The overall rally powers in, silver trumps gold and ETFs drive industrial metals.

Crude oil prices surge past $100 a barrel, the natural gas market sputters and the dollar sinks.

Oracle goes hardware shopping, Carol Bartz tames Yahoo and the Android overtakes the iPhone in sales

Congress will tweak but not repeal health care legislation, insurers won't take a bit hit from reform measures, sector consolidation will continue and China will drive growth for drug and device makers.

Any NFL or NBA lockout will be short, Tigers Woods' play causes business problems for the PGA and 3D TV disappoints again.

Home inventories hit a new high, housing starts start to recover and GSE reform goes nowhere.

The dollar looks sad, US stocks look okay and the econony starts looking "half-full."

Netflix slips and gets bought out, the glow comes off of General Motors stock and investors shun Chinese IPOs.

The mortgage mess bites big banks, the municipal debt crunch becomes a crisis and a surprise move from Jamie Dimon.

A shakeout in teen retailers, private equity eyes retail acquisitions and holiday sales beat forecasts.

Judgement day for some Madoff family members, a growing backlash over corporate crime and the financial crisis becomes a distant memory.

The euro nears parity with the dollar, the Bank of England undertakes its own QE2 and Greece opts to restructure its debt.

The jobless rate barely budges, more finance pros head to China and vocational schools become more popular.

Interest rates are flat, TARP pays for itself and the Euro holds steady.