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Some of the best, brightest and most objective economic research is originating in the blogosphere. I hope you enjoy these analysts and postings as much as I do.

Today’s Research

  • Business Blog Rankings: Trumped by Krugman & Sorkin! - Monthly Business Blog Rankings from Wikio Top 20 Business Blogs, according to Wikio, which uses a weighted link based ranking system (see methodology here) 1 The Conscience of a Liberal 2 DealBook – New York Times blog 3 The Big Picture 4 Calculated Risk 5 Techdirt 6 felixsalmon.com 7 Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Brad [...]
  • The Apathy Trade - Mike Santoli in this mornings Barron’s: Flows into and out of funds, and new investment-product launches, tell a story compatible with the apathy trade notion. A net $42 billion has flowed out of U.S. stock mutual funds since April 2009, while a net $450 billion found its way into bond funds. And the most avidly [...]
  • Ferrari 458 Italia Brings Sexy Back to High Speed Road Cars - > More photos at automobile mag > Source: Ferrari 458 Italia Has Enough Superlatives to Match the Sticker LAWRENCE ULRICH NYT August 19, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/automobiles/autoreviews/22ferrari-italia.html
  • Friday Night Jazz Funk: Do the Push and Pull - This song has been stuck in my head for weeks now: “(Do The) Push and Pull (Part 1)” is a 1970 single by Rufus Thomas. This was the only number-one song for Thomas — Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles chart for two weeks in February 1971 — who hit the R&B chart in 1953. Thomas [...]
  • Who’s Got The Gold / Who’s Mining It ? - Ever wonder which countries have the biggest gold reserves? Which countries produced the most gold? Now, via Money Hacker, you know exactly who and how much: > click for ginormous oversized infographic Source: Money Hacker
  • What Are the Limits of Sapient Judgment? - George Mobus teaches computer science to undergraduate and graduate students at the Institute of Technology, Computing & Software Systems at the University of Washington, Tacoma. His background is quite broad: He has a PhD in Computer Science, an MBA in Decision Science, and a baccalaureate in Zoology (with substantial coursework in math, chemistry, and oceanography) [...]
  • Yahoo Tech Ticker Appearances - I did a few Yahoo Tech Ticker videos with Henry Blodget on Wednesday (9/1/10), Readers have asked to be updated when these appear, so — you can see the vids here: • Bear Days of August Might be Over • House Prices Are Still 10% Too High > One interesting note: You MUST read the [...]
  • Bankers’ Song – We Didn’t See It Comin - How Wall Street Made The Crisis Worse” by NPR’s Planet Money in collaboration with ProPublica This song, fondly entitled “We Didn’t See It Comin”, by The Gregory Brothers with some help from various titans of finance, not to mention the FCIC, scrutinizing in the key of B minor. Planet Money: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/ ProPublica: http://www.propublica.org/ Lyrics after [...]
  • Bear Days of August Might be Over - > Source: Bear Days of August Might be Over, Says Barry Ritholtz Stacy Curtin Yahoo Tech Ticker Sep 02, 2010http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/bear-days-of-august-might-be-over-says-barry-ritholtz-535389.html
  • House Prices Are Still 10% Too High - > The Palm Beach Post reference was to this group of realtors back in March 2007: Quote of the day: Realtors Get Real. Classic stuff . . . > Source: House Prices Are Still 10% Too High, Says Barry Ritholtz Henry Blodget Yahoo Tech Ticker Sep 02, 2010 http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/house-prices-are-still-10-too-high-says-barry-ritholtz-535388.html