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Weekend Edition (Dec 31-Jan 1)
U.S. Treasury Ends 2005 With Their First Inverted Yield Curve Since 2000 BL
The Yield Curve Mauldin
2005 Wrap-up Noland
Trade deficit, housing among lurking threats CEPR
Greenspan era ends with praise, some blame on bubble BL
Worries dog Wall Street AP
Are bears roaming Broad & Wall? Reuters
Bulls and bears see the same signs but interpret them differently KC Star
Home builders try extras to lure customers UPI
How Bedrock Promises Of Security Have Fractured Across America LATimes
Same old greed, different scoundrels in 2005 IHT (NYT)
Wal-Mart's December Sales Increase 2.2 Percent, Smallest Gain in 5 Years BL
His Car Smelling Like French Fries, Willie Nelson Sells Biodiesel NYT
House price increase is lowest for decade Times Online
Dogs may give boost to Japan's 2006 consumer spending Kyodo
Russia's Gazprom Shuts Off Natural Gas Supply to Ukraine in Price Dispute BL
Friday December 30
Oil prices surge 40% in 2005 AP
Dow suffers first yearly loss since '02 CBSM
Turkey top-performing index in 2005 CBSM
Gold, Up 18 Percent in 2005, Gains on Wider Investment Demand BL
Japan's Nikkei Records Biggest Annual Rally in Almost 2 Decades BL
Canadian Stocks Soar in 2005; Rally Slowed in Fourth Quarter BL
Treasury market ends 2005 with inverted yield curve CBSM
SOS: save oil stupid CBSM
Bear Stearns Told by U.S. FTC to Provide Data for Mortgage-Lending Probe BL
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Exceed Capital Requirements BL OFHEO
Yield Curve Inverts Again.... BL The Dread "Inverted Yield Curve" Slate
The 0.004 Percentage Point That Shook the World Baum
Dollar Declines as Fed Minutes May Signal an End to `Measured' Rate Policy BL
Gold Falls for First Day in Five After 17% Gain in 2005 BL
U.S. Stock-Index Futures Fall; Dow Average May Erase Last of Year's Gains BL
Being Street Smart Harding
Lex: US loans FT
Buffett, Citigroup, UBS, Wrong on Dollar, Remain Bears for 2006 BL
Analysts: U.S. Currency to Fall in 2006 AP
Dual deficit plagues the US economy People’s Daily
Deficits could harm Greenspan's legacy BBC
Do investors expect too much from stocks? USAT
U.S. Growth May Hinge on Businesses NYT
Corporate headliners conjure '70s flashback AP
Treasury urges Congress to raise debt limit Reuters
Inverted yield curve to cool U.S. housing market Reuters
Sharp Increase in Average Time Needed to Sell a Home: Survey R
Omens of the coming Real Estate Bubble? Political Gateay
Year of the 'perfect economic storm' around the bend Desert Sun
TV's Hot Properties: Real Estate Reality Shows WP
Restatements of earnings in 2005 to break record USAT
Accounting errors vex auto industry Det FP
Goldman Sachs Tops Merger Rankings for Fifth Year BL
Refco Creditors Cry Foul TheStreet
Precious Metals Outlook for 2006... Maund Moneyization Part 19 Schmidt
Gold traders relieved as buyers return after X’mas India Times
Supply shortages and China's appetite keep correction at bay FT
China approves 13 banks as yuan market-makers Reuters
Citi Raises Bid for China's Guangdong Bank to $3 Billion, People Say BL
Bush Battles the Chinese Sock Threat Mises
New chief for Italy central bank IHT
Income trust decision under police investigation Canwest
Putin sees 'crisis' as Russia-Ukraine gas dispute goes to the wire AFP
London Terrorism, China Yuan Peg Lead Most-Read Stories of 2005 BL
Thursday December 29
U.S. stocks close lower as yield curve inverts IBD
Stocks in U.S. Drop on Housing Data, Oil; Dow on Brink of Decline for Year BL
GM shares hit lowest price in over 20 years Reuters
Home Resales Decline by 1.7% to Lowest Level Since March BL PDF
New Claims for Unemployment Increase AP Oil Close to $60
Treasuries May Rise on Speculation Report to Show Housing Boom Is Ending BL
Gold Near Two-Week High on Speculation Central Banks May Buy BL
Gold jumps on talk of China buying Globe & Mail
China's Booming Economy Will Never Surpass U.S. Berry
US investors forced to take fresh look at risk Times Online
Commercial banks see dangerous 'curves' ahead Reuters
Trends to watch in '06: Hot housing market showing signs of cooling PPG
Risky business in 2006? Could be CNN
Visa USA says holiday spending on cards up 27 pct Reuters
Hedge Fund Darwinism With Don Putnam TheStreet
Hedge-fund manager charged CBSM
The worst ethics breaches, best moral deeds of 2005 CBSM
SBA: Many that got 9/11 loans weren't hurt AP
Lawmakers Increase Scrutiny of Pensions AP
Where’s The Outrage of Exploited Gas Consumers? Crudele
Stocks Set Five-Year Highs Globally on Sustained Profit Growth BL
Here comes the rising sun again FT
Japan faces record heating oil prices FT
Rising interest rates worry Japanese execs Manilla Standard
Euro Gains After ECB's Quaden Signals Interest Rate Increases BL
Billionaire Builder of China NYT
Japan government rebukes Goldman Sachs unit over order processing errors AP
Nationalism drives China, Japan apart CS Monitor
Head of Italian insurer Unipol resigns over takeover bids charges AFP
Wednesday December 28
Enron's Causey Pleads Guilty, Will Cooperate in Case Against Lay, Skilling BL
Identify Russell
Treasurys ease; inversion reverses CBSM
Oil Rises Close to $60 as Iran Says OPEC Should Cut Production BL
U.S. Consumer Confidence Index Rises to 103.6, Highest Level Since August BL
The yield curve has inverted. Time to worry? Maybe Globe & Mail
Yield curve inverts for second day CBSM
What does the Yield Curve Tell us about GDP Growth? SF Fed (Feb 03)Â PDF
Investors look high (risk), low for return USAT
Hedge Funds Are the New Mutual Funds Slate
As risky home loans rise, house-price 'bubble' inflates USAT
Pension problems loom for boomers USAT
Broken Benefit System Byron
Gold Rises to Two-Week High as Falling Dollar Boosts its Appeal BL
Analysts forecast a new rush to gold BL
Copper Advances to Record as Threatened Codelco Strike May Hit Supply BL
Regulators tell Refco unit to let assets go Reuters
Causey Plea May Help Case Against Lay, Lawyers Say BL
Overstock: Easy To Sell Short, "Impossible" To Buy And Deliver Cross Currents
Here Are My 10 Favorite Value Stocks for 2006 Dorfman
Euro Gains After German Consumer Optimism Rises to Highest in 6-Months BL
Switzerland Gives ECB a Lesson on Interest Rates BL
Illarionov Offers to Leave the Kremlin Moscow Times
Tuesday December 27
Stocks Head South on Yield Jitters TheStreet
U.S. 2-Year Note's Yield Rises Above 10-Year Yield BL Treas
Natural Gas Has Biggest Drop in Almost 3 Years on Low Demand BL
Investor optimism in December highest in 10 months: UBS Reuters
Treasuries Decline; 2-10 Year Yield Curve Is Flattest in Almost Five Years BL
U.S. yield curve inverts, yen falls on rate view Retuers
Brief Holiday Update Hussman
Year-end tea leaves Hulbert
Dollar to recoil in 2006 with Fed seen halting US rate hikes: analysts AFP
Holiday spending rises 8.7%: WSJ CBSM
Ben Bernanke's Heavy Burden TheStreet
China forex official says US Fed´s Bernanke to add uncertainty AFX
Bubbles, Budget, Bird Flu Lead a Long Worry List Currier
The dark side of the dividend boom Jubak
Washington's struggle to cut spending CS Monitor
The year in mining: Only a taste of what's to come Globeinvestor
China faces dilemma on expanding gold reserve Xinhua
Former Wall Street "Elf" Comments on Today's Gold Market RI
Anheuser-Busch, Pepsi May Toast New Year With Higher Prices BL
Japan's Consumer Prices Rise for First Time in 2-Years BL
Yen Falls as Spending, Jobless Reports Send Stocks Lower BL
Asian countries see wave of interest rate hikes Kyodo
Global investment soars in 2005 China Daily
China and India to Face Daunting Risks in 2006 BL
Chinese banks accused of $36bn funds 'abuse' Times Online
An estimated 22,000 Chinese officials have already been audited in the investigation, with 196 referred to the Communist Party for scrutiny and possible punishment
China's mobile phone subscribers skyrocket to 388 million AFP
Taking stock - a year for bulls Sydney Morning Herald
77% investors lost money on stock markets Xinhua
Pension scheme shortfall widens to £75bn FT
Treasuries, Beaten by German, Russian Bonds, May Rally in 2006 BL
Dollar to End Best Year Since 1999 on Winning Note, Survey Says BL
Holiday Edition (Dec 24-26)
National Beverage Corp. Celebrates 20 Years With Cash Distribution Wish List
Be careful what you wish for Mauldin
Cantillon, Raguet, Hawtry & Persons Noland
Whistling Past Graveyards Schiff
Take It From Japan: Bubbles Hurt NYT
House Prices: The State of the Bubble NYT
Builders cut prices to sell homes Herald Tribune
The end of the real estate boom Eeden
Housing bubble starting to deflate AP
Investors play a guessing game with dollar IHT (NYT)
The Mess Greenspan Leaves Mises
Gold still an opportunity for investors - Barron's Reuters
You can beat 'The Street' in 2006! Farrell
Creative accounting leads to fuzzy earns AP
Ex-Enron official may plead guilty Reuters
Wal-Mart says sales to rise modestly CBSM
Nikkei Hits Highest Level Since 2000 AP
Japan's Cabinet Approves Spending Cuts in FY06 Budget Bloomberg
U.N. Adopts a 2-Year Budget, Averting a Financial Crisis NYT
Mushrooming Crisis Forbes
HSBC uses £1bn to halve pension fund shortfall Times Online
Friday December 23
New Home Sales Fall 11.3%, Leaving Unsold Houses at Record ~ PDF
U.S. consumer sentiment on the rise CBSM
Durables Orders Ex-Transportation Unexpectedly Drop BL Ts Higher
Treasury yields within whisker of inversion FT Daily Curve
Resolution: Underpay Forbes (Grant)
Housing affordability hits 14-year low WSJ
The Bubble Cycle is Replacing the Business Cycle Janszen
Breaking Out of the Psychological Box Conditioned by Bear Market Past Bugos
2006: To Bull or not to Bull? BnB
Fed's Lacker says rate fine-tuning may be ongoing Reuters Speech
Gold Trades Above $500 in Asia BL
Global Gold Breakouts Zeal
Gold expected to scale new heights in 2006 MG
Gold seen marching into 2006 with fanfare Reuters
Germany to decide next year whether to dispose of reserves AFX
Gold/foreign currency reserves at all-time high Russian Journal
Opec hints at keeping oil above $50 a barrel next year Times Online
Money to help poor pay heating bills running out USAT
Shanghai Copper Futures Reach Record on Demand from China, U.S. BL
Copper: Not Sexy, But a Juicy Story Anyway EW
Coal to make its comeback from the bottom of a dark and very deep pit Inde
Wal-Mart Told to Pay $172 Million to California Workers Denied Meal Breaks BL
Ford bails out Jaguar with 1.2 bln stg capital injection - report AFX
Former Goldman chairman says Spitzer threatened him Reuters
Prison term could cap oil trader's legendary career USAT
An Omaha Stake-Out NYP
Bubble-era buyouts are back Business 2.0
Japanese Investors Skeptical Of The Bull Forbes
French Business Confidence Unexpectedly Drops BL
A Crossroads for Europe's Central Bank NYT
China's Nov. Auto Production Sets Record AP
Brazil's Soaring Currency, Once a Loser, Now Hampers TV and Truck Exports BL
Italian Senate Approves Savings Bill FT
Insider dealer loses stock options but keeps job Times Online
Bonus Fever on London's Wall Street NYT
Foreigners May Soon Play a Part in Kuwait Oil NYT
Bush Cutting U.S. Troops Levels in Iraq AP
Thursday December 22
Energy Outlook 2005 Geotimes
Barrick to buy Placer G&M
U.S. Personal Spending Rises 0.3%; Prices Climb Less Than Forecast BL
U.S. jobless claims fall to 318,000 CBSM
Stop the presses, America! Mogambo
The Year Of Living Complacently BCA Research
Financial market volatility will rise next year, despite a benign macro outlook.
A glimpse behind the hedge fund curtain IHT (NYT)
The boom that wasn't EPI
Crude Rises After Unexpectedly Steep Drop in Supply BL
Energy still risk to inflation: Richmond Fed's Lacker CBSM
Energy In The 21st Century: A Rough Ride Ahead Simmons PDF
No Way Found to Cut Need for Foreign Oil WP
OPEC likely to cut oil output in 2Q of '06 AP
8 reported dead in Nigerian pipeline blast, Shell halts supplies AFP
Does gold really glisten for all investors? AP
Central bank may lift curbs on gold products SD
Silver Users Fear Silver Shortage PRN
Gold expected to rise further in 2006 Business Times
Should Dow boot GM? CNN
EU threatens Microsoft with daily fines Reuters
SEC Wins Order Freezing Assets Of HMC International DJ
Senate strikes deal to extend Patriot Act USAT
Japan breaking out of economic slump CS Monitor
It’ll have its scares, but Japan is still the best story in town Economist
Put Currencies In One Basket To Beat Weak USD Dow Jones
No plan to bail out smaller banks: official China Daily
Sri Lanka raises key interest rates to rein in inflation AFP
Morales to Nationalize Bolivia Oil, Gas AP
Credit card debt catches up with Britons USAT
Qatar Finds a Currency of Its Own: Natural Gas NYT
Alberta's Riches Spark Resentment in Rest of Canada BL
Colombia sells coca-leaf soda CS Monitor
GZI REIT shares leap as much as 22.7pc on debut Standard
Mizuho fiasco will cost $440 million Australian
Wednesday December 21
Economy Expanded at a 4.1% Annual Pace in Third Quarter BL BEA
The Fed: Pulling on a Rubber Band AEI (Makin)
Musings on Assessing "Irrational Exuberance" DeLong
America's most-hated companies Economist
For Economist I.C. Clearlie, Future Isn't Cloudy Baum
Gold price tumbles, but Bull Market still intact MoneyWeb
Ongoing Liquidity To Further Support Gold Price AIR
Don't Ignore Gold's Message TheStreet
Gold seen marching into 2006 with fanfare Reuters
In turbulent times, gold becomes hot commodity AP
Home loans catch up to consumers Arizona Republic Mortgage applications fall
Housing boom no longer a credit lifeline for many in Valley
Fannie Mae's 2006 Outlook Mish
Banks raise credit card payments USAT Digging deeper to pay minimums
Higher minimums may not make for happy holidays
Calpine Files for Bankruptcy Protection AP
Kerkorian Sells 12 Million GM Shares After Stake Loses One-Third of Value BL
“Kerkorian and the board have both underestimated the challenge of resetting GM onto a profitable track. They both miscalculated.''
Toyota Closes In on G.M. NYT GM vows to stay on top AFP NWO?
In GM's glory days, no one could have foreseen its downfall Det FP
AOL, Google Seal $1B Deal ~ Microsoft Odd Man Out in AOL-Google Deal AP
Muni Agenda for '06 Features New Bonds, New Orleans BL
Ex-Qwest CEO Nacchio charged with insider trading Reuters
Game Maker Cuts Forecast as Industry Seems in Slide NYT
RIM CEO's tantrum Globe & Mail
Wal-Mart's Waiting Game in Japan Business Week
Wikipedia founder edits himself Times Online
New Yorkers face second day without mass transit CNN
Federal judge dismisses evolution challenge FT
Copper steady amid jitters as China's bad contracts about to fall due AFP
China takes steps to prevent miscalculation of economic statistics PD
Size Matters and China Just Got Much Bigger Pesek
Citigroup Leads $2.7B Bid for Stake in Guangdong Bank, People Say BL Barclays opens first China branch BBC
Nikkei hits 5-yr closing high, property firms lead Reuters
World imbalances: Economics, physics, philosophy? Reuters
The paradox of plenty Economist
One day soon poor countries may actually benefit from their natural resources
Bank minutes spark rate cut hopes Times Online
House prices drop for first time in 10 years Telegraph
MEP concerned about house repossessions Westmoreland Gazette
Foreigners own 30 per cent of India Inc Rediff
Ratting on a pension promise could become the norm... Independent
Union fury as Rentokil directors escape pension hit Times Online First of Many
Australia: The List of Shame Daily Telegraph
Pratt accused of price-fixing cartel SMH
6 brokerages willing to cede J-Com cash Asahi
Germany's Top Banker Faces Retrial AP
News Corp 'poison pill' case heads for court Guardian
U.S. Keeps a Wary Eye on the Next Bolivian President NYT
Saudi to build 26-billion-dollar new city AFP
Iraqi vote points to Islamist path CS Monitor
Tuesday December 20
Gold's under $500, at three-week low CBSM
Fed, Agencies Seek Tighter Mortgage Standards Amid `Interest-Only' Offers BL
Qwest's Former Chief Nacchio Is Charged in $100.8 Million Insider Trading BL
U.S. Nov. Producer Prices Fall 0.7%; Core Prices Rise BL BLS
Housing Starts Rise 5.3%, More Than Forecast; Permits Increase BL Census
MEW Drag McCulley
Inversion - Necessary But Not Sufficient Recession Condition Kasriel PDF
Why you'll grow rich...very slowly Money Magazine
Gross sees lower returns ahead from all kinds of assets.
Inflation Monster Captured Mish
Update on the Dollar Schaeffers
Gold Rises in London Trading After Decline Lures Jeweler Buying BL
Gold prices steady above $500 an ounce FT
Japanese gold buyers galvanised by softer yen FT
China's central bank drafts rules governing gold imports, exports AFX
Gold still glistens in 2006 FT
2006 will be shaped by the Federal Reserve Kellner
Major decisions loom quickly for new Fed chief CBSM
OPEB Shortfall Exceeds That of Pensions CFO
For the S&P 500, the underfunded OPEB liability totals $292 billion, compared with $150 billion for those companies' underfunded pensions.
Housing bubble deflating, says builders survey NAHB
Raising the Minimum Wage Sennholz
New York City Transit Workers Strike AP
Ford Credit debt pushed out of index FT
Toyota, Honda Expect Record U.S. Sales Next Year, Hurting General Motors BL
Icahn Doubts Google Best Partner for AOL AP
Nine books that will keep you from losing money Farrell
SEC Drops Case Against TenFold Execs CFO
Alaska Files Suit Against BP, Exxon Mobil AP
Wrong Package NYP
The claim alleges that the Merrill broker repeatedly assured Weyrauch that there was no "downside"...
Wal-Mart Admits Probe Over Hazardous Waste AP
$64B diamond industry rocked by fraud CNN
Man To Turn Over Hedge Fund Documents II
Citadel hedge fund cuts over 100 IT staff - source Reuters
Goldman to drop convertible arb hedge fund index Reuters
Dividends set to double by 2010 FT
In 1980, 469 companies in the S&P500 blue-chip index paid a dividend. That number reached a low of 351 in 2002.
Billionaires bank on bridge to trump poker USAT
China's Economy, Larger Than Thought, May Vault Ahead of U.K. BL
China, economic superpower IHT (NYT)
Asia rises; Nikkei gains on land deal CBSM
One of Japan's largest-ever property deals...
Japan to Cut Bond Sales for First Time in Nine Years on Tax Receipt Gains BL
Could A Yen Replay Of 1998 Unfold? BCA Research
Goldman's Courtis Says Japan Stocks Will Be Among `Worst' on the Yen BL
Asia Eyes Common Currency Reuters
IMF gives Brown an opportunity to drop the 'golden rule' Times Online
Education May Thwart India's Call-Center Dream BL
Tokyo Stock Exchange chief expected to quit over botched trade AFP
Rentokil May Need 380 Million Pounds for Pension Gap BL
UK retailers call for halt in EU war on Chinese plastic bags Times Online
Evans declines top job at Russia's Rosneft FT
Report: Rest of Yukos Assets to Be Sold Off Moscow Times
Governor of Bank of Italy finally resigns Guardia
Monday December 19
What happened to the Santa Claus rally? CNBC
Bank of Italy's Fazio Quits Amid Investigation of Bank Merger Oversight BL
SEC charges 2 with trading on Stern deal Reuters
Geezers' glimpses not all glum CBSM
Gold above $510 CBSM Fortis Monthly ~ Central Bank Gold Reserves GFMS
Calpers, Hermes Among Pension Funds Joining Oil, Metal Boom BL
Clinton’s boom holds lessons for Bush Brookesnews
What Happens When the Fed is Finished? Hussman
What Fed's Latest Mumbo Jumbo Means WSJ Chart
Fed chairmen and the scary mask CS Monitor
Bernanke faces an economic "accident waiting to happen"
On the verge of inversion CBSM
New Fed will need guts to keep raising rates
Federal Reserve plays major role in fate of 2006 market USAT
Harvard economist Feldstein challenges Fed's Greenspan CP
Despite what you hear, inflation is growing MSN
The Symbiosis Trap Roach
Housing markets to provide rate clues FT
Built on the boom: Realty feels a chill Sac Bee
Days of torrid buying, prices giving way to 'for sale' cycle
Media Creates Bubble Theory Mish Boom ~ Agents Aplenty
Global recession in the New Year? Business Standard
If interest rates in the US increase further, the property and retail bubble could burst, leading to a major turmoil
Liftoff, Soft Landing or Crash? Part II BnotB
So tonight we're going to party like it's 1998 Independent
Make deals and be merry for tomorrow we shall crash
Goldman Uses China to Reclaim Top Ranking in 2005 Asia Acquisitions BL
Dr. Altman Can Lay Odds on General Motors Default BL
FPL to Buy Constellation for $11 Billion, Doubling Nuclear-Power Business BL
Gold Bars for 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Go on Sale XIC
WTO deal 'one step better than failure' Times Online
Ayn Rand vs Korean Rice Farmers in Hong Kong Pesek
Rulebook torn up as link between energy prices and wages is broken King
A Question, Mr. Trichet. Why Is Dad Out of Work? BL
LBOs prompt European corporate concern FT
German Producer Price Inflation Fastest in 23 Years BL
Australian economy: why the jobs figures are dangerously misleading Jackson
Shanghai land sales up 52 pct but below target - report AFX
China bids for $100bn Iran energy pact Gulf News
Swedish government embraces peak oil EB The Price of Oil NYT
Goldman's Murti Says `Peak Oil' Risks Sending Prices Above $105 BL
Venezuela's Chavez Uses `Hedge Fund' to Buy Bonds, Sway Region BL
Argentina: The Social Debt Will Have to Wait IPS
Have Currency Investors Gone Loonie? To
Two Individuals Scoop Total $22 Million From J-Com Stock Trades BL
Customs Agents Seize Counterfeit Tamiflu AP
Time Persons of 2005: Bill and Melinda Gates, Bono Reuters TIME
Dollar May Continue Decline on Speculation US Rates Approaching Peak BL
Yen May Rise on Expectation Economic Growth to Accelerate BL
Weekend Edition (Dec 17-18)
The Week Ahead: Backing Down the Greenback CIBC PDF
Malls Full but Sales Not Spectacular AP
Holiday Buying May Not Push Dow to 11,000 AP
Beware the yield Grinch Globe & Mail
Do Trade Deficits Matter? Mauldin
Most Unfavorable of Legacies Noland
US Govt. Energy Forecast Zeal
U.S. House Prices Are Set To Slow BCA Research
Is It Bullish When the Market 'Ignores Bad News'? Prechter
Neighbors suspect scam in home sales Dallas Morning News
Suspicious swings in commodities CBSM
Despite gains, gold not for all investors AP
Time Warner to Sell 5% AOL Stake to Google for $1 Billion NYT
US watchdog probes $700m poker bid FT
Intel ends stock options for some employees Reuters
‘It's going to be a great trial,' Black says Globe & Mail
Upland man pleads guilty in $150-million scam SonS
Senate Rejects Extension of PAct AP Bush defends eavesdropping order
Santomero resigns from Fed job AP
Understanding China FT
China to be world's 4th biggest economy after GDP revision AFX
EU Orders Off-Balance-Sheet Disclosures CFO (FT)
Yamaha makes unexpected turn into biotech Times Online
Pressure mounts for Italy's central bank governor to quit Guardian
Italian bank chief says 'conscience clear' as heat mounts AFP
Friday December 16
U.S. Current-Account Deficit Shrinks to $195.8 Billion in Second Narrowing BL
Daily Forex Commentary BS
Will Bernanke Create Hyperinflation? Merk
A Tempest in a Teapot Comstock
A Quarter-Point, Thirteen Times, 18 Clueless Months EW
Are Corporate Bondholders Chopped Liver? Kasriel PDF
Stocks may face rough road in '06 CNN
CBO: U.S. likely to face long-term fiscal woes AFX CBO PDF
House Passes Bill to Fortify Pension Plans NYT
Main Street Believes Whatever Wall Street Tells It BL
Gold bounces back above $500, finds physical demand Reuters
National Bank Changes Its View On Gold AIR
Major gold bug says conspiracy beaten Globe & Mail
Where Is Gold Headed? Bonner
Commodity investment set to rise sharply Reuters
Sales of new homes plunge Sac Bee
Creative credit Christmas Fortune
Hedge funds avoid new SEC rules CBSM
General Motors Has Received Offers for Stake in Finance Unit, Wagoner Says BL
The Party Is Over For Consumer Electronic Retailers BCAR
CIT to Restate Due to Hedge Accounting CFO
BellSouth cutting 1,500 management jobs AP
Levitz to close 35 stores NYD
Goldman Sachs Pays Paulson $37M Bonus After Year of Record Earnings BL
Greenberg Opens Attack On Spitzer, Allegations WP
Enron Prosecutors Seek Gag Order After Speech WP
New Black Mark ~ Bear Pays $250M To Settle Trading Scandal NYP
Spoilers Loom for Japan Stock Bubble AP
German BConfidence Climbs to 5-Year High; Exports Spur Spending BL
BoE warns investors of risks in financial system FT
Bank fears financial threat from reckless lending and investing Guardian
Outsourcing: India's golden egg starts to crack Asia Times
2nd Chinese automaker aims at Detroit USAT
Italy's Tremonti says govt could move against Fazio FT
Ex-Yukos Official Fights Extradition Moscow Times
Evans considering Putin offer to head Rosneft FT
Argentine Peso Falls to 2 1/2-Year Low After IMF Debt Announcement BL
Liquidators admit defeat 23 years after bank folds Times Online
Christmas lists groan with toys made in China WT
Thursday December 15
Altria Shares Surge to All-Time High Reuters
The Big Chill USNews Where have all the shoppers gone? CNN
A winter fuel crisis of high prices and shortages could darken homes and factories
Snow's Future at Treasury Stirs Washington Gossip -- Yet Again BL
Foreign Holdings of U.S. Assets Unexpectedly Jump to Record $106.8 Billion BL
Industrial Production in U.S. Increases 0.7 Percent, Second Straight Gain BL
Consumer Prices Drop by Most Since 49 on Falling Costs for Energy BL BLS
U.S. Dec. Empire State index jumps to 28.7 highest '05 level NY Fed
Gloomsters refuse to budge Brimelow The Big Bet Janszen
Americans Banking On A Bubble The Day
You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to see the steam already fizzing out of the housing market.
Buy gold to hedge US dollar downside risk Faber
Gold May Correct Further On Pent-Up Tokyo Selling Dow Jones
Steadfastly Bullish: Bulls to Test US$502-514 then Rocket Bugos
Get Physical! Mogambo Tomorrow's Gold? Saxena
Gold prices warm but physical demand is left in the cold Scotia
GFMS Quarterly Newsletter GFMS PDF
CDU oppose Bundesbank gold sale for budget gaps Reuters
Commodity Strategists: Oil May Rise to $70 Next Year BL
Copper Set To Correct Lower If SRB Issue Resolved Dow Jones
Housing Prices to Stagnate For Years, Economists Predict CT
Brokers say rising mortgages may usher in era of 40-year loans R
Late mortgage payments up in third quarter, thanks to hurricane AP
Signs Of Cooling Courant
Crooked appraisers fuel scams CT
GM's Board Is Bad Slate
GM to Stop Paying Into Some 401(k)s AP
Ford retirees to pay part of health tab in new pact AP
Pension funds pin target on CEO pay USAT
S&P, Moody's (Buffett) Earn Record Fees From Derivatives Market BL
IRS Probes Another KPMG Shelter CFO
Enron's Lay and the search for honesty in business CBSM
Spitzer Says Ousted AIG Chief Greenberg Shortchanged Charity by $6 B BL
3 Hollinger Intl directors could face SEC charges Chicago Sun Times
Naughty NYSE NYP
Betting The Farm On The Weather Forbes
Snow Joke: Weather Can Make The Markets Move Crudele
Asia/Pacific: Liquidity Stalling Xie
Yen Has Biggest 2-Day Gain Since 2002; BOJ May End Cash Policy BL
IMF chief tells Japan to stick with ultra-low rates AFP
Bank of Japan urged to agree GDP plan FT
How Long Can The Nikkei Run Last? Business Week
Shanghai housing boom turning to bust China Daily
China Construction Bank launches mortgage securities AFX
Treasury secretary warns on deficits The Age
Kudrin Warns of Ruble Rise Moscow Times
Why hedge fund of funds are fatally flawed FT
Hedge funds' fees to buckle under dull performance Reuters
HSBC fined for blunder over insider trading data Times Online
Yes Car Credit closes with loss of 820 jobs Guardian
Poor nations leery of U.S. "aid for trade" Seattle Times
An Iraqi election primer CSM
Wednesday December 14
Gold under pressure, slides $10 Reuters
U.S. Treasuries Surge on Speculation Inflation Is Under Control BL
S&P 500 ends at 4 1/2-year high CBSM
Trade Gap Widens to Record $68.9 Billion on Oil, Auto, TV Imports BL Census
Import Prices Fall More Than Forecast on Cheaper Oil, Materials Costs BL
We're Still Too Exuberant Fortune Nope—We’re Too Gloomy?
The Rainwater Prophecy Fortune
Richard Rainwater made billions by knowing how to profit from a crisis. Now he foresees the biggest one yet.
Roach, Friedman Disagree About World's Shape Pesek
Fed Wraps Holiday Statement in Shade of Neutral Baum BW
Getting thrown a flat yield curve Cassel
Oil flat aahead of supply data AFX Super spike, Phase Two G&M
The dollar correction is upon us Black Swan PDF
Gold drops $7 after Fed hike, Tokyo futures tumble Reuters
Making Savings Worth Their Weight in Gold Moscow Times
Don't Believe The Excuses, Gold Is Simply Hot AIR
Gold Psychology: Beyond Gravity & Into Deep Space EW
Gold price surge triggers investment craze People’s Daily
Central Banks now Buying Gold Kitco
Company Insiders Sell, Suggesting Rally's End BL
Investors discarding junk bonds IHT (BL)
Yuletide investments, ho ho ho Economist
Structured bonds for retail investors, all the rage in Germany, can often turn out to be Santa’s little joke at their expense
US home loan applications fall as refinancing slumps MBA
Valley's market for resale homes relaxed in Nov. Arizona Republic
Rises in rent are found to outpace some wages Boston Globe
Risky mortgages could be harder to get USAT
Are Mortgage Lenders on Thin Ice? BW
When you -- and the IRS -- flip a condo MSN
Hedge fund managers offered malpractice insurance Reuters
Hedge Funds Are New Sheriffs Of Boardroom WSJ
26% of small firms raise prices--near the record BL
Wal-Mart Agrees to Buy Sonae's Brazilian Retail Business for $757 Million BL
Enron Traders Must Return $20 Million CFO
Hollinger Directors Thompson, Burt, Kravis Get SEC Warnings, People Say BL
Most investors flunk financial skills test: survey Reuters
Elderly Turn To Drug Dealing AP
Time Inc plans to slash jobs FT
Microsoft warns of critical Windows flaw Reuters
China to revise size of gross domestic product FT
China's great balancing act as it gains world prominence CS Monitor
Dollar Drops Most in 4-Months vs Yen After Tankan Survey Improved BL
Central Bank changes gold reserves publication rules RBC
Thai Central Bank Raises Rate 9th Time in 16 Months BL
Problems threaten faith in TSE Yomiuri
Italian banker taken into custody FT
Brokers told to watch sham online trades Yomiuri
Former hedge fund guru has 3 days to hand over gem stash Haaretz
Ex-Bush Official May Head Rosneft Moscow Times
Disgraced architect bowed to Kimura official's pressure to falsify report in 98 Asa
Britain eyes oil-storage safety CS Monitor
Protesters March as WTO Session Opens WP
The Endless Food Fight WP
Tuesday December 13
Fed Raises Rates, Drops Reference to `Accommodation' BL Statement
Time Bombs May Await Bernanke TheStreet
Retail Sales Rise 0.3%; Excluding Autos Decline 0.3% BL Census
IEA Raises Demand Forecast by 7.8%, Says More Needed From OPEC ~ OMR
OPEC reassures over oil supply Reuters
Households - Another Quarter Older And Deeper In Debt Kasriel PDF
9% No Change versus 92% for +25 bps CBOT
Word Junkies Get Ready for a Fix From the Fed Baum
Greenspan's Final Words on Rates Are Keeping Markets Guessing BL
Why Wouldn’t The Fed Want To Stop At 4-1/2% NT PDF
Enjoy your last Christmas before the bear market Farrell
Bracing for bears Dallas Morning News (Free R)
Investors look at stocks to load up on if market heads down
Sentiment Approaching Extremes TheStreet
5 big 'ifs' investors face in 2006 Jubak
How Debt Money Goes Broke FSU
Gold looks to steady after fall from highs Reuters
Gold Hangs In Balance As Japanese Take Profits Dow Jones
Triggering the negative sentiment was an announcement Monday by Tocom to raise margin requirements on gold...
Vertigo hits gold after tilt above $US540 AFR
Gold and Silver are Topping Moriarty
Supply of gold is bottoming out, analysts predict G&M
Didn't Pay Your Mortgage? Don't Worry Slate
Why banks are so afraid to foreclose on you
Realtors say market moving to 'more normal' times CBSM NAR
Author takes hard look at the boom Det FP “House Poor”
Derivatives Bet on GM, GMAC Threatens to Unravel Gilbert
S&P cuts GM's debt rating deeper into junk Reuters Bankruptcy possible
ConocoPhillips to Buy Burlington for $35.6 Billion to Expand Gas Reserves BL
Enron Debtholder Ruling Raises Hackles CFO
Enron's Ken Lay to Use Public Speech to Present His Defense BL
Is the Big Four Running Interference for Itself? CFO
Hedge Funds Will Never Outgrow This Hulking Beast Currier
Judges Grill SEC over Hedge Fund Rule FP
Companies Slow to Expense Options CFO
65 percent of public companies have not begun to comply with Statement 123R
China's Industrial Output Rose 16.6 Percent, Most in Five Months BL
China economy larger than previously stated FT
TSE takes fault in Mizuho error Asahi President may resign
Nikkei rises to 5-year high, steel shares gain Reuters
German Investor Confidence Jumps Most in 12 Years BL
'Dangerous' level of debt used to fund acquisitions Times Online
“If there is any kind of a downward turn in the economy we will see a spectacular level of failure. The debt levels are without precedent.”
Lending to commercial property leaps FT
S&P: State Control a Risk to Investors Moscow Times
Gulf stock market bubble 'likely to burst any time' Gulf Daily News
Britain is heading for 10-years of gas misery, say MPs TO Gas prices surge
UK manufacturers squeezed by higher costs FT
UK poor fall to lowest since 1987 BBC
2005 growth of credit derivatives - reasons, concerns and outlook Finance Mag
Credit-card market slows on 107% attrition rate: Visa Taipei Times
Portus co-founder faces jail in Israel G&M
CIBC fined almost $500,000 G&M
Lloyds pays customers £150m for endowment mis-selling Guardian
Bush says he does not live in a bubble Reuters Bush in the Bubble Newsweek
Like Father, Like Son, Bushes Believe Their Own Hype Crudele
Monday December 12
Federal Deficit Soars In November AP PDF File
Dollar dented ahead of Fed meeting CBSM
Chinese comments about dollar exposure add to stress
High oil prices are here to stay, Energy Dept. says AFX
Tice awaits US housing hard landing Reuters
Take this home market...and love it CNN
Gold cranks winning? Brimelow
Merck Judge Calls Mistrial in Vioxx Case After Jury Fails to Reach Verdict BL
The Global Capex Arbitrage Roach
Market omens suggest investors see end to Fed tightening Globe & Mail
Liftoff, Soft Landing or Crash? BnotB
A "Durable Sense of Doom" Hussman
Ben Bernanke scares me -- already MSN (Fleck)
US Money Printing to Continue! Faber PDF
Recession looming, some fear KC Star
How long before the debt bubble bursts? Newsday
U.S. Foreign Money Addiction Means Trouble AP
Markets grow wary about earnings guidance FT
FOMC, Data May Hurt Fragile Dollar This Week Dow Jones
What determines the exchange rate? Shostak
Funds propel gold to new 24-1/2-year high Reuters
Gold fever is setting in Mineweb
Gold Bears Better Seek Shelter In Short Term AIR
Bombing The Bears Schultz
The growing lure of gold Indian Express
Is It Spike-and-Bust - or Stairway to Heaven? SH
Popular myths don't explain rise in gold price Business Report
Commodities funds lured $15 bn in past five months BL
Shanghai Copper Futures Rise to Record on China Supply Concern BL
Saudi minister says OPEC may need to act if prices fall: rpt CBSM
Sellers chop asking prices as housing market slows Boston Globe
Cuts of up to 20% are now common as analysts see signs of a 'hard landing'
Investors need to get used to lower returns JS Online
More jobs moving offshore Knight Riddler
Hollow Empire Byron
Rocky times ahead for US auto sector AFP
Barrick Gold extends offer for Placer Dome BL
ConocoPhillips eyes $30 billion deal CBSM
Newly Bankrupt Raking In Piles of Credit Offers NYT
Bogle: Capitalism has suffered 'pathological mutation' USAT
Deadline nears for registering with SEC Times Online
What ever happened to the paperless office? CS Monitor
China Consumer Prices Rise Less Than Expected BL
Mizuho's $225 Million Stock Loss Is Japan's, Too Pesek
Tokyo Exchange's President May Resign BL
Aussie report issues warning on yuan The Age
Excessive borrowing leaves taxpayers facing an uncertain future King
China overtakes US as supplier of IT goods China Daily
China to be world top luxury goods consumer in 2015: Goldman Sachs Xinhua
Renault May Suspend Effort to Build Cars in China, People Say BL
Corruption Casts Doubt on Russia as G8 Leader Moscow Times
Reluctance to recognise clear warning signals Financial Express
Oil giant reveals burden of complying with Sarbanes-Oxley Telegraph
Report: Israel prepares strikes on Iran UPI Israel Denies
Weekend Edition (Dec 10-11)
The Week Ahead: Same Action New Words CIBC PDF
2006: Return of the dollar bears? Reuters
The Next Retirement Time Bomb IHT (NYT)
PIMCO's Simon on Slowing Housing Markets Allianz (Video)
As Though It Were Real Money Mauldin
US Fed likely to continue interest rate hikes: IMF chief economist AFP
HUI Leverage to Gold 2 Zeal
Taylor On Russell On Gold Taylor
Gold fever breaks out as the price tops $500 an ounce SF Chron
From the Flow of Funds Report - Some Noteworthy Aspects NT PDF
Americans burning corn to cut heating costs AFP
OPEC President Says Oil Price Is `Acceptable,' Seeks to Extend Output Plan BL
Medical Journal Criticizes Merck Over Vioxx Data NYT
Wal-Mart holds to sales forecast Reuters Says 'Jesus' campaign offends
1,000 Workers Protest Wage Cuts at Delphi AP
The Testing of Japan Roach
Chinese Machinery Imports Have Hooked Up BCA Research
Pensions rule change will cost businesses an extra £11bn a year Times Online
Ogre to Slay? Outsource It to Chinese NYT
Massive blaze rages at fuel depot BBC
Friday December 9
Gold fever rages as price tops $530 Reuters
Consumer Confidence Rises a Second Month as Gasoline Prices Ease BL
Oil Rises, NGas Surges to a Record as Cold Weather Increases Demand BL
Market Looks Toppy Comstock
P/E ratios remains well above historical norms Hulbert
Wimping Out Grant (Free R)
The Comming Bernanke Bust Forbes (Free R)
Bernanke Confuses Depression Cure with Disease Schiff
Fed walks fine line in changing policy statement Reuters
The Market Thumbing Its Nose at the Fed? EW
Mortgage Industry Job Losses May Rise With Interest Rates LA Times
With refinancings declining, layoffs at Ameriquest could be followed by tens of thousands at other companies
Even a flat housing market could cut growth CS Monitor
Bubble, Bubble -- Then Trouble Business Week
What's happening in Loudoun is a rapid shift in psychology -- a classic sign of a market turn. Double jeopardy for landlords CNN
Bond shorting is easy as ABCDS FT
What wager can you place if you believe the US housing market is going to stumble, knocking the wind out of consumer spending?
Can Consumers Save Christmas? Prudent Bear
Flu pandemic could cause recession CBSM PDF
2 million would die in severe outbreak, CBO estimates
House Completes Vote on Tax Cuts for $95 Billion NYT
Janus Manager Wins on Indian Stocks WSJ
But That Might Surprise His Investors
Merrill Lynch to pay 500 million dlrs to up stake in Indian venture AFP
Now Microsoft Wagers on India Business Week
Refco discloses securities sale BL
Carlyle Bidding On Food Chains WP
Buyback Fever Still Raging CFO
Jersey Fraud and Awe Fugitive Tied To Case Byron
Where would Jesus shop? AP
Icahn's Time Warner Play Catches Notice of the SEC NYSun
US court to hear challenge to SEC hedge fund rule Reuters
Conn. AG pushes ahead on more hedge fund rules Reuters
Hedge fund worry grows HChron
Gold renews rally, nears $530 an ounce CBSM
Growing Unease In Mkts As Gold Heads For New Highs Dow Jones BBC
Analysts see gold strong on funds and fundamentals Reuters
Appealing To Occam’s Razor to Explain Gold Above $500 Kasriel PDF
It's no longer flash, but gold is sparkling as never before Guardian Gold, 1980
This Time It Is Merrills To Increase Gold Price Forecasts AIR
As of Late, Gold Is Behaving Like an Actual Commodity NY Sun
Lustrous gold outshines the big currencies FT (R)
First Hearing by Congress on Peak Oil GPM Will We Run Out of Oil? GARP
Where's The Oil Money? WP
The pace of development in Dubai makes you dizzy: This tiny country is planning the world's tallest building, the world's biggest shopping mall, the world's largest fleet of jumbo airplanes. Asia/Pacific: Weak Oil Demand to Last Xie
Tougher Year Lies Ahead for OPEC NYT OPEC's limited oil-market control CBS
Monthly Indicators: A 90-Cent Petro-Dollar CIBC PDF
High gas prices alter driving habits USAT
Short view - Metal Prices FT
Japan's Economy Grows at Slowest Pace This Year BL
Mizuho Says Trader's Typing Error to Cost the Bank at Least $224 Million BL
“This will make Japan the laughing stock of the world” Mizuho scrambles
It is known as fat finger syndrome... Guardian
Tokyo shares tumble on brokerage's fiasco Asahi Nikkei Recovers
Japanese women turn to stocks as Nikkei rises Dow Jones
French Oct Industrial Production Unexpectedly Drops by Most Since 1999 BL
House prices rising at slowest rate in nine years FT
Brown blames slowdown on Bank Independent
China set to be world's sweatshop, report warns FT ICFTU
Nasdaq: No slowdown in Chinese IPOs CBSM
90% of World Top 500 invest in China China Daily
London Stock Exchange Rejects `Derisory' $2.6 Billion Macquarie Bank Offer BL
Buy-to-let lender shuns new flats Guardian
Debt turning into a dirty word AFR
Watchdog moves on cardboard cartel The Age
Zimbabwean president raps profiteering from arbitrary increase of prices Xinhua
Star hedge fund trader fights FSA inquiry Telegraph
Dofasco brass opt for gold Globe & Mail
Nissan to Hire More Women for Sales Force AP
OMON Raids Nemtsov Bank Moscow Times
Thursday December 8
Thursday December 8
Intel Scales Back High End of Quarterly Sales Forecast to $10.6 Billion BL
Crudel, Natural Gas Rise as Cold Weather Boosts Heating-Oil Demand BL
OPEC president calls on EU to help hold oil prices Petroleum World
Gold showing its precious mettle Globe & Mail
U.S. jobless claims increase in latest week CBSM
Funds lift gold to new peaks near $520 Reuters
Red-hot gold sets new peak, bracing for Christmas Reuters
Gold: Next Stop US$550/oz? AIR
Gold Recaptures its Glitter Bugos Gold, 1979
Physical gold demand tumbles with soaring prices MW
Why gold is soaring -- and could keep going MSN
Funds Blowing Foreign Bubbles? WP
Risky love affair with emerging markets comes at a price FT
Many key emerging markets, including Brazil, are trading at their tightest (spread) levels since the 19th century
Some Grim Omens for 2006 Business Week
Greenspan, in Letter, Opposes a Single Measure to Set Rates NYT
Bush's Economic Pep Talks Omit Yield-Curve Omen Baum
"...pretty soon it's dead, cha cha cha" Mogambo
Housing May Be Beginning a Decline UCLA PDF
Bearish housing reports hit homebuilder stocks IBD
Toll Brothers profit surges 72% CBSM
But luxury homebuilder uncertain on 2007 forecast
Top real estate stories of 2005 Inman
House Moves To Cut Taxes $94.5B WP More tax cuts, higher deficits EPI
Detroit carmakers could fall further Det FP
Kerkorian closes in on GM board presence Det FP
State sues 42 drug companies, alleges price fraud AP
Tribune to cut 900 jobs, take charges Reuters
Fund’s Quick Play NYP
Junk Default Rate at Eight-Year Low CFO
Martha: I'm Still a "Visionary" Business Week
Yen Gains - Report Shows Foreigners Bought Most Stocks, Bonds BL
BOJ Governor Fukui Says That Monetary Policy Change Is `Close' BL
ECB hawk refuses to rule out another rate increase FT
South Korean Central Bank Unexpectedly Raises Its Key Rate to 3.75% BL
New Zealand Raises Interest Rate a Quarter Point to Record 7.25 Percent BL
Taiwan to cap interest on credit cards FT
Journalists face jail after City Slickers verdict Times Online
Condo scandal fallout feared Yomiuri
Iraq oil production on the decline FT
Wednesday December 7
Consumer Credit in U.S. Unexpectedly Falls $7.2 Billion as Auto Loans Drop BL
Planned U.S. job cuts surge G&M
Gold Rises to 24-Year High as Fund Diversify From Stocks, Bonds BL
“Gold is emerging as a `fourth global currency”
Gold in stratosphere, wary of correction Reuters
Momentum Polishes Gold; Mind the Dollar TheStreet
Gold fever hits Shanghai China Daily
“People seem to be ready to buy at any price” Reuters
India's costly love affair with gold CS Monitor
Japanese hedgers keep gold at dizzy heights FT
New lease of life for scarce metal Financial Review
Can gold reach $900? (Rogers Q&A) Business Day
Investors Retreat From Housing Market WSJ
The pullback by investors is recent and is just beginning to show up in data.
Housing balloon may have sprung a few leaks BL
U.S. Housing Market Expected to Decline AP UCLA
Raising tax could burst real estate bubble Orlando Sentinel
Mortgage applications up last week MBA
Even healthy firms freeze or cut loose traditional pensions USAT
Oil Rises for Sixth Day, Topping $60 a Barrel, on Freezing U.S. Weather BL
Heating bill bump to hit 5-year high USAT
Wal-Mart revving up for more discounts? CNN
Ford's fix-it plan Detroit News
Up to 30,000 workers to be eliminated and at least 10 factories to close
Kerkorian, $400 Mln Loser on GM Stake, May Seek Bigger Role BL
GM says gov't can help ease US auto industry woes AFP
GM, Ford Must End Profitless Booms, Losing Busts BL
Ford can't please anybody CNN
Analysts: Delta faces liquidation CNN
Electric Boat to Cut Up to 2,400 Jobs AP
South Korea Watchdog Fines Microsoft $32M AP
American Corporate Reputations Fall CFO
Drowning in fines Economist
Regulators love to trumpet the big penalties they impose on financial transgressors. How they treat the money is almost a crime in itself
NYSE Approves Archipelago Deal, Setting Aside 213 Years of History BL
US giants to outsource more to India NYT
A lord's covenant Macleans
Nikkei Up AP Nikkei versus Nasdaq Schaeffers
The Japanese Recovery That Fell in the Woods Pesek
Nikko Says Japan's Rally to End BL
Strong Dollar and Weak Yen a Conundrum Meri’s PDF
Yen under seige but is an end in sight FT
Euro hits new all-time high against Japanese yen AP
New Optimism About the Japanese Economy After a Bleak Decade NYT
China copper auction falls short again AFP
Cheap, subsidised US cotton threatens Chinese farmers FT
Australia's Economy Grows Slower-Than-Expected BL Homes sales still falling
Kiwi crashes on “unsustainable” deficit FT
Golden rule needs assigning to the dustbin of history Independent
Fine wine bubble may now go flat Telegraph
TSE Trading tops $1 trillion Toronto Star
Cayman gloats over Bermuda’s hedge fund loss Royal Gazette
Now Tracking 450 Energy Hedge Funds PRN
Sri Lankan markets jittery as bullets fly AFP
Read between the pinstripes: Saddam still cuts a figure CS Monitor
Tuesday December 6
Gold at highest level in two decades CBSM
Analyst says $600 an ounce possible before year end
'Take this house and shove it' CNN
Three looming crises about to spoil the holiday Farrell
Third-Qtr Productivity Rises at 4.7% Rate; Costs Fall 1% BL BLS
Treasury 10-Year Notes Rise After Second Straight Decline in Labor Costs BL
Global: Five Risks Roach
Fed's End to Rate Increases in 2006 Berry
Yield Curves See Trouble On The Horizon Yu
Have Yield Curves Lost Their Predictive Power? BCA Research
Yield Curve vs. S&P 500 - Which One Should We Believe? NT PDF
This is Not a Picture of a Healthy Market Cross Currents
Timing the Credit Event Mish
To Spot Next Bubble, Watch International Funds Currier
One Economist's Yin and Yang (Bootle) Business Week
Gold Falls as Speculators See Gains Overdone BL
Gold tops $510/oz, highest since April 1981 Reuters
What Do Rising Gold Prices Mean? Paul
Rising gold is a political red flag Russell
Even at $500, it's still a barbarous relic Economist
The Gold Forecaster Financial Sense
In Nanning gold has jumped to 40% higher than the $ price in London. What's next? $1,000?
Why gold now glitters for investors CS Monitor
UAE gold sales register 25pc increase in '05 WAM
Gold dazzles S.Korea investors, but for how long? Reuters
Gold Sector Consolidation Heating Up RI
Tustain ~ Ackerman ~ Maund ~ NFS
What Dividends Really Yield Schaeffers
Buybacks muddle earnings DiMartino
Hedge Funds: Less for More NYS
Wall Street Sees Record M&A in 2006 CFO
Firms urged to stop issuing quarterly forecasts WP
Head of U.S. Chamber calls it a 'fool's game'
Americans Believe in the Real Estate Bubble PRWeb
Housing Bubble Bursts in the Market for U.S. Mortgage Bonds BL
Bonds backed by home loans to the riskiest borrowers, the fastest growing part of the $7.6 trillion mortgage market, have lost about 2.5 percent since September
No cooling in November for King County housing prices ST
Real Estate Fraud Booms LA Times
Keeping a wary eye on housing KC Star
Housing market to slow in 1Q06 NewRatings
Blog jabs at Marin real estate 'bubble' MarinJ
Sears goes shopping -- for the rest of Sears Canada Sun Times
Placer dismisses Barrick move to end rights plan Reuters
Verizon freezing managers' pensions; firms phase out plans USAT
Some Free Advice...... Crudele
NYSE May Set Aside 213 Years of History, Approve Archipelago Deal BL
NYSE Membership has its privileges Hulbert
Did Complexity Give Rise to Scandal? CFO
"Conformity to hundreds of technical rules became not a shield to protect investors, but a sword to be wielded against them."
Judge to Stelco parties: Stop 'playing chicken' Globe & Mail
More Canadians trying to fool taxman Globe & Mail
Monday December 5
Price gains slip, part two CNN
Stocks hurt by higher oil, rate worries CBSM
Forest from the Trees Hussman
3 can't-miss investing ideas that can miss MSN (Fleck)
Go Figure: Zeroing In on Market Milestones WSJ
Gold 500, Dow 11k and Nikkei 15k: Why odd things happen at round numbers.
S&P 500 May Drop If Full Pension Debts Disclosed BL
Only 21 percent of the $1.3 trillion in S&P 500 pension fund assets are currently reported on balance sheets.
Gold May Rise for a Fifth Week After Topping $500 BL
It's all nuts to me, Mr Bush TO $800 Gold? ~ The Bush Dollar
Two days after Bush was inaugurated the price of gold was $265.90 an ounce. Last week the gold price broke through the $500 dollars an ounce level; that means the dollar has been devalued in terms of gold by almost 50% in the 4-years and 10-months of this presidency.
Gold near 23-year high, seen strong ahead Reuters
Precious metals seen offering big rewards Reuters
Musings on gold price forecasts Morning Star
The Return of the Gold Bugs Newsweek Black Swan
Goldcorp to Acquire Eleonore Gold Project from Virginia Gold PR
Global Oil Fundamentals Zeal
Some oil executives worry prices may fall IHT (NYT) Tops $60
U.S. Natural Gas May Surpass Record on Freezing Weather, Poll Indicates BL
US economy and Pollyanna analysts BrookesNews
Labour market reform, the US experience and the productivity myth BrookesNews
Crunch Time for the Middle Class Consumer Affairs
Richest gift shoppers rein it in a little USAT
Retailers May Cut Prices Further to Salvage Holiday Sales BL
New Paths for Mortgage Giants WP Are GSEs now in Prayer? Mish
Old Way of Doing Business Will Not Work Anymore For Fannie, Freddie
Boston Scientific Offers to Buy Guidant for $25 Billion, Topping J&J's Bid BL
Automakers Are Lining Up Aid, But Just Don't Call It a Bailout WP
GM's $15 Bln Technology Unit Escapes Wagoner's Cost Cutting BL
What If GM Did Go Bankrupt... Business Week
Ford to Consider Closing Up to Four Plants to Stem North American Losses BL
Platinum Rally May End as GM, Carmakers Switch to Palladium BL
Bonuses Top $10 Million as Hedge Funds Bid for Energy Traders BL
Banks and brokerages generated $8 billion in commodities- related revenue last year, up from less than $1 billion 10 years ago...
Record Mergers in 2006 Seen by Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers BL
The Big Bo-Nanza Byron
Growing opposition frowns on Wal-Mart USAT
Wachovia’s Rat NYP
Christmas goodies for Greenspan Guardian
Yen Drops to 32-Month Low as Japan Officials Signal They Aren't Concerned BL
Japan Bonds Fall; Spending Suggests Growth, Shift in BOJ Policy BL
Britain to present last gasp budget offer to EU partners AFP
And, lo, Gordon came upon the stable and found a cyclical revenue shortfall King
CBI downgrades UK growth forecast BBC
Bollard tipped to lift rates to cool economy NZHerald
A 'Great Pipeline Race' in Canada WP
China: Key Aluminum makers to cut production by 10% Forbes
China's Pollution Should Be Reflected in GDP Pesek
Metals prices roar to new highs G&M
Weekend Edition (Dec 3-4)
Group of Seven Officials Put Pressure on China to Make Yuan More Flexible BL
G’Span Covers Legacy NYP
Empire of Debt Mauldin
The Fallacy of Consumption Schiff
Bill and Paul’s Wild Analytical Adventure Noland
Gold: Ductile, Beautiful, and Mute Grant Gold fever breaks out again SF Chron
The Bell Tolls for Gold US$600! Bugos
A Time in History Garrett
Greenspan bows out with warning on trade imbalances Independent
Cheapest homes in the costliest ZIP codes Forbes
Google stock: Bargain or bubble? AP
Icahn plans hostile bid for Fairmont Globe & Mail
Lear ordered to ship parts Det News
NYSE Glitch Co$ts Brokers NYP
The New York Stock Exchange tried to sweep a "major snafu" under the rug in its electronic trade reporting system.
Investors May Let Emotions Drive Decisions AP
Major cable companies raising rates AP
The amazing shrinking yen FT
China arranges US$618m bailout of company China Daily
Melbourne house prices at a high The Age
The Week Ahead: The Canadian Loonie - No Avian Flu Here CIBC
First REIT draws huge demand Taipei Times
MPs retire on 'gold-plated' pensions Telegraph
Unusually Harsh Sentence for Yukos Manager Moscow Times
Mazda Discourages Employees From Driving Yahoo
"What I think you are seeing right now is investors who are disregarding (the U.S. data) and putting their assets in gold" Reuters
Friday December 2
Gold prices end above $503, up $11 on week CBSM
W. House adviser says program reform needed Reuters
Remarks by Chairman Alan Greenspan on Budget Policy FED
Economy Adds 215,000 Jobs, Unemployment Rate Steady BL BLS
Secrets PIMCO (Gross)
Why 1994-1995 is not Relevant Today Comstock
Money Abuse is Alarming Dundee PDF
A few of us, not many, wonder how long this party can last
The Bulletproof Greenback? TheStreet
Gold hits 23-yr high ABC Gold to Correct Soon? Texas H
Sales booming despite the gold price in increase CCTV
Gold-Price Adjusted, We’re Still In A Recession Northern Trust
Copper And Gold Forecasts (Significantly) Up At UBS AIR
'Tis the season to buy some bling CNN
Gold and copper prices storm on Evening Standard
Drained at the Pump, Shoppers Cut Back NYT
US plans guidance on non-traditional mortgages Reuters
Home prices rise but pace slows CNN
Fat Merger Payouts For CEOs Business Week
Top execs at companies being acquired are reaping windfalls. Whose interest is being served?
Calpine considering filing for bankruptcy AP
Another Hedge Fund Discloses PIPEs Probe TheStreet
Hedge Fund Settles Trading Allegations WP
Clicks, bricks and bargains Economist
The internet was supposed to batter traditional retailers. Instead they are coming to dominate it
Wal-Mart is labelled 'bad for US' BBC
GM Plant Closings May Face Pension-Law Obstacle, Adding to Woes BL
The death of a GM dream IHT (NYT) My plan to rescue General Motors Jubak
Ford likely to close five plants: WSJ Reuters
Timmy’s files for $600 mln IPO Reuters
AIG chief, ex-CEO in China face-off? CNN
Black denies fraud, freed on 20 million dollar bail AFP
Merrill Unit Subpoenaed on Pensions NYT
Pfizer Fires Exec in Whistleblower Suit AP
Financial Guru Charged With Tax Fraud AP
G-7 Central Bankers, Chiefs May Clash Over Higher Interest Rates BL
Good Corporate News in China? Stop Laughing Pesek
Shanghai Auto, China Car Stocks Fall as Share Sales Proliferate BL
China to be world's largest OTC market Xinhua
China to Sell Another 20,000 Tons of Copper Xinhua Copper Rises To Record
Cult of equity begins the long march back to favour Independent
But for many it is already too late
Currency: Kiwi breaks new ground against euro NZPA
CIBC cuts jobs Globe & Mail
Thursday December 1
GM, Ford, Chrysler Monthly Sales Decline in U.S.; Toyota's Jump 10 Percent BL
Manufacturing sector grows at slower pace AP ISM
U.S. retailers post mixed sales for Nov. AP
Gold hits 18-year high above $500 CBSM Gold enters new 'phase' Brimelow
October Personal Spending Rises 0.2%; Core Prices Up 0.1% BL BEA
Initial Jobless Claims in the U.S. Declined 17,000 to 320,000 Last Week BL
Gold ticks up to $497 on funds I-Net
The Times They Are (About To Be) A Changin' Contrary Investor
Labor’s New Math Crudele
Tomorrow morning the public will be treated to the next batch of senseless employment numbers.
Major central banks move to mop up excess cash Reuters
Adams: G-7 Needs Help Curbing Global Economic Risks BL
Questioning the equity cult MoneyWeb
More Spent Than Earned... So What? EW
The World Is Tilted Newsweek America's Debt Time Bomb AlterNet
The popular idea that America is one step smarter and more sophisticated than its rivals is a dangerous myth, and a threat to the global economy
The US needs more debate about reducing its deficit CS Monitor
Merrill Lynch Says Dollar Will Fall, Trims Forecasts for Decline Next Year BL
The Dollar Repatriation Conjob Willie
Housing Overvaluation Wachovia PDF
Housing Price Risk In Home Equity Transactions
December Option Advisor Commentary Schaeffers
Hedge Funds Buy Life Insurance Policies to Ply New Profit Path BL
AIG's Robert Discolo Talks Hedge Fund Talent TheStreet
Pension funds play catch-up with high rise of real estate Benefit News
U.S. savings bonds seen making a comeback MSNBC
Goodbye ROI DestinationCRM
Buyout Groups Agree to Historic LBO CFO
It’s beginning to look a lot like the 1980s.
US carmakers at crossroads CS Monitor
Yahoo's Strategy: Stay Out of Microsoft's Crosshairs? Wharton
Google's open skies raise cries CS Monitor
Wal-Mart's Sales Gain as Holiday Shoppers Buy Clothes, Plasma Televisions BL
Hollinger executive a no-show Globe & Mail
SEC charges against Scrushy dropped, for now Reuters
Research In Motion Judge Says BlackBerry Accord Not Valid, Orders Hearing BL
Samsung Pleads Guilty in Price-Fixing Case AP
Doctor: Vioxx Was Factor in Man's Death AP
The Greenspan Warnings BullionFund
Review of 'Greenspan's Fraud' by Ravi Batra TownOnline Book
Bernanke's Looming Emergencies Howe
1-In-4 Spend Less Than 1-Hour on Work When Working From Home PRN
ECB Raises Rates for First Time Since 2000, Defying Politicians BL
Japan's Nikkei 225 Closes at a Five-Year High BL
Canadian savings rate inches higher, still negative Globe & Mail
South Korean Consumer Prices Post Biggest Drop in 19 Years BL
Australia: Deficit, foreign debt soar AAP
China Wants Iron Ore Exporters to Ease Prices as Steel Demand Falls BL
Chinese bosses to get western-style incentives Telegraph
Pension fund investment in commodities to grow Reuters
Paper company Domtar Inc. cutting 1,800 jobs, closing several mills CP
U.S. Military Covertly Pays to Run Stories in Iraqi Press LA Times
Venezuelan parties withdraw from election NYT US Denies Role
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