This week ETFProdigy.com takes on the iPath S&P 500 VIX Short Term Futures ETN (NYSE:VXX) which provides exposure to equity market volatility through CBOE "Volatility Index" futures. 

Investors are busy trying to figure out where the market is headed and taking positions both long and short, while the underlying fear is we are headed for a correction, the VXX makes perfect sense.

Shares of Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE:PM) are up today 1.6% but Altria Group (NYSE:MO) and Reynolds American (NYSE:RAI) are trading slightly lower as the FDA strengthens regulations to curb smoking by kids.  

Big Tabacco is going to do just fine outside the U.S. (i.e. Philip Morris), however the pinch could hit U.S. tobacco companies as the FDA plans to significantly curb adolescents' access to cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products. It would also keep manufacturers from marketing tobacco products for the younger smoker.

Palm Inc. (NASDAQ:PALM) its over and to quote the late and great Kurt Cobain or Def Leppard's "Rock of Ages" -- Its better to burn out, than fade away. 

Palm said it shipped 960,000 smart phones in the latest quarter, but sold only 408,000 devices.  They are fading, and today its shares are down 20% and hit a new 52-week low of $4.55.

Fellow Masters, our Master Picks Newsletter is back (NOW FREE!!!) and we have two picks that are worthy of your attention. WHY IS IT FREE?
Because you know you don't want to pay for shit on the internet. We know that, and like anything, Google it for 10 minutes, search the message boards and some jackass will have posted what you want for free anyway.

The search is on for everything Michelle Bombshell and we've got some new pics that you are dying to see. Michelle "Bombshell" McGee was the original Miss Tattoo USA and she's getting her 15 minutes of fame as the mistress to Sandra Bullock's husband West Coast Choppers Jesse James.

Just in Looking Good: Michelle 'Bombshell' McGee Sports Nazi Gear (UPDATED and Pics)>> (March 19th)

We've got the photos that are work safe and you can risk it and visit her website at michellebombshell.com but do enjoy these pics.

Short sellers beware; stocks are seeing a buyer's market this week. Now that the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average have cleared major resistance levels - at 1150 and 10,700 respectively - investors seem to be comfortable being bullish once again... whether or not they should be.

Case in point: this week's big name technical charts. Intel (INTC), Exxon Mobil (XOM), and Alcoa (AA)

Blockbuster Inc. (NYSE:BBI) hit a new low today, 25 Cents a share, that's right, just one U.S. Quarter. 

BBI shares are down 33% today on very real bankruptcy fears, where shareholders could lose everything. 

General Electric (NYSE:GE) stepped up its game today,
the company plans to increase its dividend in 2011.  GE shares moved up 2.3% on the positive news and closed over $18 a share.

GE is big pimpin', spendin' cheese (Check 'em out now).

Sony Corp. (NYSE:SNE) is going to shell out $250 million to the late MJ, thus the Michael Jackson's estate is set to produce 10 albums over seven years, including previously unreleased songs and new packages of familiar ones.

Long live the Thriller (video attached of course).

Slated for release in 2010, 'The People vs George Lucas' delves into the impassioned feelings and opinions expressed by fans and foes of legendary screen icon George Lucas, and the many debates surrounding his legacy such as the worst character ever created in the Star Wars Universe -- Jar Jar Binks.
Off with Jar Jar's head, turn him into a salad and knife to the dome.