Gold notches weekly gain, ends at four-week high MW
Payrolls Rise Less Than Forecast; Unemployment at 6.7% BL
Seesaw Rider Gross
Janet Yellen: The Sixteen Trillion Dollar Woman TIME The Big Issues BL
“You know, a lot of people say this (asset buying) is just helping rich people. But it's not true...”
Will history look kindly on Ben Bernanke? The Week
Is Bond Valuation Stretched? BCAR
The Most Reliable Indicator Of An Approaching Market Top Forbes
California baby boomers and the golden real estate handcuffs Dr. HB
Why fiscal sustainability matters VOX
The Senate Awakes NYS
What’s That You’re Calling a Bubble? Harvard BR
Why ‘Too Big to Fail’ Is a Bigger Problem Than Ever Fiscal Times
Debt Rule Faces Dilution as Regulators Heed Bank Warnings BL
Pot Shares Rally 21% to 1,700% as Speculators See Green BL
Alcoa Misses Estimates as Aerospace Inventories Soar BL
The Bitcoin-Mining Arms Race Heats Up BW
Is virtual money as good as gold? China Daily
Corn Pile Biggest Since 1994 as Crop Overwhelms Use BL
Oil Breaking Down BeSpoke
Rise in Total Gov't Debt - to 30.3 Tln Yuan - Means Change Is Needed Caixin
China Exports To Face Tough 2014 as Yuan Climbs WSJ
George Osborne Tells Vince Cable To Stop Warning About A New Housing Bubble HP
Deflation is deflation even if you deserve it Saft
Barroso triumphant as jobless Europe wastes five years of recovery Pritchard
Mint condition: countries tipped as the next economic powerhouses Elliott
China’s 2013 auto sales grow by double digits to reach nearly 22m Shanghai Daily
Canadian Housing Starts Slightly Add To Q4 Growth Scotia
Economist warns against Norwegian housing bubble Norway Post
Dubai to control ‘flipping’ to avert new property bubble Al Arabiya


Bank of America Merrill Lynch slashes gold call to $1,150 and warns it could get uglier MW
Fewest Claims in a Month Show U.S. Labor Market Mending: Economy BL
Liberation Theology is back as Pope Francis holds capitalism to account   Pritchard
Cashin: This could spark 'outright selling' CNBC
Can the Yen Carry Trade Offset Fed Tapering? Dorsch
"Financial Openness and Currency Crises" EB
Richter: “This Chart Is A True Representation Of The Employment Crisis In This Country” ť Yves
Mr. Market Nips at Yellen’s Heels Baum
Yellen, A Hydraulic Keynesian, Will Deliver 'That '70s Show' Re-Runs Forbes
Janet Yellen, the Nation's New Chief Slumlord Smith
It's An Historically Bad Time To Kill Unemployment Benefits HP
Current Fed Policy: An Exercise in Keynesian Folly Mises
Five things that keep Goldman Sachs up at night CNBC
Funds With $100 Billion May Be Too Big to Fail, FSB Says BL
SocGen Rates Goldman, Deutsche Bank Sell Amid Bond Bear Market BL
Miners' credit ratings at risk as Moody’s cuts gold price forecast G&M
10 Reasons the Gold Bugs Lost Their Shirts Ritholtz
Hedge Funds Up 7.4% in 2013 to Trail S&P 500 for Fifth Year BW
Hunt for Kazakh Bank’s Missing Billions Leads to Riviera BL
US to be energy self-sufficient by 2020: Exxon Mobil CEO CNBC
Toyota Unveils Zero-Emissions Hydrogen Fuel-Cell ‘Car Of The Future’ For Sale Next Year TP
China's December PPI down 1.4% China Daily
China Vehicle Sales Beat 20 Million as Smog Chokes Cities BL
China’s Liquidity Paradox Project Syndicate
Brand Expert Interview:'The Chinese Have the Necessary Vision' Spiegel
If I had told you 25 years ago that South Korean brands like Samsung or  Hyundai would successfully enter Germany, you would have called me  crazy.
Brand Expansion:China's Race to Conquer World Markets Spiegel
For Japanese, Deflation Fears Linger Despite Rising Prices WSJ
Fears for recovery after 'disastrous' Christmas for UK's biggest retailers Tele
Top Forecaster Sees 6% Lira Meltdown Before Vote BL

Fed Officials Saw Declining Benefits From QE, Minutes Show BL Minutes
US ADP Beats, But Still Tracking Nonfarm Poorly Scotia
“Brain bugs” can kill Wall Street’s roaring bull Farrell
What could go wrong for stocks? Kellner
Obama Has Re-Inflated The Housing Bubble IBD
A Flurry of Downgrades Kick Off the New Year BeSpoke
Bonds At Risk? Merk
200 Years of American Financial Crises DealBox
Congress Makes NASA Finish Useless $350 Million Structure BL
Secular stagnation III - minus the irony Keen PragCap - Mish - Smith - Yardeni
Atlanta housing auction lures big money investors CNBC
IMF planning to raise growth forecasts: Lagarde CNBC
Cities Mull Using Eminent Domain To Seize Mortgages IBD
JPMorgan to Pay $2.6 Billion Over Madoff Scheme Laps BL
J.P. Morgan banker joked about Madoff firm MW
Why Is It So Cold? The Polar Vortex, Explained BW
Japan offers to lend US half the cost of 'Super Maglev' train between Washington and Baltimore
As Polar Vortex weather event hits, natural gas prices skyrocket G&M
Commodities Update: The polar vortex heats up markets Danske
What Investors Do, And Policymakers Need To Do When The Price Of Gold Falls Forbes
Eurozone unemployment steady for 8th month running AP
Europhoria or europhobia: Which camp are you in? CNBC
Ireland makes storming return to international bond market Guardian
Economic Health:Has Greece Turned a Corner? Spiegel
Cautious stance hits pre-owned home sales Shanghai Daily
Is China About to Let the Yuan Rise? Don’t Bank on It WSJ
Corporate Credit Risk Soars to 4-Year High Chosun
Singapore government to tax some bitcoin transactions TA
Solar firms face 'total eclipse' in US China Daily
Bets against the Canadian dollar near 'extremes' G&M
Why are China and Japan accusing each other of being Voldemort? CSM

Yellen confirmed as Fed chairwoman MW  The Fed’s Miracle-Gro Policy FOX  Irwin
That Was The Weak That Worked: Part II Things That Make You Go Hmmm...
“I’m Back” Saut
Buybacks, Great Rotation, and Melt-Up (excerpt) Yardeni
Yardeni: 2014 will be a year of rational - or irrational - exuberance MW
Turn the Page: Outlook for Economy/Stocks in 2014 Sonders
Default, and other ugly words Saft
Will the bull market in U.S. stocks last? Wasik
Trigger$ G. Long
Richard Russell - The Greatest Scandal In US History King
Jobs report: The good, the bad & the schizo Crudele
U.S. inequality is curable Hutchinson
Global Forecast Update Scotia
IMM positioning: Speculators stayed put over the holiday period Danske
Dr. Doomlove, or How Nouriel Roubini Learned to Stop Worrying BW
Corporate Credit Spreads Tighten in 2013 to Pre-Credit-Crisis Levels Morningstar
Hedge Funds Raise Gold Wagers as Yamada Sees $1,000 BL
The Chart Jamie Dimon Doesn't Want You To See HP
Wall Street Bitcoin Fans Try to Make Real Money From Virtual BL
Executives spared in JPM’s Madoff deal: Sources CNBC
Insider trading trial puts SAC hedge fund under further pressure Guardian
China’s reforms: The pain begins Stephen
Few Specifics Mean China Banks Could Stay in the Shadows WSJ
New year, new woes for China stocks CNBC
Arrival of “bad inflation” trend bodes ill for Japan’s rebound BL
Emerging markets' output growth slows in December - HSBC Reuters
Bank of England to launch probe into near-collapse of Co-op Bank Telegraph
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s rate ‘pressure’ weigh-in is more meddling Canada
The next sudden stop VOX
China Aims to Conserve Water by Charging Heavy Users More BW

Why gold briefly “crashed” MW
Services in U.S. Expand at Slower Pace Than Forecast BL
Confidence Abounds Hussman
Rate expectations Price
George Soros warns that Chinese slowdown is biggest worry in 2014 Guardian
U.S. market is on a high, but there’s still room Rosenberg
'War of Worlds': Capitalism vs. Planet Earth Farrell
The Bubble Is Back NYT
Business Cycle Monitor: Global leading indicators point to increasing activity Danske
"Is the U.S. economy really about to go boom?" EB
Strategies for sustainable growth Summers
The Great Malaise Drags On Stiglitz
Fed Admits It's Clueless How QE Works; Radical Suggestion Mish
In Terms of Real Stuff, the Dow's "New High" Is Pure Illusion Smith  RB
Do The Hustle Surowiecki
Gold Analysts Get Most Bullish in a Year After Rout: Commodities BL
Casting a wide net for deep value G&M
JPMorgan Chase Nears a $2 Billion Deal in a Case Tied to Madoff DealBook
Office vacancy rates in U.S. unchanged amid sluggish job growth Reuters
Chinese tycoon wants to 'rebuild' New York Times AFP
China services industry growth slows, confirms year-end cooldown Reuters
China issues fresh curbs on shadow banking Reuters
China local government debt has risks for central govt: Moody’s The Star
China’s local government debt and contingent liabilities are now much higher than what National Audit Office had reported
Real estate, a real problem China Daily
China's real estate sector is now moving like a runaway train...
Neway IPO to test post-reform China markets Finance Asia
Taiwanese government disallows Bitcoin ATM installation Tech in Asia
Chinese 'Tobin tax' knocks hopes of City trading hub Telegraph

Treasury Yields Climb to Highest Since 2011 as Tapering to Begin BL
Forecast 2014: The Human Transformation Revolution Mauldin
Issues 2014 Noland
The Bearish Call to End All Bearish Calls WSJ
"Based on our longer-term time cycles the present stock market rally must be considered the bubble to end all bubbles"
Why 2014 summons the ghost of stock markets past MW
How to lose money in the market in a hurry Hulbert
Will The Market's 2013 Winners Also Be Winners in 2014? Harding
Gold has its S.O.S. moment, and it's bullish MW
Plosser Warns Fed Shouldn't Try to Offset Potential GDP Loss BL Rosengren
Bernanke: One Of My Last Lies Denninger
Crude: Chop, Chop, Chop Swenlin
Global Views Scotia
Weekly Focus: Fall in inflation will put pressure on ECB to cut rates Danske
Silver Short Squeeze 2 ZEAL
Someone Please Help New York Times With Econ 101 Baum
A Roadblock to Brawny Bank Reform Morgenson
Solar Power Craze on Wall St. Propels Start-Up NYT
Noah's Ark Risks Collapse Without Bond Buyers by February BL
How Wall Street got snowed on weather derivatives Fortune
'Dead' banker Aubrey Price, who allegedly embezzled millions, captured CNBC
NFL Fans Forgo Playoff Tickets, Prefer the Couch WSJ
Retirement cautionary tale: Ex-VP flipping burgers MSN

Unemployed in Europe Stymied by Lack of Technology Skills NYT
Al-Qaeda Fighters Take Fallujah as Iraqi Army Attacks BL
Canada Competition Bureau drops yen Libor probe Reuters


U.S. Stocks Fall 2nd Day as Investors Weigh Fed Comments BL
Speech by Chairman Bernanke on the Federal Reserve: looking back, looking forward FED
U.S. small businesses borrowed more in November, index shows Reuters
Never Saw It Coming Greenspan
Why the Financial Crisis Took Economists By Surprise
IMF paper warns of 'savings tax' Pritchard  1930s-style debt defaults likely CNBC
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Financial and Sovereign Debt Crises: Some Lessons Learned and Those Forgotten R and R
Featured Article: Historic Optimism in the Stock Market - What Does it Mean? EW
1.3 Million People Lost Unemployment Benefits. It Could Get Ugly BW
Dent Says `Demographic Cliff` to Cause Stocks Crash (Audio) BW
Gloomy Americans foresee a downhill slide to 2050 AP
Regression to Trend: A Perspective on Long-Term Market Performance Short
Watt, Subprime Fox, Is In The Henhouse FOX
Mark that date - Jan. 6, 2014. It will live in infamy as the start of the next housing bubble.
Gross's Mistake on Fed Taper Echoes Across Pimco Funds BL
Reinhart-Rogoff Find Hangovers in Bank Crises: Cutting Research BL
Could currency wars make a comeback in 2014? CNBC
Contrarian call: US dollar to weaken further in 2014 CNBC
Has The Fed Been A Failure? CATO
"For a Few Dollars More: Reserves and Growth in Times of Crises" EB Dash of Insight
Are All Traders Useless Morons? Ritholtz
A Defense of Big Banks Goes Long on Straw Men & Conspiracy Theories Lowenstein
Manhattan Home Sales Rise to Year-End Record in Deal Rush BL  FT
Bankers pay - The law of small(er) numbers Economist
Record Highs on Wall Street in Pot Sector TIME
IPO approvals start rolling in China Daily
China December services PMI falls to four-month low Reuters
China 'major' uncertainty facing world economy: Soros CNBC
Signs pointing to local realty bubble in Taiwan: minister China Post
Bank of Finland Warns Debt Level Poised to Double: Nordic Credit BL
David Cameron denies Help to Buy is pushing up housing prices Inde
Full-Blooded Aussie House Price Boom A Headache For RBA WSJ
Zimbabwe: Foreign traders causing cash shortages AP

Jobless Claims in U.S. Fall to Lowest Level in a Month BL
Great dollar rally of 2014 as Fukuyama's History returns in tooth and claw Pritchard
The West Must Allow a Power Shift in International Organizations, Part 2 Triple Crisis
"What The Bubble..." Chart Of The Day: Half Of Loans Issued In 2013 Were "Covenant Lite" ZH
Dr. Doom is getting optimistic, and says call me Dr. Realist MW
There are all sorts of reasons to remain bullish Aden
Could the Fed Lose Control of the Frankenstein Economy It Has Created? Smith  Mish
IMM positioning: JPY most sensitive to Fed tapering announcement Danske
Billionaires Worth $3.7 Trillion Surge as Gates Wins 2013 BL
Why American Companies Are Holding Onto $5 Trillion In 'Cash' Forbes
Gold Rebounds With Silver After Worst Annual Retreats Since 1981 BL
Gold's prospects in 2014 look tarnished MW
Why gold bugs should brace for an awful 2014 CNBC
Bitcoin Is a High-Tech Dinosaur Soon to Be Extinct BL
New local bonds OK'd to pay off old debt China Daily
PBOC's liquidity injections fell in 2013 China Daily
Economists React: China's Manufacturing Sector Runs Into Trouble WSJ
China€'s Policy Disharmony Roach
International Implications of Thailand's Internal Squabble Asia Sentinel

Stocks end 2013 with bang; Dow industrials up most since 1995 MW
2013 - Dense Fog Turns Into Toxic Smog JimQ
Assessing Fiscal Sustainability Mercatus
Cohen's SAC ends life as hedge fund with double-digit returns Reuters

China Manufacturing Gauge Declines Amid Risks for 2014: Economy BL
Greece: Numbers improve, problems worsen in 2014 AP
Abenomics in 2013: Is Japan Back? Diplomat
Canadas seven deadly economic problems G&M
Ssangyong Building Firm Goes Bust Chosun
Thousands march in Hong Kong in escalating battle for democracy Reuters

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