Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… Ending second worst decade for US stocks in history, The Dow has lost 9.2% over the last 10 years. (Bespoke) No stranger to scandal himself, Larry Kudlow has some advice for Tiger Woods. (CNBC) BlackRock passes $3.2 trillion in assets, CEO Larry Fink is the new King of Wall Street. …
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Hot Links: Heir to the Throne
Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… BlackRock is bullish on US and emerging markets stocks. (DealBook) Go out and hug a bear today. (MusingsOfATrader) What’s George Soros up to these day with his positions? (MarketFolly) Peter Schiff under attack on MSNBC, Eddie calls BS. (CrossingWallStreet) Marc Faber on currencies, equities, commodities and India. (InvestmentPostcards) “Buying gold…
Coming Soon To Institutional Sales/Trading: Discount Brokerage
You knew it was coming sooner or later. I guess it’s coming sooner. From TheStreet.com: Goldman Sachs (GS) and other big securities dealers made bundles of money last quarter because they faced fewer competitors, but now BlackRock(BLK) is hoping to change that. BlackRock, soon to be the world’s largest money manager, is working on a…
Hot Links: Ugly Dolls, Trillionaires & The Plant That Eats Rats
Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… The LOLFed kids require that you pay them only in stacks of Zimbabwe Dollars. (LOLFed) Felix Salmon on who’s winning between the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal…in his vestibule. (Reuters) One of the coolest small business stories I’ve heard in awhile: How Ugly Doll became a company. …
About That Public-Private Fund For Retail Investors…
Disclaimer: My commentary below is strictly a relaying of publicly-available news from major publications. I have absolutely no interest in being responsible for anyone’s investments who reads this website without doing their own homework. OK, I had to satiate the gods of regulation. Now that it’s just us adults, I thought I’d discuss yesterday’s news…
This Just In: Over 100 Applicants for PPIP
Treasury Announces Receipt of Applications to Become Fund Managers under Public Private Investment Program Washington, DC — The Treasury Department today announced the receipt of more than 100 unique applications from potential fund managers interested in participating in the Legacy Securities portion of the Public Private Investment Program (PPIP). A variety of institutions applied, including…
Creating a Bailout Army of Retail Investors
I’m actually OK with this one. If the taxpayers are going to be on the hook for the losses, they should get a crack at the upside, too (hopefully there will be an upside). And if that opportunity comes in the form of retail funds created by quality organizations like the Pimco‘s and the BlackRock‘s…so…
