More Hot Links for Weekend Reading… Plan B: Starting your own business if job offers don’t come your way. Very informative article. (NYT) John Hancock launches a mutual fund based on technical analysis. (Bloomberg) What the hell is going on with Porsche? CEO’s house raided? That VW thing not over yet. (ZeroHedge) The ridiculousness of…
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Hot Links: Buffett & The Bikers
Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… Whistleblower Harry Markopolos says Credit Default Swap fraud will top the Madoff ponzi. (Clusterstock) Warren Buffett‘s latest op-ed just went up, it’s called The Greenback Effect. (NYT) Don’t look up, private equity firms are about to drop some REIT IPO’s on us. Sold to you. (DealBook) Chinese pig farmers speculating…
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. …
Hot Links: Blodget & Spitzer Sittin' in a Tree
Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… Not just tent cities anymore, more like a Tent Metropolis in Nashville, TN. (WSJ) The SEC kids were dropping off resumes after auditing Bernie Madoff. Nice. (NYP) Felix Salmon saw the Scariest Billboard of the Day in NYC yesterday. (Reuters) My favorite read of the week: Lunch and a discussion…
Greg Michaels is Getting There…Be Patient
Let me spend a moment coming to the aid of Greg Michaels, not that he really needs me to. Greg is the new writer on Dealbreaker and since his Bambi-esque beginnings, learning to stand up on the wobbly legs of a newborn fawn, he’s shown steady progress on the site. His topics are getting more…
Breakfast Links: Heidi Moore, Bill Clinton & Runpee.com
Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… Heidi Moore get’s her head handed to her by Matt Taibbi after her silly Goldman Defense…(TrueSlant) Is Taibbi’s next conquest Charlie Gasparino and CNBC? On Imus Radio? (Clusterstock) Mike Konczal on unemployment insurance, great post. (Rortybomb) Finally, an interesting stimulus handout: Advanced batteries for cars. (WSJ) Bill Clinton is STILL…
More Hot Links: Deflation, Trading & the LEAF
More Hot Links for Weekend Reading… Tadas frames the High Frequency Trading debate in Life (and trading) is Unfair. Great post. (Abnormal Returns) Pimco positioning for the Fed not raising rates until 2011! Clearly, McCulley‘s in the Deflationista camp. (Bloomberg) Scariest thing you’ll read all day: 1.5 million Americans running out of time on their…
Breakfast Links: Housing Bottoms, Car Wars & Pigs in the Hamptons
Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… Major firm strategists move around their year-end S&P 500 targets, as if anyone cares what they think anymore. (BIG) I agree with this one, farewell Geneva asset management biz…do some actual work. (Minyanville) Bank failures accelerating. (TBP) Ezra Klein on the new Menu Labeling trend. (WaPo) Henry Blodget explains the…
Who's Who of Financial Bloggers
Who’s Who in the World of Financial Bloggers? Well, if finance blogdom was a high school, here are the extra-curricular activities your favorite bloggers would be involved with… 1. A.P. Economics Barry Ritholtz (The Big Picture) Mish (Global Trend Analysis) Anonymous (Calculated Risk) Boone, Johnson & Kwak (Baseline Scenario) Yves Smith & Co. (Naked…
Market Recap: Cars and Bikes
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z19zFlPah-o] The Reformed Broker, AKA The Mongoose Californian, here with today’s Market Recap… Does anyone or anything suck as much as General Motors (GM)? Even Ford (F), up 10% plus today, seems to be picking itself up off the mat these days, although the Goldman Sachs Conviction Buy List kudos probably didn’t hurt. On a…
