--- title: 'More Money Monday roundup: Stock-picking chimp & middle-class aid' description: Bernanke's reconfirmation got a vote of confidence from Washington on Friday and the market on Monday. [The New York Times] Monkey business could be the… authors: - name: timestaff url: https://money.com/author/timestaff/ articles: 459 covers: - Investing - Banking - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes former_staff: true published: '2010-01-25T22:25:19.000Z' modified: '2010-01-25T22:25:19.000Z' section: Investing word_count: 175 canonical: https://money.com/more-money-monday-roundup-stock-picking-chimp-middle-class-aid/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![More Money Monday roundup: Stock-picking chimp & middle-class aid](https://money.com/img/logo-social.png) - Bernanke's reconfirmation got a vote of confidence from [Washington on Friday](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/us/politics/24bernanke.html) and the market on Monday. \[The New York Times\] - Monkey business could be the most profitable kind around. Lusha, a circus chimpanzee in Moscow, picked eight stocks from a list of thirty to determine the composition of a one-million-ruble portfolio. The result: [Lusha's investments beat out 94% of Russia's mutual funds](http://moneywatch.bnet.com/investing/blog/wise-investing/how-do-you-beat-94-percent-of-mutual-funds-join-the-circus/1184/). \[Wise Investing\] - Class Crusader: On President Obama's agenda for Monday's meeting of the Middle Class Task Force are a [number of initiatives](http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2010/01/obama-pitches-new-plans-for-middle-class/1) for federal student loans and workplace IRAs. \[USA Today\] - Debating between a 15 or 30 year mortgage? Here are some arguments for both -- and the ["best of both worlds."](http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2010/01/25/15-vs-30-year-mortgages-which-is-right-for-you/) \[Five Cent Nickel\] - New credit card laws will go into effect on February 22, 2010 and, as it turns out, [they favor you](http://www.monitorbankrates.com/credit-card-rates/new-credit-card-rules-how-the-new-credit-card-laws-effect-you-4783), the consumer. \[Monitor Bank Rates\] - In need of a money shrink? Read the case for cash and other ["psychological money tricks"](http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/five-psychological-money-tricks-that-work.html) that will help you out of the debt tailspin. \[Bargaineering\] *Follow More Money on Twitter at [http://twitter.com/moremoneyblog](http://twitter.com/moremoneyblog)*. ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/more-money-monday-roundup-stock-picking-chimp-middle-class-aid/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Investing", "item": "https://money.com/investing/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Stocks", "item": "https://money.com/stocks/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "More Money Monday roundup: Stock-picking chimp & middle-class aid" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/more-money-monday-roundup-stock-picking-chimp-middle-class-aid/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/more-money-monday-roundup-stock-picking-chimp-middle-class-aid/", "name": "More Money Monday roundup: Stock-picking chimp & middle-class aid", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2010-01-25T22:25:19.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/more-money-monday-roundup-stock-picking-chimp-middle-class-aid/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/more-money-monday-roundup-stock-picking-chimp-middle-class-aid/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2010-01-25T22:25:19.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "More Money Monday roundup: Stock-picking chimp & middle-class aid", "articleSection": "Investing", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://money.com/img/logo-social.png", "width": 300, "height": 300 } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "timestaff", "url": "https://money.com/author/timestaff/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/timestaff/#author" } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2010-01-25T22:25:19.000Z", "description": "Bernanke's reconfirmation got a vote of confidence from Washington on Friday and the market on Monday. 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