The Bailout Skyline of Midtown Manhattan. We’re literally surrounded by the headquarters of failed and bailed companies.
The Big Picture
The "Cute and Cuddly Grandpa from Omaha" has Fangs
I’ve read enough about and by Warren Buffett to be completely in awe of him. he remains, as Doug Kass calls him, The Mozart of Investing, cobbling together one masterpiece after another, always ahead of the curve. That said, my eyes were opened by some of my favorite bloggers this weekend, and I will probably…
More Hot Links: Andrew Hall, Modern Myths & Bank Thievery
More Hot Links for Weekend Reading… Get ’em, Howard! Man’s attempt to teach his children to save foiled by Bank of America thievery. (HowardLindzon) Roundup of economists’ quotes from the Buttonwood Conference. (TBP) Michael Santoli takes on Five Modern Myths that are widely-accepted on The Street right now. (Barrons) Yves Smith follows up on the…
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: NFL Injuries, Bill Miller's "Comeback" & the Second Depression
Hot Links for Morning Reading… Thanks to The Pragmatic Capitalist for taking on that Barron’s Bill Miller piece. You’re exactly right. (PragCap) The Thomas Palley Second Great Depression piece everyone will be talking about today. (FT) Big Story: How the online shopping monster can kill the recovery. (NYP) Fire sale at Blackstone: Up to 8…
Finance Blogger Feud Week
So apparently, this is Finance Blogger Feud Week! Get your programs! Last week’s Felix Salmon versus Zero Hedge dustup was merely a prelude for what was to come to this week. Two biggies to report so far:
Dennis Kneale: A Cautionary Tale for the Mainstream Media
“Never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the gigabyte.” -Joshua M Brown, September 2009 If you’re going to be on financial television, you’ve got to be one of two things: 1. An attractive, friendly personality with good interviewing skills or 2. Someone who has a good understanding of the issues and subject…
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…
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: 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…
