Is Apple working on a Kindle killer? What does an uptick in consumer spending mean for the market? Should investors bank on bank stocks?  In this installment of Motley Fool Money, we tackle those topics and share three stocks on our radar.

Amazon.com, Microsoft, and Yahoo! team up against a tech rival.  Starbucks announces that it's raising and lowering prices.  And the Fed Chief expresses some optimism about the near term.  In this installment of Motley Fool Money, we discuss those stories, share three stock ideas, and play a spirited game of "Which S&P 500 stocks have outperformed Google since Google went public five years ago?"

Does optimism from the Fed spell better times ahead for investors? Will the Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf drive big profits? What’s in store for retailers like Costco, Wal-mart, and Target? Will JetBlue’s pricing experiment help its stock takeoff? In this installment of Motley Fool Money, we tackle those questions, share three stock ideas, and debate the relative merits of Fiji bottled water.

 

What do better-than-expected jobs numbers mean for investors? Are Apple and Google gearing up for a fight? Has China gone too far in its effort to deter investing scams? In this installment of Motley Fool Money, we tackle those questions, share three stocks on our radar, and offer up some fatherly advice.