Noteworthy Financial Stories for December 7

Gold
Gold Can’t Beat Checking Accounts 30 Years After Peak
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=axdpxBrQ9JTg&pos=3

Dollar
Dollar Fear Trumps Greed in Guarding Against Rebound
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aZuUmlXtfpcU&pos=4

Requiem for the Dollar
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704342404574575761660481996.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_RIGHTTopCarousel


Stock Market
Options Signal Stock Peril as Analysts See Profits
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aWR6YjdVs0s4&pos=6

Market Outlook: JP Morgan Bullish on European Equities
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/12/07/87351/jp-morgan-forecasts-20-rise-for-euro-equities/

Will investors embrace "risk" trades in 2010?
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5B34OA20091204

Dollar’s data-driven rally holds back stocks
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8c516f7e-e2fd-11de-b965-00144feab49a.html


Banks
No Escape From TARP for U.S. Banks Choking on Real Estate Loans
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aaoaOoxV9AmU&pos=11

Quarter in U.S. foreclosure plan late on payments
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0517257820091205

MBA: CMBS deterioration continues
http://blogs.reuters.com/rolfe-winkler/2009/12/07/mba-cmbs-deterioration-continues/


Fed
House likely to move on regulatory reform by end of the week
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/70791-house-likely-to-move-on-regulatory-reform-by-friday

Economy improving, faces headwinds: Fed's Bernanke
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5B632Z20091207

Economy
Few believers of Nonfarm Payrolls
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/12/07/87321/those-unbelievable-us-payrolls/