We recently had an IDE editorial meeting in Delray Beach. I got a sound reminder of the diversified talents represented by your IDE editors at this get together. There was clearly an air of excitement and anticipation regarding ways to navigate the present economic and financial mess.

Is it a bull-market rally or a bear-market fake? It came right down to the wire, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the day Friday with its first four-day rally since November, ending the week with a gain of 9.0%.

The markets don’t get any tougher than the last few weeks. Nothing seems to be working, except for the toughest of the tough- bonds.