Hot Links for Weekend Reading… Bronte Capital takes on these phony baloney explanations of how Goldman Sachs could have made $22 billion in High Frequency trading. (Bronte) Speaking of Goldman, how has Warren Buffett fared with his stake? (Hint: he kicked ass so far). (DealBook) I thought this faux-CNBC homepage artwork was hysterical. (TBP) Even…
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Breakfast Links: Trader Mark, Judd Apatow and the Cankle Epidemic
Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… The NYSE applies the old “Grandmother Rule” in it’s barring of a bad broker. (SEC Teaparty) Javier Bardem is out as the villain of the Wall Street sequel. Check out the comments section on Dealbreaker for some of the most hilarious replacement suggestions imaginable. (Dealbreaker) So far, a monstrous comeback…
Breakfast Links: Livermore, Gasparino & the 2nd Ave Subway
Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… Carney may be onto something re: Epstein‘s “Hedge Fund”. The next Ponzi? (Clusterstock) Thank heavens for Greenback’d, a monster list of every activist investor situation going on right now. (Greenback’d) NEXT Financial gets nailed…gotta supervise those OSJ branches, people. (BusinessWire) Charlie Gasparino has a secret un-admirer who thinks he went…
Breakfast Links: Pinning Down Roubini
Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… OMG, some my fave links of the month so far today! Blankfein to Goldman employees: “Please refrain from wearing your crowns outside of the office”. (New Yorker) The recession is now screwing with the British pub business, time for us to get serious. (USA Today) Just try pinning down Nouriel…
Breakfast Links: Bernanke, Mortgage Brokers & Nine Inch Nails
Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… Filthy mortgage brokers are now calling themselves “Loan Modification Specialists“. Jason kills it with this post. (LOLFed) Some color on Ben Bernanke‘s op-ed, published late yesterday in advance of this week’s testimony. (Bloomberg) Ezra Klein tackles the healthcare debate with an idea that just. might. work. (Washington Post) ShadowBanker takes…
Breakfast Links: Meatbags & the Cheese Purse
Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… Are you ready for the torrent of earnings as 143 of the S&P 500 companies report this week? Here’s a preview: (TheStreet.com) Dissecting Joseph Stiglitz, this era’s “rockstar” economist. (Economist’s View) Pimco and a group of bondholders bail out CIT. Yay, I think… (Reuters) The battle for White House influence…
More Hot Links: Cronkite, Bruno & the Weinermobile
More Hot Links for Weekend Reading… Business ethics issues surround the hit film Bruno. People need to lighten up. (Forbes) CBS News lionizes it’s own: Walter Cronkite‘s career and legacy . (CBS News) Barry Ritholtz takes a look at the rapidly collapsing income taxes being collected by state governments; muni bond investors take note. (TBP)…
Hot Links: Goodbye Walter Cronkite
Hot Links for Weekend Reading… Yeah, they’re beating earnings estimates, but the revenues? Not so much. (TBP) The truth about all those vacant apartments in NYC. (Mises.org) Economy upgraded from “Catastrophe” to “Sucks” by Larry Summers. (Andy Borowitz) A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR WALTER CRONKITE‘S PASSING AT 92. (NY POST) A pie chart of how…
Breakfast Links: Ben Stein, Rock Radio & Intern Eating Contests
Stuff I’m Reading This Morning… Felix Salmon calls Ben Stein a predator, or a shill for a predator…tomato, tomaato. (Reuters) Goldman announces it’s acquisition of the Treasury Dep’t…LOL! (Andy Borowitz) Jamie Dimon on a CIT Bankruptcy: “Whatever, dog.” (DealBook) It’s Summertime! So let the intern eating contests begin on The Street! (Dealbreaker) Is the “Equity-Merchant…
Breakfast Links: CIT, Jimmy Carter & The Grapes of Wrath
Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… The exact date that the Chinese stock market will collapse. (MoneyScience) Stick a fork in CIT Group, 1908-2009. (Bloomberg) They caught the runaway Credit Sueeeeesse broker, and no, he wasn’t at Le Cirque. (NYT) Virginia is for Usury. (LOLFed) JPMorgan smokes their numbers, 28 cents vs 4 cents expected…get ’em…
