Ritholtz, a market strategist who runs an institutional research firm in New York, delivers his take on what’s ahead for stocks in this smart and funny blog. Count on healthy doses of music and humor to go along with a heaping helping of economics and market stats.

Our take: Ritholtz seems like a nice guy. He’s also a great read, especially when he tears into shoddy statistics. Watch Super Barry punish the bad guys, then cheer as the data go flying!

Jim Cramer’s Mad Money: Watch TV, Get Rich
by James Cramer ($32, Simon & Schuster)

The title says it all. Cramer, the bald and bellowing host of the television spectacle Mad Money, pounds his chest, explains how he made his fortune, then delivers a lecture on how you can strike it rich too — by watching his television show.

Our take: There’s something fascinating about watching a huge ego sprawl in all directions, but if you don’t love Cramer’s show, you won’t like his book either.