Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… Larry Kudlow hosted a debate between Prof Jeremy Siegel and Barry Ritholtz about Buy and Hold. (TBP) Securitizing Teens? Someone with too much free time discusses paying teachers based on the earnings of their former students. (Freakonomics) Calpers no likey the ratings agencies! (NYT) Peter Barnes of Fox Business and…
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Breakfast Links: Cody Willard, CIT, Sun Valley & Jay-Z
[vodpod id=Groupvideo.2945931&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] OMG, everything is wrong with this video, Batman, Robin & assorted villains sing “At The Hop” in Spanish for some reason, and then at around the 1:18 mark, a mini Spider-Man appears for no reason whatsoever (Spidey is a Marvel character, Batman is DC). This thing is nine types of bizarre. OK, on…
Breakfast Links: Reason #267 that Soccer Rules
[vodpod id=Groupvideo.2939270&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… The wonks think that Ben Bernanke‘s job will be safe when his term expires in January. (MarketWatch) Simon Johnson wonders who OUR Upton Sinclair will be…where’s a good muckraker when you need one? (Baseline Scenario) Business people and investors bug out as China locks up four Rio Tinto…
More Hot Links: Algo Trading, Rentals and the SheBair
More Hot Links for Weekend Reading… JPMorgan‘s head of algorithmic trading calls high frequency program trading a form of parasitic market making…omg. (ZeroHedge) Everything you ever wanted to know about Sheila Bair but forgot you cared enough to ask. (The New Yorker) David Merkel on his current asset allocation strategy and some thoughts on where…
Hot Links: Chairman Mao, Larry Summers & Lenny Dykstra
Hot Links for Weekend Reading… How did Chariman Mao deal with unwanted “Green Shoots” amongst capitalist-leaning peasants in the Chinese countryside? (Mises.org) Bernie Madoff can still afford a prison consultant, so that’s a green shoot for sure! (LOLFed) David Merkel puts up the 1000th post on his excellent Aleph Blog…start reading him if you haven’t…
Breakfast Links: Rollerbabies!
[vodpod id=Groupvideo.2919954&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… First off, couldn’t resist posting the above video…rollerskating babies and old school hip hop, not the worst way to start your day. Not only does Smithfield Foods sell a ton of pork, it turns out that it’s ex-CEO turned million-bucks-per-year-consultant is quite a pig in his own right. …
Breakfast Links: Hot Dogs, Chinese Cars & Cali Wine
What I’m Reading this Morning… Barry Ritholtz gives us the weekly rundown on gold. (TBP) Freakonomics shows us the website that let’s you Track Your Taxes, hope you like war… (Freakonomics) The closing of a Nathan’s hot dog franchise after 40 years serving Georgetown, sucks. (Mises.org) Supply and Demand seems to be alive and…
Breakfast Links: Facebook, GM, E*Trade and Oil Speculators
General Motors (GM) is now forced to play diplomat as the shots are no longer called from Detroit, but from China and Russia. (Bloomberg) Oooooh! Maybe we will one day get serious about disallowing speculators from screwing with oil and gas prices! (NYT) Tough times for angel investors, even if you were a backer of…
Breakfast Links: Madoff, Google and Swiss Banking
Breakfast Links for June 29, 2009 It looks like the Suisse banks may have had enough in the US: UBS AG and Credit Suisse Group AG, the country’s biggest banks, have told Americans to move their money into specially created units registered in the U.S., or lose their accounts. Smaller private banks such as Geneva-based…
Hot Links: Hedgies, Jeff Macke, Violence & Nathan's Hot Dogs
Hot Links for Weekend Reading… Does any blogger do a better job at keeping up with the latest moves and news from the hedge fund world than Market Folly? I doubt it. Check out MF’s roundup this week of the latest on Soros, Och Ziff, the Black Swan guy, Greenlight’s Einhorn and more. (Market Folly)…
