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Hot Links: Enjoy My Tax Dollars

Stuff I’m Reading… A quick note on the fate of the mega rich and the American Dream.  (JoeFahmy) Did the 00’s Suck?  (Rortybomb) Bess Levin outs herself in The New York Observer.  Not just wickedly clever and cool, but adorable as well.  (NYObserver) The hedge fund community distances itself from SAC, feverishly combing through phone…

Hot Links: Higher Rates, Last Decade in Equities & the Justice League

Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… Copper, oil, Asian and Euro stocks etc rising overnight.  (Bloomberg) Goldman Sachs on why the bull will continue in 2010.  (PragCap) Silicon Valley execs start a Justice League for Entrepreneurs.  Cool.  (DealBook) The quiet costs of a jobless recovery.  (JrDepAcct) Hedgies like John Paulson and Julian Robertson are all doing…

Hot Links: IPO Culture, Rice Prices, Series 7 & the iPhone Cheese Dock

Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… Kedrosky on 2010’s return of the IPO culture.  (InfectiousGreed) Robyn Meredith on China’s 2010 commodity appetite: “Watch the price of rice.”  (Forbes) Quentin Hardy: In 2010 the internet will break, but something better will replace it.  (Forbes) New Bank of America chief has no Series 7 or Series 24 license. …

Hot Links: Obsolete

Late start this am, here’s what I’m reading: Stocks, Oil rockin and rollin ahead of today’s Fed non-decision.  (Bloomberg) Killer post: 12 M&A Deals That Will Happen in 2010.  (24/7WallStreet) Volcker‘s Banking Innovation is a Joke tour continues:  Wake Up Gentlemen.  (BaselineScenario) Bernanke named TIME Magazine’s Man of the Year.  Barry is utterly speechless.  (TBP)…

Hot Links: Icahn vs Trump, Mexican Junk Bonds & Words For Our Madness

Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… US Dollar strengthening while Greece deteriorates.  (Bloomberg) Gregor‘s take on the Exxon – XTO deal.  (GregorMacdonald) EPIC: Carl Icahn vs Donald Trump for casino control.  (DealBook) Surprise, surprise:  Merrill is bullish on stocks for 2010.  (PragCap) Mexico bonds downgraded, just above junk status.  ¡Viva La Credit!  (LATimes) “We Need New…