Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… The Fly notes how cranky the Goldman TradeBot3000 must have been yesterday. (iBankCoin) Bank of America is now searching for CEOs in New York, could it be you they’re looking at? (DealBook) India’s central bank buys $6.7 billion worth of gold from the IMF. (Bloomberg) 10 things you probably didn’t…
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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…
The Return of the Why-P.O.
Why? Because the capital markets will support it, that’s why. We’re starting to see something I had hoped would be further down the pike during this economic recovery cycle: The Return of the Why-P.O. What in tarnation is a Why-P.O. you ask? It’s an IPO so pointless for investors to be involved with that you…
Commodity Plays: The Search For What Hasn't Moved Yet
Crunch time for portfolio managers. I read in Barron’s this weekend that the average US stock mutual fund manager is about 5% ahead of the S&P 500 this year, according to Lipper. OK, but it’s the below-average performing PM that really needs the juice right about now, with 10 weeks or so left to make…
Hot Links: Under the Microscope
Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… Passport Capital makes the case for the agriculture investment theme. (MarketFolly) The unsinkable Whitney Tilson on housing’s non-bottom. (TechTicker) Like the rich kid paying off bullies in school, Goldman is set to give a big charitable donation to deflect our attention from $23 billion in bonuses. Andrew Ross Sorkin has…
Hot Links: Ackman, Leno & Goldman's BRIC Picks
Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… Goldman Sachs is recommending the BRIC-related stocks going into earnings season, here are their 50 favorite plays: (PragCap) The most important news of the day. (Clusterstock) Pershing Square’s Bill Ackman has a new short position. (DealBook) Classic: NBC wants Jay Leno to have an affair! (BorowitzReport) Pessimism Porn takes a…
Hot Links: Meet Poe, the World's Tallest Horse
Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… Spanish Banks may be hiding their losses, what this means for world markets. (Bronte) The StockTwits guys teasing the boss. Funny. (HowardLindzon) Sick! Step 1 – add $8 billion in debt to Tribune, Step 2 – steer into bankruptcy, Step 3 – pay bonuses. (DealBook) Red miniskirts, white jackboots and…
More Hot Links: World's Longest Bridge
More Hot Links for Weekend Reading… Legendary Las Vegas impresario Bob Stupak has passed. (WSJ) Is NBC really a core business for GE or is it, in fact, up for sale, along with CNBC? (ZeroHedge) Cool: The legendary trading culture of Susquehanna International. (InfectiousGreed) A behind the scenes look at Andrew Cuomo, the New York…
Required Viewing for Newly-Bonused Goldman Employees
[vodpod id=Groupvideo.3484400&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] So Goldman Sachs is sitting on a $16 billion bonus pool, which CEO Lloyd Blankfein is hesitant to dole out to employees amidst the possibility of populist furor in this wonderful economy of ours. My advice to Lloyd is to make the above clip from Goodfellas required viewing for the troops upon receipt of…
The Incredible Shrinking Finance Sector
This is very cool. The New York Times put up a moving infographic that shows the progression of the 29 largest financial firms and how they first shrank since 2007 and then began to grow again. The graph above shows them from the starting point at the market’s peak in October 2007. The one below…
