Hot Links for Weekend Reading Let’s kick things off with Stockwire’s list of Celebrities who are poorer than you, including Gary Coleman and Kim Basinger. Next up, here’s the story of an analyst who fell in love with the CEO of a company she covered and what FINRA decided to do about it…Bill Singer’s BrokeAndBroker.com…
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Hot Links: CNBC, Positivity, Thomas Weisel & Credit Cards
Hot Links for Weekend Reading Ever wondered what CNBC actually stands for? Its their 20 year anniversary, so check out The Business Insider (the old Clusterstock) for the answer and amaze your friends and co-workers! Also on TBI, James Cramer breaks his silence on his appearance with The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart. Twas an ambush….
Hot Links: Icahn, Roubini, Sir Allen & Blockbuster
Hot Links for Weekend Reading It’s about time the Kaiser of Korporate Governance weighed in on the lack of accountability on the part of congress when doling out TARP (your) funds. Carl Icahn wrote a sharp op-ed piece for the New York Times called “We’re Not The Boss Of AIG“. The main thrust here is…
More Hot Links: Original Dow 30 & Marc Dreier
More Hot Links for Weekend Reading Here’s the story about a lawyer you will hate even more than all of the other lawyers you already despise. Marc Dreier was a powerhouse bi-coastal player, ripping off hedge funds, real estate developers and possibly one of my favorite rock bands in the world, Wilco. New York Magazine…
Hot Links: Trading, PPIP, Protests, Spices & Econoland!
Hot Links for Weekend Reading Ever wonder about the “being responsible” side of trading on your own for a living? I have a lot of trader friends and I respect the discipline they show in terms of segregating moneys and so forth in the heat of the battle. Michael Higgins of Tickerville wrote a really…
Hot Links: AIG Hearings, Class of '09 and Fed Open Thread
Hot Links for Weekend Reading The big happening in Bailoutland this week was, without a doubt, the Senate hearing on the Notorious A.I.G. bonus scandal. Whenever a disgraced Wall Street executive is called onto the Congressional Carpet, you can be sure that Dealbreaker‘s Bess and EP are going to Liveblog it for your reading pleasure….
Hot Links: Doug Kass, DinoTrader & Jamie Dimon
Hot Links for Weekend Reading: Earlier this week, in print and on Kudlow & Co, Doug Kass of Seabreeze Partners emphasized that he felt the market was printing a significant bottom at these levels. Regular readers of TRB know that Kass is my fave pundit/ commentator and his bottoming call is an important one. It’s…
Hot Links: LOLFed, Bailout Nation & Bill Singer
Hot Links for Weekend Reading I confess, I am now officially a LOLFed junkie. This week, they gave us the NYSE’s new Dollar Menu, featuring items like Citigroup, Pier 1 and Vonage. Alyx, you rule. The week started with another bombshell (non) earnings report from AIG, the hedge fund that happens to be attached to…
Hot Links: Zombie Banks, the Trader Tax & Doug Kass
Hot Links for Weekend Reading On The Big Picture this week, Barry Ritholtz explained the definition of a Zombie Bank, complete with a table of companies that currently qualify as zombies. TheStreet.com‘s James “Rev Shark” DePorre has certainly been busy this week with the launch of his petition to combat the “Trader’s Tax“. It seems…
Hot Links: Berkshire, UBS and the Microsoft Store
Hot Links for Weekend Reading Warren Buffett has had a tough year so far and an especially tough week. The Bespoke Investment Group shows us the ugly year-to-date evidence. Berkshire Hathaway common stock was demolished during a week that saw many of Buffett’s largest stock holdings plummet, for example Wells Fargo and US Bancorp. On…
