Noteworthy Financial Stories for February 2

Volcker to Tell Senate Panel Hedge Funds Should Be Free to Fail
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=apYShitBPwzs&pos=1

Paulson Says U.S. Was ‘Close’ to Financial Collapse
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=axCgjHqNkaw0&pos=2

Pension assets hit $23 trillion mark
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/pensions/7129924/Pension-assets-hit-23-trillion-mark.html

Chinese Stocks Not Yet a ‘Strong Buy,’ Allianz Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601084&sid=a.PKBu0mw8sU

Fibonacci Chart Shows Dow Peaked in January: Technical Analysis
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601084&sid=aSWkxfBug164

Gold May Repeat Early Rally, Citigroup Says: Technical Analysis
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601012&sid=a_xN6V3et8e4

Yen to Defy BOJ Easing, Gain to 85, JPMorgan Says: Chart of Day
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601083&sid=aMfqkXrXJtWo

Shadow bank losses
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/02/02/139001/shadow-bank-losses/

Lehman Book Author Bashes Hank Paulson
http://www.businessinsider.com/lehman-author-bashes-hank-paulson-2010-2

The U.S. Currency Problem and the Return of the Wooden Nickel
http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2010/02/the_us_currency.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_med
ium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+InfectiousGreed+(Paul+Kedrosky%27s+Infectious+Greed)&utm_content=Bloglines

FDIC-assisted deals to dominate 2010 deal landscape
http://www.snl.com/InteractiveX/article.aspx?Id=10669143&KPLT=4

On the death of free checking
http://www.snl.com/InteractiveX/article.aspx?Id=10668914&KPLT=4

Fewer new loan hurdles, but bank standards aren't easing
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/banking/2010-02-01-lending-standards_N.htm

Data Hit Hopeful Notes for Economy http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704107204575039691650461192.html?mod=WSJ_Small%20Business_IndustryNews

Banks not loosening credit yet, Fed reports
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/banks-not-loosening-credit-yet-fed-reports-2010-02-01-141600

Congress Worries About Commercial Real Estate
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/congress-worries-about-commercial-real-estate/

‘Light Around the Bend’ for Industry
http://www.globest.com/news/1589_1589/newyork/183323-1.html

Worst to come in U.S. commercial real estate - S&P
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0120671220100201?type=marketsNews

Upside Volume Hits Extreme Oversold Levels
http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2010/2/2/upside-volume-hits-extreme-oversold-levels.html

Roubini says Norway risks asset price bubble
http://blogs.ft.com/money-supply/2010/02/01/roubini-says-norway-risks-asset-price-bubble/

IS THIS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW BEAR MARKET IN CHINA?
http://pragcap.com/is-this-the-beginning-of-a-new-bear-market-in-china

The debt trap: ranking the suspects
http://www.economist.com/blogs/buttonwood/2010/02/debt_crisis_-_how_countries_rank

Ten-Year Venture Capital Returns Continue To Slide
http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/02/01/ten-year-venture-capital-returns-continue-to-slide/

Senior Loan Officer Survey – Bankers less stringent; weak loan demand
http://www.investmentpostcards.com/2010/02/02/senior-loan-officer-survey-%e2%80%93-bankers-less-stringent-weak-loan-demand/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wordpress%2FVYxj+%28Investment+Postcards+from+Cape+Town%29

If PIGS could fly
http://www.investmentpostcards.com/2010/02/02/if-pigs-could-fly/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wordpress%2FVYxj+%28Investment+Postcards+from+Cape+Town%29


Trader Who Called 1996 Crash in Copper Says Prepare for Another - a "Catastrophe" Awaits
http://www.fundmymutualfund.com/2010/02/trader-who-called-1996-crash-in-copper.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FundMyMutualFund+%28Fund+my+Mutual+Fund%29

Raymond James' Jeff Saut: Selling Stampede?
http://www.marketfolly.com/2010/02/raymond-james-jeff-saut-selling.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MarketFolly+%28Market+Folly%29

Michael Belkin’s model points up for stocks
http://www.investmentpostcards.com/2010/02/02/michael-belkin%e2%80%99s-model-points-up-for-stocks/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wordpress%2FVYxj+%28Investment+Postcards+from+Cape+Town%29

An Important Breadth Indicator Breaks Down
http://www.tradersnarrative.com/an-important-breadth-indicator-breaks-down-3549.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TradersNarrative+%28Trader%27s+Narrative%29

Elizabeth Warren Explains (Part of) the Financial Crisis So even 3rd Graders Can Understand
http://www.fundmymutualfund.com/2010/02/elizabeth-warren-explains-part-of.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FundMyMutualFund+%28Fund+my+Mutual+Fund%29