Friday Reads
Posted By Barry Ritholtz On December 16, 2011 @ 11:00 am In Financial Press | Comments Disabled
My end of week reading:
• Home-sales data is bogus, Realtors say (NY Post [1]) see also Shine Is Off Asian Properties (WSJ [2])
• A peek inside ECRI’s black box (Bonddad Blog [3])
• Questioning The Benefit Of Curbing Short Sales (NYT [4])
• As Retail Sales Lag, Stores Shuffle the Calendar (NYT [5])
• Banks See Their Footprint Downsized in 2011 (Yahoo Finance [6])
• Revealed: huge increase in executive pay for America’s top bosses (Guardian [7])
• U.K. May Face Derivatives-Law Setback in EU (Bloomberg [8]) see also SEC Appeals Judge’s Rejection of Citigroup Settlement (WSJ [9])
• Gold Experiences an Identity Crisis (WSJ [10])
• History lesson: The People and the Patriots (Boston Review [11])
• Iran hijacked US drone, says Iranian engineer (CS Monitor [12])
What are you reading?
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Gold: Safe or Sorry?
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Source: Gold Experiences an Identity Crisis [14], WSJ
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URLs in this post:
[1] NY Post: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/even_home_sales_data_is_bogus_realtors_c7rYisUtwRRVxKNQiqyDgJ
[2] WSJ: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204336104577096023415790572.html?mod=ITP_moneyandinvesting_0
[3] Bonddad Blog: http://bonddad.blogspot.com/2011/12/peek-inside-ecris-black-box.html
[4] NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/16/business/questioning-the-evil-of-short-sales-high-low-finance.html?_r=1&ref=business&pagewanted=all
[5] NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/16/business/economy/stores-shuffle-a-saturday-in-hopes-of-saving-the-season.html?_r=2&ref=business
[6] Yahoo Finance: http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daniel-gross/banks-see-footprint-downsized-2011-181755524.html
[7] Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/dec/14/executive-pay-increase-america-ceos
[8] Bloomberg: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-15/u-k-said-to-face-eu-derivatives-law-setback-after-cameron-s-summit-clash.html
[9] WSJ: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204844504577100993578403570.html?mod=ITP_moneyandinvesting_2
[10] WSJ: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204844504577100723827109402.html?mod=ITP_moneyandinvesting_3
[11] Boston Review: http://www.bostonreview.net/BR36.6/alfred_f_young_boston_tea_party.php
[12] CS Monitor: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2011/1215/Exclusive-Iran-hijacked-US-drone-says-Iranian-engineer
[13] Image: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/MI-BM661_MKTLED_G_20111215210402.jpg
[14] Gold Experiences an Identity Crisis: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204844504577100723827109402.html
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