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…
Crossing Wall Street
Hot Links: Pulp Tinkerbell
Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… The agenda for economic regulation reform at the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh isn’t looking too promising. (Economix) A tale of tragic heroism in the Bronx. (NYP) The Healthcare Debate rages on…in an Iron Man comic book. (Ecocomics) My fave post of the week so far: Imagine If Lehman Brothers Had…
What Your Favorite Blogs Said at the Bottom
The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average bottomed out at around 666 and 6500 respectively on Friday, March 6th of 2009. Just for fun, and because it’s been too hot to go outdoors, I thought I’d take a look back at what my favorite financial bloggers were talking about as we stared into the…
Hot Links: Bling, the 90's, Wharton and American CEO's
Hot Links for Weekend Reading… What was the best post of the year in each of Knowledge@Wharton‘s first ten years? Here’s what David Merkel of the Aleph Blog thinks are the thirteen most important aspects to our current economy. The Wall Street Journal needs to look itself in the mirror after this one: The Bling Culture…
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…
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…
Will Visa Replace Citi in the Dow Jones?
I did a piece recently, New Candidates for the Dow Jones, and since then, things have gotten even worse for Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup (C) and a handful of other DJIA names. While the Index Editor who oversees the Dow, John Prestbo, has gone on record saying there won’t be any changes right now,…
