Morning Money Links: A decent Treasury auction; a better hiring outlook; five reasons not to short America; and yet -- another market dive ahead?

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--- That was (relatively) easy: The Treasury gets a decent reception for its sale of $42 billion in five-year notes. Two big auctions down, one to go this week.

--- A brighter hiring outlook for 2010? “One-third of employers plan to add technology jobs, while 28% said they would add customer service jobs and 23% said they planned to increase their sales force.”

--- Joel Kotkin can find five good reasons why the American economy still is an excellent long-term bet. Start with demographics.
--- If this is more good news than you can handle, Canadian hedge fund manager Eric Sprott will take you down a few hundred notches: He predicts stocks will plummet below the 12-year lows reached last March. And Happy New Year to you too, Eric!

-- Tom Petruno