Noteworthy Financial Stories for January 14

2009 Costliest Year Ever for Bank Failures; CRE Loans Could Make 2010 Even Worse
http://www.costar.com/News/Article.aspx?id=28FE26944825C769C3D9215F4DA86600

Capital Market Recovery Will Take Time, but Could Start in 2010
http://www.costar.com/News/Article.aspx?id=EA7367849F876B204041F6E35FB3417A&ref=100&iid=165&cid=4551B02CF9EBB4A3FD8AA99C29554FD4

Fed Beige Book Says Economy Improved in 10 Districts
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aVWTYppaHMCQ

Obama Calls for Bank Tax to ‘Recover Every Single Dime’
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/15/us/15tax.html

As Buildings Empty, Banks' Credit Woes Pile Up
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703414504575001470476631654.html

How to Maximize Your Chances for a Small Business Loan
http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/money/article/how-to-maximize-your-chances-for-a-small-business-loan-trent-hamm

VIX May Keep Falling, Bollinger Bands Show: Technical Analysis
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601110&sid=aK0vOjR1bhno

U.S. Economy: Retail Sales Unexpectedly Fall After Bigger Gain
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601110&sid=asLG_m3QCCbE

Krawcheck Says 53% of Wealthy Fear Outliving Savings
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601110&sid=a8XBsmivv0ZI

Inventories at U.S. Companies Rise More Than Forecast
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601110&sid=ayI.7Y7NsF_A

Short China?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/opinion/13friedman.html

S&P Downgrades California To Third World Country Status
http://www.businessinsider.com/california-downgrades-california-to-third-world-country-status-2010-1

John Paulson’s high-risk hubris
http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/01/14/john-paulsons-high-risk-hubris/


Investment Outlook 2010 and Post Mortem 2009
https://village.albourne.com/user/news.pcg?id=65553

Study Of New Highs & Lows: A Bullish Omen
http://www.tradersnarrative.com/study-of-new-highs-lows-a-bullish-omen-3477.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TradersNarrative+%28Trader%27s+Narrative%29

Forget Wind. Pickens Turns Focus to Gas.
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/14/forget-wind-pickens-turns-focus-to-gas/

Moral Hazard and the Crisis
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/jamessurowiecki/2010/01/moral-hazard-and-the-crisis.html

Investing in 2010: The Opportunity Continues
http://oldprof.typepad.com/a_dash_of_insight/2010/01/investing-in-2010-the-opportunity-continues.html