Noteworthy Financial Stories for January 11 (&8th)

January 11

What Are The Experts Predicting For 2010?
http://www.bigtrends.com/articles/dailytrendwatch/2294-what-are-the-experts-predicting-for-2010.html

Analyst: Banks face headwinds in 2010
http://www.snl.com/InteractiveX/article.aspx?CDID=A-10559828-11819&KPLT=4

Morgan Stanley provides CRE outlook for 2010
http://www.snl.com/InteractiveX/article.aspx?CDID=A-10557422-12341&KPLT=4

Commercial property returns to grow in 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6091NU20100110

Bank Profits Means Stocks at 15% Discount to S&P 500
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aOzcv87Juyq8&pos=2

Thain Says Fee for Being ‘Too Big to Fail’ May Be Solution
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a.Yx.2g6CR4Q&pos=7

Dubai’s First Foreclosure May Open Floodgates in Worst Market
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=a4TwfiSIfjdM&pos=10

Stocks Analysts Hated Beat the Ones They Loved: John Dorfman
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=aWBgYmvybThg

BofA Merrill Says S&P 500 May Reach 1,250: Technical Analysis
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601084&sid=awb87SuxQLqU

Credit Suisse: Buy Norway
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/01/11/123636/norway-buy/

The Economist: Bubble
http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2010/01/hey_the_next_bu.html

The New Smart Money?
http://www.financialarmageddon.com/2010/01/the-new-smart-money.html

Lessons from Merrill Lynch
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/01/lessons-from-merrill-lynch/

25 Ways to Get Smarter in 2010
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-12-28/25-ways-to-get-smarter-in-2010/?cid=hp:originalslist4#gallery=1094;page=1

America slides deeper into depression as Wall Street revels
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/6962632/America-slides-deeper-into-depression-as-Wall-Street-revels.html

The VIX Becomes Worthless, Again
http://247wallst.com/2010/01/08/the-vix-becomes-worthless-again-vxx-vxz/

Sentiment Overview: Week Of January 8th, 2010
http://www.tradersnarrative.com/sentiment-overview-week-of-january-8th-2010-3451.html

Sentiment Overview II
http://thetechnicaltakedotcom.blogspot.com/2010/01/investor-sentiment-no-comment-needed.html


Raymond James' Strategist Jeff Saut: Watch the US Dollar
http://www.marketfolly.com/2010/01/raymond-james-strategist-jeff-saut.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MarketFolly+%28Market+Folly%29#ixzz0cKh0mvKj


Market Manipulation
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/three-month-flat-market-yesif-you-exclude-constant-after-hours-manipulation

Market Manipulation II
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/more-observations-federal-reserve-buying-stocks?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29

FED'S WARNING: (Hat Tip Taylor)

"In the current environment of historically low short-term interest rates, it is important for institutions to have robust processes for measuring and, where necessary, mitigating their exposure to potential increases in interest rates"..........

http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/bcreg/20100107a.htm

http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/bcreg/bcreg20100107.pdf


Articles for January 8th

Retiree Annuities May Be Pushed by Obama After Market Losses
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601084&sid=aq.3HythcPqo

Job Growth Erodes as Housing Bust Pushes Mobility to Record Low
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=ajImkJ5FYdQ8

Morgan Stanley, Goldman, JPMorgan Estimates Cut at Citigroup
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a0_Xs1Y.ZAFk&pos=5

China to Start Index Futures, Margin Trade, Shorting
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aizB4j2pJ63M&pos=5

Principal Cuts on Lender Menus as Foreclosures Rise
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20603037&sid=a_Ym1WM6UboU

Consumer Loan Delinquencies Fell in Third Quarter, Group Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20603037&sid=a5GOTv_xkLQA

Equity Markets Look Ripe for Correction, Walter Scott Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601084&sid=aM0uaDohuPwg

Are Commercial Loan Worries Overblown?
http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/story/10658175/1/are-commercial-loan-worries-overblown.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA

Real Estate in Cape Coral Is Far From a Recovery
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/business/economy/03coral.html

CRE-ative destruction
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/07/cre-ative-destruction/?scp=6&sq=commercial%20real%20estate&st=cse

Federal Reserve warned on interest rates
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/74c23e0c-fbe8-11de-9c29-00144feab49a.html

Ignore the Crowd … It’s Time to Invest in Commercial Real Estate
http://moneymorning.com/2010/01/08/commerical-real-estate-investing/

Half Of Non-Residential Buildings Will Be Green By 2015 -Study
http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2010/01/06/half-of-non-residential-buildings-will-be-green-by-2015-study/

Social Media Books to Start Your Year Off Right
http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/technology/article/social-media-books-to-start-your-year-off-right-christina-warren

ARE EARNINGS ESTIMATES TOO HIGH?
http://pragcap.com/are-earnings-estimates-too-high

About Those Investors...
http://sentimentrader.blogspot.com/2010/01/about-those-investors.html

Five Acquisitions That Should Happen This Year
http://blogs.wsj.com/financial-adviser/2010/01/07/five-acquisitions-that-should-happen-this-year/

New Quant-Oriented Blogs in 2009
http://marketsci.wordpress.com/2010/01/08/new-quant-oriented-blogs-in-2009/

Blogometrics
http://www.palgrave-journals.com/eej/journal/v36/n1/fig_tab/eej200946t1.html#figure-title

Rosenberg: Government Giving Out Barbiturates
http://www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/2010/01/08/rosenberg-government-giving-out-barbiturates/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thedisciplinedinvestor%2FEBHR+%28The+Disciplined+Investor%29

Raymond James' Jeff Saut: Lessons Learned
http://www.marketfolly.com/2010/01/raymond-james-jeff-saut-lessons-learned.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MarketFolly+%28Market+Folly%29