Noteworthy Financial Stories for April 12

Interest Rates Have Nowhere to Go but Up
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/11/business/economy/11rates.html?ref=business

RBS Commercial Funding prices $309.7 mln CMBS
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN099756820100409

Awash With Cash, Real Estate Trusts Afford Buying Strategy
http://www.housingwire.com/2010/04/09/awash-with-cash-real-estate-trusts-afford-buying-strategy/

Lenders Open to Real-Estate Pain
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304703104575174350530025786.html?mod=dist_smartbrief

Commercial-property values continued to rise in March
http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20100411/REG/304119967

Options Show S&P 500 Profit Shortage Amid Stock Gains
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=azZ.c6jsluDI&pos=11

Double-Dip Doesn’t Figure With Inventory Rebuilding
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601010&sid=aUipGJoGciA0

So, Where Will Housing Double Dip?
http://www.housingwire.com/2010/04/12/so-where-will-housing-double-dip/

LIBOR/Treasury Spread, 1987-2010
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/04/libortreasury-spread-1987-2010/

Dumpster Diving Resumes in Earnst
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/dumpster-diving-resumes-earnst

Commercial Delinquencies Rise Again, Data Goes Ignored by Equity Markets (Again)
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/commercial-delinquencies-rise-again-data-goes-ignored-equity-markets-again

Extend and Pretend
http://www.hussman.net/wmc/wmc100412.htm

S&P 500 Index at Inflection Points
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/04/sp-500-index-at-inflection-points/

Sentiment Overview: Week Of April 9th, 2010
http://www.tradersnarrative.com/sentiment-overview-week-of-april-9th-2010-3904.html

Falling Levels of Distressed Debt
http://www.distressed-debt-investing.com/2010/04/falling-levels-of-distressed-debt.html

NBER: "Premature" to Call end of Recession
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2010/04/nber-premature-to-call-end-of-recession.html

ETF Deathwatch for April 2010
http://investwithanedge.com/etf-deathwatch-for-april-2010

Boringness of central banks to blame for bubbles
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/04/12/200331/boringness-of-central-banks-to-blame-for-bubbles/

How financial innovation causes crises
http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/04/11/how-financial-innovation-causes-crises/

Delta Associates: National Distress Hits $187B
http://www.globest.com/news/1638_1638/washington/184411-1.html