SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2005

	MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2005
	BARRON'S COVER Week of December 26 Revising a Legacy by Jonathan R. Laing A massive $9.4 billion underfunding of reinsurance reserves probably inflated General Electric's earnings from 1997 to 2001, when Jack Welch was in charge. Successor Jeffrey Immelt is stuck with the clean-up. And so are GE shareholders. Cooking With Gas by Sandra Ward The New Gold Rush by Robin Goldwyn Blumenthal MORE THIS WEEK'S MAGAZINE THE TRADER  Goodbye, Santa by Kopin Tan Hello, Scrooge. The October rally fizzles, leaving stocks flat. INTERNATIONAL TRADER - EUROPE The Slower Lane by Vito J. Racanelli INTERNATIONAL TRADER - ASIA They've Got Game by Leslie P. Norton MORE MARKETS TECHNOLOGY TRADER  Too Sunny on MEMC? by Bill Alpert Time will tell if the widely-advertised shortage of silicon finally shows up in MEMC's profits. PLUGGED IN Microsoft Versus Eolas: How Goliath May Finally Beat David by Mark Veverka ELECTRONIC INVESTOR New Kids in Town by Theresa W. Carey MORE TECHNOLOGY When Less Is More by Jack Willoughby Drake Management partners Anthony Faillace and Steven Luttrell prove that smaller is better in fixed-income money management. FUND OF INFORMATION Put a Pin In That Hype by Lawrence C. Strauss MORE FUNDS/Q&A

UP AND DOWN WALL STREET  Something for Everyone by Alan Ableson We'd like to share our own personal holiday wish list with you. Seth Klarman on the perils of the boom in hedge funds. SPEAKING OF DIVIDENDS The Secret Sauce by Shirley A. Lazo