informationarbitrage.com - 19 days ago
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After reading the news, participating in key industry conferences and doing some thinking, I've come to the following conclusion: the regulators - and Congress - are barking up the wrong tree. They would have you believe that the equity markets are rigged, retail investors are screwed and that ...
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Links 11/7/09
naked capitalism —
... What does Google Suggest suggest about the state of humanity? CNet
Consumer debt drops for record 8th straight month MarketWatch (hat tip reader John D)
Report: 237 millionaires in Congress Politico (hat tip reader John D)
Bank of England says financiers are fuelling an economic ‘doom loop’ Telegraph. It is striking how the BofE is willing to take on the banksters, when no one in the officialdom here will.
Barking Up the Wrong Tree Roger Ehrenberg. Today’s must read
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Sunday links: hard knocks
Abnormal Returns —
... Roger Ehrenberg, “Sadly, we live in a world of sound bites, and Congress and the White House have found far better sound bites to attack the denizens of the equity markets rather than the derivatives and debt markets.” (Information Arbitrage) ...
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