In case you needed an excuse to come to New York City this summer, I’m speaking at the ETF.com conference along with Rich Bernstein, who will be much better than me. Details below:

I’m out of the office all morning today at an investing conference, followed by a financial technology conference this afternoon / evening. Posting will be light. I leave you in the capable hands of Tadas and Barry today. There’s also my Best Of archives, located here. Back later…

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Brian Gilmartin runs the always informative Fundamentalis blog and manages money as the founder of Trinity Asset Management. Brian’s a maven when it comes to S&P 500 earnings expectations and the factors that drive revisions in one direction or the other. Here he looks at the four most noticeable characteristics of the bull market which…

New York Post: Merrill Lynch’s Thundering Herd is having a huge crisis of confidence. Bank of America’s integration of the prized brokerage empire is spooking many Merrill financial advisers, who are balking at CEO Brian Moynihan’s arm-twisting, corporate culture, people familiar with the company say. The Charlotte, NC, bank’s efforts to wring profits from its…

The prophecy! It has been fulfilled!

Jobs number comes out, confounds the people who spend their entire year forecasting it.