Noteworthy Financial Stories for Feb 18

U.S. Stocks, Commodities, Dollar Gain on Earnings, Economy
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aTRedgmheIdk&pos=1

U.S. Economy: Manufacturing Generating Momentum for Recovery
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aHchIsjOMMe4&pos=2

LBO Debt Sinks as Stock Investors Reject IPOs: Credit Markets
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=abaPxgred3n8&pos=5

Dollar’s Gains May Pose Risk to 2010 Profit Targets
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aCnM8D.Vi_M4&pos=6

U.S. Financial-Market Stocks Are Ripe for Rebound: Chart of Day
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aWON7tYR5BwU&pos=15

Ackman May Make $170 Million on ‘Grand Slam’ General Growth Bet
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601108&sid=ayJVCccKzc_8

U.S. Economy: Manufacturing Generating Momentum for Recovery
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601068&sid=aHchIsjOMMe4

Jobless Claims in U.S. Rose Last Week to 473,000
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601068&sid=aJDE49gj23qo

Pension Gap of $1 Trillion Is ‘Daunting’ Bill to U.S. States
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20603037&sid=a5N852fTN2SE

CDS report: Steels lead
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/02/18/153621/cds-report-steels-lead/

So will we ever get off QE?
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/02/18/153431/so-will-we-ever-get-off-qe/

We believe the market might be underestimating the risks the [Spanish] financial system faces’
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/02/18/153086/%E2%80%98we-believe-the-market-might-be-underestimating-the-risks-the-spanish-financial-system-faces/

Soros’s bubble buy
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/02/18/152941/soross-bubble-buy/

Thaler, Mullainathan, Kahneman on Behavioral Economics - An Edge Master Class
http://1440-68131.blogspot.com/2010/02/thaler-mullainathan-kahneman-on.html
Thinking the Unthinkable: What if China Devalues the Renminbi?
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2010/02/thinking-the-unthinkable-what-if-china-devalues-the-renminbi.html

China Sells Treasuries… Or Did They?
http://econompicdata.blogspot.com/2010/02/china-sells-treasuries-or-did-they.html

WHERE ARE WE NOW? A TECHNICAL LOOK
http://pragcap.com/where-are-we-now-a-technical-look

The 200 Day Moving Average Is Your Friend
http://www.tradersnarrative.com/the-200-day-moving-average-is-your-friend-3635.html

ETFs Gain Traction With Small Investors
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704398804575071500679159016.html


Recovery: A long bearish road ahead
http://money.cnn.com/2010/02/17/news/economy/david_rosenberg.fortune/index.htm


US credit conditions: Hoard mentality
http://eiudatapoints.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/us-credit-conditions-building-buffers/


Assessing the Stimulus, One Year In: A View from the Mainstream
http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2010/02/assessing_the_s.html

The Big Idea: Funding Eureka!
http://hbr.org/2010/03/the-big-idea-funding-eureka/ar/1

Turning Patents Into ‘Invention Capital’
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/technology/18patent.html


Fed bumps up rate banks pay for emergency loans
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Fed-bumps-up-rate-banks-pay-apf-4141548450.html?x=0


Fed Raises Discount Rate, Dollar Soars, Equity Futures Sink, What's It Really Mean?
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2010/02/fed-raises-discount-rate-dollar-soars.html

Suddenly Everyone Hates The Euro & Loves The Dollar
http://www.tradersnarrative.com/suddenly-everyone-hates-the-euro-loves-the-dollar-3646.html


Rosenberg's Take On The Discount Rate Hike
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/rosenbergs-take-discount-rate-hike?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