Eric Newman, portfolio manager for TFS Capital, says the stock market's current volatility is caused, at least in part, by a short squeeze of 'historic proportions.' In a radio interview, Newman discussed how hedge fund managers have had to unwind many positions, and showed that this has led to the improbable scenario where the stocks that the market seems to hate - the ones with the most investors betting against them - have been the stocks with the strongest absolute performance this month.

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- You go in early, stay late, finish all your assignments on time and come in below budget, but you still haven't got the recognition you deserve at work. What gives?

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Fund manager Michael Gallipo enjoys playing the field of 1,200 small-cap growth names and whittling it down to about 79 stocks.

BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Now that U.S. commercial real estate stocks have followed the residential housing market into the gutter as mortgage woes spread, more investors are looking to put overseas properties in their portfolios.

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Home sellers are not automatically turning up their noses at offers that come in far below their asking price these days as prices stagnate and the inventory of homes for sale remains elevated in many markets.

In case you missed them, here are the top 10 Personal Finance stories from MarketWatch for the week of Aug. 13-17:

Tips if your mortgage is resetting, if you're refinancing, or simply trying to get a loan, from Erica Sandberg of the Consumer Credit Counseling Service in San Francisco, where the volume of callers seeking advice has doubled. (Aug. 17)

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- The American consumer may finally be running out of gas.

Investors pulled $12.8 billion out of U.S.equity funds last week, the highest reading since the Sept. 11 attacks, says Vincent Deluard of TrimTabs Investment Research. He talks with MarketWatch's Murray Coleman.

Most borrowers refinancing their adjustable-rate mortgages turned to fixed-rate products in the second quarter, Freddie Mac said this week. But ARMs became a bit more attractive during the time period, as the spread in rates widened between fixed-rate mortgages and those with adjustable rates.