Noteworthy Financial Stories for Feb 23

Consumer Confidence in U.S. Falls More Than Forecast
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aZu.flR6PChM&pos=1

http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/02/23/156906/us-consumer-confidence-fail/

When Were Stocks Last Under Valued ?
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/02/when-were-stocks-last-under-valued/

Explaining The Secular Shift Towards Bonds
http://www.tradersnarrative.com/explaining-the-secular-shift-towards-bonds-3657.html

Former Head Of Morgan Stanley Research And Global Strategy Slams Equity Rally: "It Is As Finite As The Excess Liquidity From QE"
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/former-head-morgan-stanley-research-and-global-strategy-slams-equity-rally-it-finite-excess-

Home Prices in 20 U.S. Cities Rose for Seventh Month
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=azNrZPIn0GXg&pos=3

U.S. Loses to Europe in Debt Poised to Reverse: Credit Markets
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aJjmhJr9mcWQ&pos=4

U.S. ‘Problem’ Banks Soar 27%, Fund Deficit Widens, FDIC Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aLfUD3BJi9GA&pos=3

Buffett Defies Downgrades as Credit Risk Drops to 17-Month Low
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aesi74Aa2pFw&pos=4

U.S. Economy Isn’t Out of the Deflation Woods Yet: Analysis
http://www.bloomberg.com/insight/out-of-deflation-woods.html

U.S. Stocks Fall as Consumer Confidence Hits 10-Month Low
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601084&sid=aOr9m494bcrQ


Intel, Venture Firms to Invest $3.5 Billion in U.S. Startups
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601084&sid=aeGSUmgMd2N0

Copper Extends Declines After U.S. Consumer Confidence Drops
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601012&sid=aOOoV45tyAgM

StanChart Recommends Staying Long on Copper: Technical Analysis
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601012&sid=aGMTNyusvBJk

The Deflationist
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/03/01/100301fa_fact_macfarquhar

THE ONE CHART THAT SCARES RICHARD RUSSELL
http://pragcap.com/the-one-chart-that-scares-richard-russell

Are Earnings Normalizing? At What Level?
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/02/are-earnings-normalizing/

The doomsday cycle
http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/4659

Capitalism Is Dead, Long Live the Billionaire Bailout Society
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/les-leopold/capitalism-is-dead-long-l_b_471180.html

Central Banks Show Their Hesitance to Hike
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704454304575081881624162818.html?mod=dist_smartbrief

US Sen Dodd urges action on commercial real estate
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2220875620100222

Banks buy time restructuring loans, for the moment
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/restructured-loans-may-only-postpone-bank-losses-2010-02-22


Index registers jump in CRE transactions
http://www.reit.com/tabid/477/News/default.aspx?type=E&ID=94

Real estate is the ‘buy of the century,' says ING Global's Ferguson
http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100222/FREE/100229992/0/REG

Greenspan: Worst Financial Crisis EVER, INCLUDING the Great Depression
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/greenspan-worst-financial-crisis-ever-including-great-depression

U.S. Stock Slump Fits With Bull-Market Pattern: Chart of Day
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aUBuAdAnKGPU