We lost the right to be honest and say that one thing is intelligent and another thing is dumb for fear of insulting or offending people.
about that new stimulus plan…
Cartoon.
Media: "Graham and Dodd are Rolling in Their Graves"
Video.
Baseball Cards and Comic Books
The market says that Groupon, which IPO’d today with an opening valuation of $18 billion, is worth more than Macys ($M), Ralph Lauren ($RL) or the Chicago Mercantile Exchange ($CME).
Hot Links: "Hot Deals" Whatever
Your morning links, expertly curated.
Now We Are Three
This week marks the third blogiversary of The Reformed Broker.
Chart o' the Day: The Euro-coaster
Chart.
Russia to Europe: Fix It or We'll Kill You
The political turmoil in Greece and uncertainty over the euro zone sent stocks and commodity prices lower in Asia, and fueled a rush into safe-haven German bonds. But financial markets rallied in nervous trading as the likelihood grew that Greece would not hold the highly risky referendum.
Felix Salmon: Europe is Doomed
Felix is perhaps not saying anything unique here, he’s just saying it better than many others have tried…
Super Mario?
The newsflow is coming fast and furious this morning out of Europe.
