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Stuff I’m Reading this Morning…

How volatile is our volatility?  (SurlyTrader)

Barry explains the truth about the Rent vs Buy calculation.  (TBP)

Hilarious: Joe Biden promises China their money is safe with us.  I’m sure they feel much better now.  (BusinessWeek)

Bank stocks have to rebound sooner or later, right?  Not really:  (MarketBeat)

Moodys: 1-in-3 chance we’ll have a recession this coming year.  (WSJ)

On the ridiculous lengths people will go to when defending the carried interest income tax loophole.  (ObsoleteDogma)

Tom Brakke’s take on my Running Money Publicly piece:  (ResearchPuzzle)

Felix on the double taxation of corporate income and the Warren Buffett debate.  (Reuters)

Wait til you see how big Apple’s new spaceship HQ is going to be:  (MacObserver)

Jeff Miller rips a few parrots’ heads off to start the day.  (DashofInsight)

Michael Hiltzik: Three things Obama could do now to fix the economy.  (LATimes)

Meet the 11-year-old mayor of Forney, Texas who’s just changed Main Street into Justin Bieber Way.  (Gawker)