The long, tragic shadow cast by the Madoff Ponzi lengthens…

Nassim Taleb’s career and non-finance interests.

Seriously, stop sharing already. Like, for a minute.

Three interesting silver and gold stories to leave you with…

An important look at the relationship between stocks and bonds after a prolonged period of low rates (like our current environment)

Legions of Chinese daytraders will now assault our markets from abroad. Why not.

The annual survey of broker satisfaction is always a good read.

After a nice opening pop on better-than-expected jobless claims, markets have turned lower. As of this noon-ish posting, we’re down 30 points or so on the Dow and many of the momentum faves are in the red.

Barring any unseen cataclysmic events, these so-called mass affluent investors are the people who could be taking you out of your stocks at higher prices.

Everything you want to read this morning before the open.