This Week on StockHouse December 11 to 15

A week on StockHouse in five minutes or less

Everyone wants their 60 seconds (or more) of fame. StockHouse users seeking the adulation of their peers should check out the Publisher’s Notebook for a list of dos and don’ts (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/editorial.asp?edtID=19090).

Investments in junior mining companies can be akin to speculation, according to Danny Deadlock, but the recent E. coli (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19085) outbreak traced to green onions served at Taco Bell could put a certain biotech firm on more sure footing. To remove a portion of the speculation from your junior resource investments, Resourcex editor Doug Hadfield suggests investors spend their holidays cozying up with a stack of company technical reports (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19094).

Another red flag (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19098 ) for investors is when a company is forced to de-list from an exchange, says the Securities Sleuth.

Make an investment in your children’s futures (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/editorial.asp?edtID=19108), says Financially Fit columnist Nancy Zambell, by giving them a start in stock investing.

And John De Goey takes on advisor advice (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/editorial.asp?edtID=19109) in his weekly STANDUP Advice feature.

In the third installment of a new series, James Young of the Canadian Society of Technical Analysis, offers instruction about how to choose entry and exit points using two simple moving averages (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19105 ).

David Galland at the Casey Files warns that entitlement programs are unsustainable as 78 million baby boomers head toward retirement. http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/editorial.asp?edtID=19087

The hot money always finds a source of low-cost financing somewhere on the globe, said Steven Saville. And much of this global liquidity (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19096 ) rests on moves by the Bank of Japan.

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, the IPO Digest (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/editorial.asp?edtID=19097 ) is a rapid-fire rundown listing the long line of companies chomping at the bit to get to market before 2006 is history.

Shares of Medivation (AMEX: MDV) have moved so quickly that investors might want to ease off the gas. Micro-cap Spotlight details the spectacular rise of this biotech company (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/editorial.asp?edtID=19091).

Takeover rumours (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/editorial.asp?edtID=19111) have pushed the UBS (TSX: V.UBS) and Look Communications (TSX: V.LOK) shares sharply higher. Venture Friday columnist Don Whiteley looks for fire underneath all the smoke.

The granddaddy of all

Saudi Arabia

Want a quick look at what’s hot at StockHouse? Check out the Top Five (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19092) assembled by Sean Mason and Keri Korteling.