Weekend Reading

Good Sunday morning, and welcome to Weekend Reading. As always, here are some articles and papers worth reading. First, however, a look back at the week that just finished, and a look forward to the week ahead.

It was a mixed week on the major markets, with the Nasdaq Composite advancing and the other two major U.S. indices declining. Click here for the weekly performance.

So the tech-heavy Nasdaq advanced on the week while the Dow and the S&P 500 declined? The last time that happened was March of 2006, and the last time a year began that way was way back in -- you guessed it -- 2000. While I wouldn't read too much into this, it still speaks volumes about investors' newfound ardor for technology stocks, which is certain to be a major theme in 2007. ...