A look at the state of gld investing from the veteran financial journalist.

Infograph.

Can a sports bookmaker apply their oddsmaking and handicapping skills to pick corporate takeovers?

An infograph, sort of.

So Bernanke gave this big speech in Boston this morning that all the bloggers were atwitter about. Here’s the gist so you can avoid all the ranting and raving.

Back on my Links game, y’all.

The nursery school I send my kids to doesn’t require payment in silver.

The for-profit education sector now has a bunch of not-for profit shareholders.

If you’re reading this note, I desperately need your help. I am trapped in the underground bunker that I built in Upstate NY after reading Richard Russell’s warning this past May.

What happens when a half trillion dollars that has been shoe-horned into bond funds decides it’s getting a horrific return, sees the 10% rally in dividend-paying equities and decides to switch asset classes? Specifically, what happens to the stock market?