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Stuff I’m Reading this Morning…

Grass and leaves-eating peasant starvelings mourn the loss of their Dear Leader as Kim Jong Il ascends to heaven.  (NYP)

Nomura Strategist Bob Janjuah looks out into 2012, sees nothing but rainbows and overflowing glasses of chardonnay.  Just kidding, it’ll be a shitshow.  (FTAlphaville)

Great Headline: “S&P Downgrade Proves Absurd as Investors Prefer U.S. Assets”  (Bloomberg)

Is deflation the real worry?  Let’s look at the evidence.  (FinanceAddict)

Gordon Chang: Pay less attention to what Beijing says and more attention to what it does.  (Forbes)

Freedom fighter and giant among men Vaclav Havel passed away this weekend.  (FT)

WSJ prematurely calls dividend stocks a bubble.  Poorly written story but it has interesting statistics.  (WSJ)

Meredith Whitney’s muni doom call looks dumber with every passing day.  (Investment News)

The Saudi Prince invests $300 million into Twitter.  Smart investment I think.  (TheAtlantic)

Settle in and devour Goldman Sachs’s favorite 100 charts on the global economy.  (ZeroHedge)

Don’t miss my daily linkfest for financial advisors this morning!  (WSJFA)