Noteworthy Financial Stories for Feb 17

Fleeing investors may be sign of stock upswing
http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/bonds/2010-02-17-bondfunds17_ST_N.htm

U.S. Economy: Factory Production, Home Starts Exceed Forecasts
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aTp1GdJiKNZ8&pos=2

Mortgage Modifications Rise as U.S. Treasury Program Takes Hold
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aEpyaQmlm_Gw&pos=3

Fed Officials Debated Shrinking Size of Balance Sheet
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601068&sid=achJxbTG5DHM

Abby Cohen Sees S&P 500 Fair Value at 1,250 to 1,300
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20603037&sid=aywoeYo6y32c

Soros More Than Doubled Gold ETF Stake in 4th Quarter
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20603037&sid=aKs0jaibTSmY

Higher Inflation Is a Lousy Cure for Meltdowns
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=auwdZNXYb9nM

Federal Jobs Look Too Good Not to Have Big Price
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=asJJ_TxafRns

Citigroup Stock Proving Irresistible to Hedge Funds
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601084&sid=aMd7C2qTkY.A

S&P 500 to Climb After Breaching 1,093: Technical Analysis
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601084&sid=aG91XdVP4o0o

Fed: we need to shrink our balance sheet, but how?
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/02/17/152481/fed-we-need-to-shrink-our-balance-sheet-but-how/

风水指数 二零一零 or feng-shui your
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/02/17/152341/%e9%a3%8e%e6%b0%b4%e6%8c%87%e6%95%b0-%e4%ba%8c%e9%9b%b6%e4%b8%80%e9%9b%b6-or-feng-shui-your-investment/

The wafting risk of floating rate CMBS
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/02/17/152291/the-wafting-risk-of-floating-rate-cmbs/

“The US is not a viable concern anymore”
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/02/17/150521/the-us-is-not-a-viable-concern-anymore-duncan/

That terrible, terrible 2007 vintage
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/02/17/151256/that-terrible-terrible-2007-vintage/

Dumping US T-bills
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/02/17/151531/dumping-us-t-bills/

A Hand in a House of Cards
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/16/business/16sorkin.html?ref=business

Coming Soon: 5 Million More Foreclosures
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/02/coming-soon-more-foreclosures/