Hot Links: Greenblatt, Krugman, Roubini & Livermore

Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… What’s all the hubub about with Roubini‘s carry trade prediction from this weekend? (Clusterstock) To hedge a portfolio, diversify or hold cash?  Great post.  (AbnormalReturns) Love this stuff – 7 Lessons from trading legend Jesse Livermore.  (Minyanville) The best and worst stock reactions from this earnings season.  (Bespoke) The Bears…

Happy First Birthday to The Reformed Broker!

One year ago today, on a dark and forbidding night, a blinding flash of lightning shot out of the sky as though hurled by Zeus himself and struck deep into the heart of a long-dormant, but massive volcano.  The reaction was swift and earth-shaking, as the first violent plume of smoke blew up into the…

Happy Halloween from TRB

Editors Note: This post originally appeared on October 17th 2009. Have a Happy Halloween and Enjoy! Its that time of year again… As we speak, your neighborhood freak is busy shoving rusty screws into the Milky Way bars, teen boys are stocking up on eggs and toilet paper and teen girls are shopping for either…

Hot Links: Dimon and the Dollar

Hot Links for Weekend Reading… The Madoff prison interview.  (NYP) The Jamie Dimon book, Last Man Standing, reviewed in the Times.  (NYT) Strolling the Smart Phone Red Light District with Baruch.  (UltimiBarbarorum) Kedrosky on Creativity and Compression, a must read for writers/ bloggers.  (InfectiousGreed) Dollar got its swagger back this week.  (Bloomberg) Bored with the…

Goldman Sachs is the Yankees, Citigroup is the Mets

There’s a delicious irony about New York baseball and New York banks that I think is worth discussing in light of the imminent Yankees World Series victory. As baseball fans throughout the nation piss and moan about the fact that the Yankees have the wealth of NY to draw upon when pricing tickets, broadcast rates and payroll…

Hot Links: Smoke, Mirrors and Record Bonuses

Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… John Crudele: The recovery is all smoke and mirrors.  (NYP) Happy 50 millionth visitor to The Big Picture!  (TBP) Merrill Lynch and Wells Fargo strategists on what the Treasury‘s walking away will mean for interest rates.  (SmartMoney) 11 strangest deductions the IRS allows (yes, breast implants are on the list). …

Ayn Rand Eviscerated in GQ

I’ve not read anything by Andrew Corsello before, but his evisceration of Ayn Rand in GQ magazine is a thing of caustic, vicious and snark-filled beauty. I did my share of battle with the Rand Cult earlier this fall when I interviewed her Ghost to discuss capitalism’s share of blame for the credit crisis.  Corsello…

iPhone Halloween Costume

This is pretty cool, these guys strapped giant LCD TVs to themselves to become iPhones for Halloween.  Don’t trip, guys! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIjBqFMwM08] Hat Tip Eric Jackson (Ironfire Capital)