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The popping of the real-estate bubble offers a lesson on heeding the information at hand. In the coming months, the numbers say tighter credit will put the squeeze on many otherwise stable companies.

A federal grand jury has indicted men in 5 countries for allegedly hacking into computers of 9 retailers and stealing more than 41 million credit and debit card numbers.

Investors cheer another oil price drop, and the market shrugs off a larger-than-expected loss for Freddie Mac. Cisco Systems powers a tech rally. And a UBS analyst says Microsoft may buy back up to $20 billion in stock.

Fanatics say their techniques can wring 50 or even 90 miles out of every gallon. But you don’t have to go to their controversial extremes to make a big dent in fuel consumption.

By staying on the job longer, boomers could help spur the economy and ease America’s worker shortages, the Social Security mess and the national debt.

In a market this tough, it may actually be safer to buy rock-solid stocks than trying to pick the right sector funds or ETFs. I’m buying Dolby, Qualcomm, IBM and Johnson & Johnson.