Noteworthy Financial Stories for January 13

Fitch: U.S. CMBS Delinquencies up 42bps; Peak Not Until 2012
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20100111006160&newsLang=en


Emerging-Market Stocks Fall, Pound Rallies as Oil, Corn Slide
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aXpyFDtqpDyU&pos=2

Treasury Investors Most Bearish in Two Years as Deficit Grows
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=acFQU56n7SyQ&pos=4

Real Estate Bull Laub Sees Unprecedented Workout From Bad Debt
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=alzZnpmtLZK8&pos=11

Investors Turn Bullish on Stocks From U.S. to Japan on Economy
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20603037&sid=aoAomVkgW0ZU

Bill Miller Calls Top 10 Companies in S&P 500 Cheap
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20603037&sid=alkyw50orSk8

China’s Stocks Decline Most in Seven Weeks on Stimulus Exit
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601084&sid=ajiFa5i3Yyi0

Chilled Markets – VIX
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/01/13/125366/chilled-markets/

Surely he can’t still be bearish? - Albert Edwards
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/01/13/125131/surely-he-cant-still-be-bearish/

Gross national savings: who saves and who spends the most?
http://www.aleablog.com/scorecard-gross-national-savings-of-gdp/

A Slow-Motion Wreck for Commercial Real Estate
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1952317,00.html

A new world: Where to put your money now
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/JubaksJournal/a-new-world-where-to-put-your-money-now.aspx

Broker Margin Debt
http://thereformedbroker.com/2010/01/12/the-brokerage-margin-debt-tell/

The Unofficial List of Pundits/Experts Who Were Wrong on the Housing Bubble (dated but interesting)
http://economicsofcontempt.blogspot.com/2008/07/official-list-of-punditsexperts-who.html

U.S. House Prices to Income: 1989-2009
http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2010/01/us_house_prices.html

Flattery Will Get You Far
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=flattery-will-get-you-far


Holding off inflation, blowing bubbles
http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2010/01/holding_inflation_blowing_bubbles

ONE OVERVALUED MARKET?
http://pragcap.com/one-overvalued-market


Hedge Funds Are Placing Record Bullish Bets On Oil
http://www.businessinsider.com/hedge-funds-are-placing-record-bullish-bets-on-oil-2010-1

Two Key Numbers You Need to Know to Manage Your Small Business
http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/money/article/two-key-numbers-you-need-to-know-to-manage-your-small-business-trent-hamm

Setting Stock Target Prices: Abuses and Best Practices
http://seekingalpha.com/article/182237-setting-stock-target-prices-abuses-and-best-practices?source=feed

ISI’s DeGraaf Sees First-Quarter Drop, Rebound for U.S. Stocks
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a8nO1jV9nqAw&pos=5