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S&P 500 Review

In our office, we've been using the Fusion IQ quant system for so long, we know it inside out. We use it as the basis for our institutional trading and published research (up ~10% for the year). Subscribers have asked us to include our market and stock commentary -- beyond the pure neutral software ... (original story)

And now, the real fun starts

Covering, or not, all those CDS chitties Given the total absence of chaos in global financial markets, the next three weeks or so provides an excellent window to be getting some real datapoints on just what proportion of the notional... (original story)

Plan "B"

"Plan B" Some people seem to have forgotten that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. (original story)

Cramer: Dow Could Drop Another 14%, Oil's Going to $50

From Jim Cramer in New York magazine (emphasis added):What will New York look like a year from now? The answer: bad and probably worse, and perhaps downright catastrophic. Three degrees of awful. The first step was passing the bank-bailout legislation. Now that it’s done—and if it didn&r... (original story)

Podcast: Origins of the Housing & Credit Crisis

> I did a podcast with James Reese of Radio Economics James and I had three prior interviews between September 2005 and February 2007. You can listen to them here or at the iTunes Music Store. How accurate were these forecasts -- about markets, the economy, housing, lending and credit? Sources: Barr... (original story)

Dow (below) 10,000: Stock investors continue to discover that there's a financial crisis

For the last few weeks the U.S. stock market has been a haven of relative calm in global financial markets. Seriously. I know it doesn't look calm, what with drops (and occasional increases) of 5+% becoming the order of the day. But instead of freezing up like credit markets, the stock market been f... (original story)

An interesting distinction

Sunday: German chancellor Angela Merkel says "we want to tell savers that their money is safe - the government guarantees that". Did she really mean it? The BBC has been investigating, and, apparently, she did not. It was just a... (original story)

Contrary Cramer Buy Call ?

> As I have said in the past, I don't like to harp on any one person. I also don't want to be a Cramer stalker. But DAMN if that headline doesn't smell like a giant buy signal. The market down 30%, the VIX spiking to 56, and Cramer giving a panicky SELL on TV this morning. We have a 9,500 downside t... (original story)

The Single Best Investment EVER

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/27045406#27015995 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27045699/ (original story)

A busy weekend

...which saw the Fortis bank deal collapse and then recover, leaving BNP holding the reins - and creating a €10 billion toxic waste SPV... ... and saw the US bailout finally pass the House - and have apparently no impact... (original story)

Where and How am I Investing in Early-Stage Today?

Much has been written recently about VC and start-up angst in the wake to today's - and likely tomorrow's - poor market conditions. Some analysts, myself included, see this malaise possibly lasting well into the next decade. Albert Wenger wrote... (original story)

Stephan Roach: Huge Setback for US-style Capitalism

http://www.ft.com/cms/893ac9c8-757e-11dc-b7cb-0000779fd2ac.html?_i_referralObject=871727273&fromSearch=n (original story)

Got bubonic plague? Get more rats

NakedShorts has previously had occasion to point out that the cures currently proffered for the current attack of financial incontinence bear a striking resemblance to the underlying causes. So, welcome aboard, Jim Grant: Low interest rates, easy money and malleable... (original story)

Fannie Mae and the Financial Crisis

(, who threatened to withhold all mortgages from Fannie. http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/2008/09/the-underlying.html http://www.economagic.com/gif/g240189063028104959364597780376672.gif (original story)

Financials, see ya Thursday!

On Friday, October 3, 2008, the President signed the historic Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (HR 1424), aimed at stemming the credit crisis [Good luck with that — Ed]. Accordingly, the Commission’s Emergency Order that prohibits persons from selling... (original story)




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