Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… Warren Buffett and Vanguard’s Jack Bogle come out against High Frequency Trading. (ZeroHedge) Consumers deleveraging big time. Not sure why this didn’t get more attention when announced yesterday, big story. (FTAlphaville) Iran is getting close to a big nuclear breakthrough…maybe Obama should have lunch with them or something, maybe a…
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Hot Links: Playtime is Over
Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… Gold breaks $1000 this morning! World stocks rally overnight! (no one has a job). (Bloomberg) A Kraft-Cadbury merger could be a bonanza for lawyers and bankers working on the deal. (DealBook) Christopher Hitchens on the current state of the War on Terror. (Slate) Stop feeling sorry for yourself, Dick Fuld. …
Hot Links: Phonehenge
Hot Links for Labor Day Reading… The 8 worst mutual funds that should be dumped now. (Morningstar) John Carney on the Kudlow Report talking about the FHA’s financial condition. (Clusterstock) Speaking of the FHA, Trader Mark sees some ominous signs in the default rate of loans. (FundMyMutualFund) Did inflation help bring down the Roman Empire? …
Hot Links: So Cute Your Head Will Explode
Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… 8 Reasons Goldman Sachs Says Buy The Chinese Selloff. (TPC) Sex offenders living under a bridge receiving stimulus money. I’d say that “stimulus” is the least of their problems, yuk yuk yuk. (DailyBeast) Buffett still selling Moody’s. Sucks to be a ratings agency these days. (Bloomberg) Nikki takes us behind…
Hot Links: World of Seinfeld
Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… Biggest gain in Chinese stocks in 6 months last night, Shanghai up 4.8% on the session. (Bloomberg) The age old debate about genes and income gets a great treatment by Mike Konczal. (RortyBomb) The latest Fed meeting minutes divined for your reading pleasure. (NYT) It’s that time again…annual report to…
Hot Links: Venom Mickey
Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… FDIC’s Sheila Bair makes the case against having just one banking super-regulator in this morning’s op-ed. (NYT) Are you following the JunkDEX? Guess what the components are…lol. (VIXandMore) Check this huge graphic out: The Anti-Fed Fact Sheet. (VisualEconomics) Chinese ADR’s outperforming actual Chinese stocks…’cause we westerners know better what your…
Hot Links: Facebook's Ticker, HP's Earnings & Coke's Milk
Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… Way overdue: Howard Lindzon decides to assign stock ticker symbols to Twitter and Facebook. (HowardLindzon) Hey anarchists, the US government is starting to turn a profit on the chaos loans. (NYT) Mutual Funds blowing out shares of consumer spending plays, retailers etc. (Bloomberg) Pretty provocative stuff for Newsweek: Is The…
More Hot Links: Booms, Busts & Viking Treasure
More Hot Links for Weekend Reading… Trader Mark takes us back to what he was saying/ doing the week the market bottomed. (FundMyMutualFund) Unemployed in their 40’s and 50’s. (NYT) Big mistake: commercial fisherman who literally s%$& where they eat. (True/Slant) Killer chart: Rise and fall of the US Dollar, 1800 to 2009. (ZeroHedge) Robert…
Hot Links: Where The Wild Things Are
Hot Links for Weekend Reading… Johnny Debacle congratulates Bernanke on his 2nd term appointment. (LongOrShortCap) The top broker/dealers of 2009 are announced. (InvestmentAdvisor) Tyler has an idea: How about the SEC investigates why a bankrupt company (AIG) has become a proxy for the stock market. (ZeroHedge) Like inspirational quotes? I do. Here’s a great list…
Hot Links: Trailer Park Ponzi and Sleeping Bunny Wabbits
Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… Story of the day: Why and how the hell could AIG have just doubled? (NYT) John Paulson‘s shiny new position in Citigroup, Jay’s coverage of Paulson is the best I’ve read. (MarketFolly) A quick look at individual investor sentiment over at the Notorious B.I.G. (Bespoke) Goldman‘s memo re: the trading…
