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Hot Links: Jim Chanos, Steven Seagal & the Zombie ETFs

Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… Abnormal Returns covers the concept of Zombie ETFs…a new development for this industry.  (AbnormalReturns) Ain’t no party like a RothCap party ’cause a RothCap party don’t stop.  (NYP) Not all bailout CEOs are created equal: Benmosche (AIG) vs Pandit (Citi).  (BreakoutPerformance) The league tables for inflation rates throughout history…cool.  (InfectiousGreed)…

Hot Links: Whither Mainstreet?

Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… PAY ATTENTION: China curbing overcapacity in steel, cement industries.  (Bloomberg) Wall Street recovers.  Main Street?  Not so much.  (Clusterstock) Everybody Hurts: even law school students feel the recession.  (NYT) Forbes on the passing of Senator Edward Kennedy.  (Forbes) If you haven’t read Bailout Nation yet, here’s are 20 reviews to…

Hot Links: Gartman, DeLong, Merkel & The Big Dogs

Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… On tap today:  New home sales, consumer confidence, the Richmond Fed. The Fly is liking the refiners here.  (iBankCoin) Commodities guru Dennis Gartman starting a new hedge fund.  (MarketFolly) This is a non-story to me, but the Goldman trading huddles are now in the spotlight.  (Clusterstock) Bernanke to get the…

Hot Links: Monday Morning

Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… READ THIS FIRST: Marla Singer submitted this op-ed to the New York Times, which they probably will never run.  (ZeroHedge) Americans are no longer the big spenders in this world.  (SmartMoney) Fellow inmates say Bernie Madoff is dying of cancer in prison.  (NYP) Steve Forbes has a new book out…

More Hot Links: Tightwad, Missouri

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…

Hot Links: Roubini Backlash & The Battle of the Books

Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… Is the Nouriel Roubini Backlash underway?  If so, then Damien Hoffman has just fired the opening salvo.  (WSCheatSheet) The battle of the books: Google blocked by Yahoo, Amazon and Microsoft consortium.  (DealBook) Rolfe takes issue with the Buffett op-ed from this week.  (Reuters) Goldman Sachs getting serious about it’s image,…

Hot Links: Public Service Announcements

[vodpod id=Groupvideo.3238249&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26]    Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… Big rally in China last night, in the face of the possible Panda Bear market.  (MarketWatch) Money market funds are overdue for “drastic surgery”.  (Bloomberg) IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman on the offshore account crackdown.  (FoxBiz) What are the ten best-selling cars in the Cash 4 Clunkers program? …

Hot Links: Dentists, Wheat Crops & the E*Trade Baby

Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… World Index down 1.5% as of mid-day trading in London…does the pullback start today?  (Bloomberg) Dentists feeling the pain of recession as people stop taking care of their teeth.  (Knowledge@Wharton) Stepchild E*Trade being used as fodder for Citadel‘s high frequency trading ops, Ken Griffin adopting that cute baby from the…

More Hot Links: Weinstein, Buffett & the US Consumer

More Hot Links for Weekend Reading… Deconstructing Warren Buffett‘s latest 13F filing.  What’s the Oracle up to with his stocks?  (DividendGrowthInvestor) The rise and fall of the Weinstein brothers.  (NYT) This is the post of the weekend:  Tyler Durden takes a detailed look at the US Consumer (with a bit of help from McKinsey).  (ZeroHedge)…

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…