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2…
  2. Stunning fact: The Dow has had only 4 up days this month which is the fewest since September 1903. blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/201… $$
  3. Actual headline: "Police say roving Mass. cows drank some brews" boston.com/news/local/mas…
  4. Here's today's newsletter: crossingwallstreet.com/archives/2012/…
  5. Welcome to the world's nicest prison cnn.com/2012/05/24/wor…
  6. It's very simple: Only buy stocks that go up. Avoid all others.
  7. Notice how we get these once-in-a-century events every three years or so. $$
  8. Strange day: Tech was laggard, cyclicals were flattish, financials and defensive had decent gains.
  9. This might be the most poorly thought out Greek exit since Icarus.
  10. So where's the value premium. bit.ly/MKvODW $$
  11. My favorite Elizabeth Warren Indian name is Dances With Tenure.
  12. 30-year mortgage rates hit record low of 3.78%
  13. FDIC reports bank profits in Q1 rose to 5-year high. "Problem" banks fell from 813 to 772, which is 9.5% of all Federally insured banks.
  14. 33 million shares of $FB are out on loan. That's 8% of the float.
  15. $DELL is back to its closing low from January 30, 1998.
  16. $HPQ is up 5.4% this morning. Or another way of putting it, $HPQ went from being 44% below its 52-week high to only being 41% below it.
  17. The 10 highest yielding checking accounts crossingwallstreet.com/archives/2012/…
  18. Headline of the day: "Led Zeppelin II dies of a heart attack" articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-05-23/new…
  19. Since 4/15/11, the S&P 500 return by day of week: Monday -8%, Tuesday +20%, Wednesday -8%, Thursday +4%, Friday -5%. crossingwallstreet.com/archives/2012/…