What's Hot On TheStreet?

Here's what Benzinga's reading on our friend, TheStreet.com.
What's Hot On TheStreet
Why Does Anyone Pay Off Debt? Debt has become such an important feature of so many aspects of our lives that it is worth expending a bit of effort on understanding the basic operations of debt.
Goldman Call Be Damned: Today's Outrage Last night, I was on a panel for CNBC's The Kudlow Report discussing if Goldman Sachs' bullish call on commodities saved the market. Geez, it was clear that nobody would ever agree with the vampire squid; otherwise you'd be called a flip-flopper or some derogatory name. What gives? It was just a few years ago that a Goldman recommendation or call was the toast of the town, and now it's paramount to the top of the market. I just thought oil would rip and copper was an unknown since the Chinese lie -- I mean, restate over and over, their metals inventory numbers.
Beware Top Funds With Poor Investor Returns Fidelity Leveraged Company Stock (FLVCX) ranks as the top-performing diversified equity fund, a position it has held for the last 10 years, according to Morningstar. Its achievements are heralded in the press and investors are pouring into the fund. But if you are tempted to join the crowd, keep in mind that Fidelity Leveraged Company can be hazardous. Many shareholders have lost money in the fund.
Why a Strong Dollar Hurts Stocks The dollar and stock market used to be close comrades, rising and falling together on the strength of the US economy. But those days are over.