Sunday morning links
Sunday, March 29, 2009
TOP STORIES
• Geithner says U.S. ready to aid auto restructuring - Reuters
• G20 marches begin week of protests in Europe - Reuters
• Will the world run out of gold? - Commodity Online
• Bank plan a cure-all? Don't bet on it - MSN Money
• Reviving the shadow banking system - Globe & Mail
• Is there any gold inside Fort Knox? - TimesOnline
• Markets again bet the worst is past - LA Times
• Revisiting the Global Savings Glut Thesis - Prudent Bear
MARKETS/INVESTING
• Now the Long Run Looks Riskier, Too - NY Times
• Bullish Silver: The rise and run of silver prices - Commodity Online
• U.S. stock rally to be tested by jobs, earnings, G20 - MarketWatch
• Stocks Seen Through a Wide-Angle Lens - Barron's
• Emerging-market equity funds receive big inflows - MarketWatch
• Investors agonize: Is it time to get back into stocks? - LA Times
ECONOMY
• Preview: Joblessness Probably Rose to 25-Year High - Bloomberg
• Florida unemployment rate hits 9.4 percent - Miami Herald
• Q1 GDP will be Ugly - Calculated Risk
• Saving Money is Bad for the Economy - MyBudget360
• Jobless Rate Exceeds 10% in Three More U.S. States - Bloomberg
INTERNATIONAL
• Call for global currency wins int'l backing - CHINADaily
• It's time to admit inflation is going to be a major problem - Telegraph
• George Soros: Britain may have to seek IMF rescue - TimesOnline
• German chancellor opposes stimulus spending - MarketWatch
• Obama Will Face a Defiant World on Foreign Visit - NY Times
• China has room to reduce interest rates - report - MarketWatch
• South Africa Reserve Bank to hoard gold - iAfrica
• New reserve currency idea needs work-German minister - Reuters
HOUSING
• Confused in California - CNN/Money
• Housing Recovery? What Housing Recovery? - Minyanville
• Fed’s MBS Purchases Up from Last Week - HousingWire
• Why Are These Renters Smiling? - NY Times
FED/TREASURY/BANKING
• Money creation and the Fed - EconBrowser
• Bankers: Take your TARP money back - CNN/Money
• BofA May Increase Salaries for Investment Bankers - Bloomberg
• Alan Greenspan's Disingenuous Financial Times Comment - Naked Capitalism
INTERESTING
• Another AIG Exec Freaks Out, Starts A Blog - ClusterStock
• Goldman Bailed Out 2 Executives - NY Times
• Bernie Madoff on a baseball card - AP