Hot Links: The Return of Agflation

Stuff I’m Reading this Weekend…

James Altucher:  “My guess is that most, if not all, of the hedge-fund outperformance in the past 15 years was due to questionable strategies.”  (NYP)

Ronald Barusch: Five important lessons to take away from the Dollar Thrifty battle.  (WSJDealJournal)

The Mad Hedge Fund Trader sees inflation now – in the ag complex, cotton in particular.  (ZeroHedge)

Harold Bradley of the Kaufman Foundation pens the most important piece on HFT you’ve ever read.  (CNBC)

Blodget’s combination job application/strategy/acquisition pitch to Yahoo is epic, hope they read it.  (BusinessInsider)

Cleavage Decolletage is back in fashion for sociobiological reasons related to the economy.  (MercenaryTrader)

Economic Limericks.  Just because.  (TBP)

Is AIG screwing taxpayers out of billions with their latest conversion plan?  (KidDynamite)

Hugh Hefner on private jetting: “Stewardesses used to look like Bond Girls; now they look like your mother.”  (WSJ)

Roger Lowenstein on Oliver Stone’s “hatred” of Wall Street.  (Bloomberg)

Very cool to see Rivers Cuomo finally enjoying himself as Weezer becomes a “big” band.  (RollingStone)