Constructing Experience and Other Good Monday Reads

* The importance of constructing--and reconstructing--our mental maps;

* The experience of discrepancy is what rewires our thinking and feeling;

* Stocks trading cheap relative to junk debt;

* Rising yields could pose challenges; good overview of economy;

* Making sense of the recent rise in yields;

* Canada and California: both in bad financial shape;

* April has been a good month for stocks;

* Subprime mortgage securities on the rise;

* Risk on the rise at AIG;

* Consumer spending continues to rise;

* Top rated stocks from MSN StockScouter;

* The challenge of reforming banks;

* Stocks are where they were in December, 1998.

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