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Weekend Reads: From Experience to Intuition

Policy Lessons from the Great Depression: 'The Forgotten Man,' by Amity Shlaes
by Bob McTeer
'Misadventures of the Most Favored Nations', by Paul Blustein
by David Warsh
Mauboussin's 'Think Twice: Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition'
by Colin Peterson

More Book reviews

Friday Market Recap: Spooked

Closing Update (Market Currents)

More on: ETFs, Commodities, Bonds, Options, Today's Market

Earnings Season Winds Up

New ETFs Taking Flight

Obama's Bullish on Solar - Should Investors Be Too?

News story: President Obama touts solar plant (St. Petersburg Times)

Paul Tudor Jones: Gold's Undervalued and Bonds Are a Curve Flattener Play

Hedge fund manager and legendary trader Paul Tudor Jones has determined that gold is 20% undervalued over the next 24 months. In his latest letter to investors, Jones notes the extraordinary role of ETFs in the precious metal's ascent, plus the impact of central bank accumulation.

Jones also comments on how he's playing bonds, currencies and equities... read full story >

Latest from the Healthcare Pipeline

News from: WSJ, NYT

More on: Healthcare, Drug Manufacturers, Medical Equipment

Chinese Markets: What's Next

More on: China, China Funds, Emerging Market ETFs

Investing in Precious vs. Base Metals

More on: Gold Price, Silver, Base Metals

TBTF: Regulate, Or Just Break 'Em Up?

News from: WSJ

More on: Major & Intl. Banks, Government Policy

Stock Picks from the Recent Value Investing Congress

More on: Long Ideas, Short Ideas, Style Strategy

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Market Currents

31 Oct, 8:04 PM Superb economic summary of October in graphs. (Calculated Risk) 3 Comments
31 Oct, 7:41 PM With $770B of the $1.4T in commercial mortgages maturing in the next five years currently underwater, FDIC revises its rules (.pdf) to allow banks to keep loans on their books as 'performing' even when the underlying properties no longer cover the outlay. 8 Comments
31 Oct, 5:18 PM Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has reportedly struck a deal with the U.K. that will enable it to escape the state-backed asset protection scheme within a year. Britain will absolve RBS of paying the £17.5B upfront fee to join the program, and in exchange RBS will take the first £60B of losses on £260-280B of insured assets of vs. a previous £19.5B. Comment!

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Thomas Pan: 3rd quarter GDP was largely fueled by cash for clunkers program and first time home buyers tax credit, at the cost of lower saving rate.

about 2 hours ago
The EconomicJoker: According to 2 month macd, markets have another down day or two before the zero line, last crossed in July. Next 2 days critical.

about 2 hours ago
Nathaniel C: Just finished reading Marc Faber's Gloom, Boom, and Doom Report. He is bearish on the stock market and commodities and bullish on the dollar

about 3 hours ago