High-tech advances in improving the resilience, yield and herbicide resistance of mainstay crops have generated significant results along with a set of widely-licensed gene patents that are used in most soybean and corn crops grown in the U.S. today.

FORBES: The Seeds Of An Antitrust Disaster In Iowa

We note low inventories, low real interest rates, rational consumer resilience, high levels of bank cash (since the write-downs are generally non-cash accounting entries), small business flexibility and reasonable output gains apart from housing, autos and finance.

FORBES: Muddle-Through, Part Two

This market has shown impressive resilience, but with skeptics now jumping in, this is a high-risk time for new buying.

FORBES: The Week Ahead: Late Buyers Should Be Cautious