All the links you need this morning.

8 ideas for last-minute shoppers.

Protoblogger Eddy Elfenbein does a really fantastic job of articulating the reasons why he adds stocks to his buy list and then following through with updates and commentary on a consistent basis. In fact, I don’t know of any blogger who does this better.

Morgan Stanley’s fixed income department got the bond market wrong twice this year – a phenomenal accomplishment even for a wirehouse.

Remember all that stuff about getting our deposit banking institutions out of the opaque derivatives trading business and back to, oh I don’t know, banking?

The lead single from perhaps the most anticipated rap record of all time now has a video.

Even if the headline made you snicker, I assure you, the seniors-robbing-seniors thing is both real and highly disturbing.

Twelve of the most popular financial blogs/websites agreed to participate in the roundtable. Each participant was asked to respond to the same 34 questions regarding their 2011 outlooks and their take on 2010.

No, of course not.

Taped an episode of CNNMoney’s The Bullhorn this morning with my pal Paul LaMonica. We talked about Visa, Mastercard, Boston Beer Company, Joy Global, Caterpillar and poor, poor Best Buy.