Below are some of the best reads for investors from around the Web:

How to use Google (GOOG) to predict the unemployment rate.

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Is Star Wars a textbook example of game theory in action?

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Uh oh! Famed short seller Jim Chanos is targeting the automakers as his next victims.

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Notable Calls thinks Qwest (Q) is a strong contender for 2010. I didn't even know they were still around.

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When the S&P or the Nasdaq reach a new high, is there usually a follow through?

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Mebane Faber has the evidence: Hedge funds are better stock pickers than mutual funds.

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QB Asset Management challenges Roubini's idea that gold has to crash.

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And you think you have problems? Here are the people who lost the most money in the past decade. Then again, it's probably not such a bad thing to lose $4 billion and still have a few billion.

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The Microcap Speculator exposes another penny stock scam. I'm fascinated by these.

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Who knew? Six controversial Christmas carols -- and why.