Sunday, September 19, 2010

Best Links for the Last Few Days

Mind Over Money
This video from PBS explores the idea of rational markets in an irrational world.

High Yield Bonds Trading At Par
For the first time since 2007, U.S. high-yield bonds are trading at par, suggesting that investors are confident of getting their money back.


Tough Choices for Bernanke
Two major questions facing the Fed are whether the weak recovery will continue into 2011 and whether pouring money into the economy would be worth the risk.


India pension fund will consider buying stocks for the first time
India's Employees' Provident Fund Organization, which manages pension savings for 50 million private-sector and government workers, has always been barred from investing any of its $106 billion in stocks, but there is a possibility that will change.


Vote Moves Turkey Closer to EU Membership

Broken Investment Banking Model
Lehman Bros. collapsed two years ago, and investors are still concerned about whether such an investment-banking model can be repaired. Few banks with large divisions in capital-market business are trading close to prices traded before Lehman filed for bankruptcy.


SEC Expands Circuit Breaker Program to Include ETFs
The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved rules amid fallout of the May 6 "flash crash." The watchdog has expanded its circuit-breaker program to include some exchange-traded funds and stocks in the Russell 1000 Index.


Morgan Stanley Global Economics
Deflation:  Will America and Europe Follow Japan?

The Big Boys Discover Options

Quants: The Alchemists of Wall Street

'The cult of equity is dead'

This decade's investment: the agriculture play

Can an ETF collapse?

Obama Promotes Goolsbee to Top Economic Post

Chris Blackwell on Island Records' Legacy

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