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10 Monday AM Reads

Posted By Barry Ritholtz On October 24, 2011 @ 9:45 am In Financial Press | Comments Disabled

Some quick reads to start your week:

• Bond-Fund Stars, Dimmer (WSJ [1])
• Hedge Funds Face Investor Pruning (WSJ [2])
• How Mr. Volcker Would Fix It (NYT [3])
• Europe is a mess:
……-Leaked Greek bailout document: Fiscal consolidation has failed (Credit Writedowns [4])
……-Banks must find €108bn in (FT.com [5])
……-In Europe, new fears of German might (Washington Post [6])
……-Nicolas Sarkozy: ‘We’re sick of you telling us what to do’ (Telegraph [7])
……-EU bank plan may include aid already pledged to bailout states-sources (Reuters [8])
……-Europe’s leaders threaten Greek default if banks won’t take £120bn haircut (Telegraph [9])
• More Jobs Predicted for Machines, Not People (NYT [10])
• Fisher Says Operation Twist Benefiting ‘Monied’ Interests (Businessweek [11]) see also Government Taken in Dealings with Wall Street: Accident or Design? (Naked Capitalism [12])
• The Sunny Side of Doom and Gloom (NYT [13])
• The Mod Squad: Why Conservative Economists Back Mortgage Modification (Yahoo Finance [14]) see also Fed Wants to Bet the House (Again) (WSJ [15])
• Tech Giants Sizing Up Yahoo Bid (DealBook [16])
• The Paradox of the New Elite (NYT [17])

What are you reading?
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[1] WSJ: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204618704576645004286530420.html?mod=ITP_moneyandinvesting_5

[2] WSJ: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203911804576649030922283532.html

[3] NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/business/volckers-advice-for-more-financial-reform.html

[4] Credit Writedowns: http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2011/10/greece-expansionary-fiscal-consolidation-failure.html

[5] FT.com: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/752c9a72-fd30-11e0-a9db-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1bhhvMQGX

[6] Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/in-europe-new-fears-of-german-might/2011/10/19/gIQA3baZ7L_story.html

[7] Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/8844773/Nicolas-Sarkozy-tells-David-Cameron-Were-sick-of-you-telling-us-what-to-do.html

[8] Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/23/idUSL5E7LN0OF20111023

[9] Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/8843396/Europes-leaders-threaten-Greek-default-if-banks-wont-take-haircut-and-accept-losses-of-120bn.html

[10] NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/24/technology/economists-see-more-jobs-for-machines-not-people.html?ref=business

[11] Businessweek: http://news.businessweek.com/article.asp?documentKey=1376-LTFD1407SXKX01-3LITVUPST0BBMH2GRNAHKH8EJL

[12] Naked Capitalism: http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/08/government-taken-in-dealings-with-wall.html

[13] NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/your-money/pessimism-can-be-the-stock-markets-best-friend.html

[14] Yahoo Finance: http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daniel-gross/mod-squad-why-conservative-economists-back-mortgage-modification-133613453.html

[15] WSJ: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204618704576645364274307434.html?mod=wsj_share_tweet

[16] DealBook: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/tech-giants-sizing-up-yahoo-bid/?ref=business

[17] NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/opinion/sunday/social-inequality-and-the-new-elite.html?_r=1

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