“Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.” -- Albert Einstein

Ben Bernanke is back for yet another close-up this week, and in spite of a certain degree of dissent amongst the Fed ranks, chances are better than even-money that the press conference that follows this week’s gathering of the Federal Open Market Committee Meeting (FOMC) will find Big Ben indicating that the super low interest rates, strong stimulus tack will remain in place.

“Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.”  -- Pablo Picasso

The Bulls rocked out last week, clearing the table of mostly all things Bearish, with the major indices going five for five in terms of winning days.

“If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” -- Dale Carnegie

Wall Street has been locked into a sideways trend for the last month or so, see-sawing between January’s predominately bullish momentum and a newfound wave of investor indecisiveness, something that was mostly absent the first four weeks of the year to date.

Is Ben Bernanke about to change all that? And if so, which side of the fulcrum will he tilt the market towards?

“Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age.” -- Ernest Hemingway

Wall Street is on a nice little run at the moment, precisely the sort that is almost too seductive to avoid. So does that in fact make it the time to avoid it?

Maybe, maybe not. Yet bandwagons should be, at the very least, soundly considered prior to hopping aboard one.

Having too many choices can be intimidating. And there are definitely lots of choices when it comes to ETFs. For example, in the equity market alone, there 30+ technology sector ETFs, 35 "large cap value," and 20 financial ETFs. A very healthy selection abounds for every category of ETF.