Noteworthy Financial Stories for May 13

Another month, another leap in CMBS delinquencies (subscription required)
http://www.snl.com/InteractiveX/article.aspx?Id=11181914&KPLT=4

Are Pension Funds Warming Up to CRE Again? (subscription required)
http://www.costar.com/news/Article.aspx?id=F9036429036E8683E3328013040B377F

New Roundtable Survey Finds Improved Sentiment Among CRE Execs
http://www.costar.com/News/Article.aspx?id=729CB63AE399AFB8FCFD1BD551F81D99&ref=100&iid=181&cid=4551B02CF9EBB4A3FD8AA99C29554FD4

Mall, Shopping Center REITs See Brightening Retail Landscape
http://www.costar.com/News/Article.aspx?id=0867B57A16EEFFB2E7614F1A6FE0D131&ref=100&iid=181&cid=4551B02CF9EBB4A3FD8AA99C29554FD4

Pimco Says Europe Crisis Shows World Won’t Skirt ‘New Normal’
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a0l9E39YYxfA&pos=3

China’s Bear Market Attracts Locals Seeking Safety
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aeAmpmkASXfA&pos=5

Snow Says Euro Faces ‘Tough’ Survival Without Budget
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aaBB6Ps4jO5U&pos=13

Bailout Is ‘Nail in the Coffin’ for Euro, Rogers Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601010&sid=auuRue7wyMWM

Europe Austerity Push Deepens After Rescue Message
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601068&sid=aibXZbSaR2Nw

Roubini’s Warning Reminds Risks Still in Surplus
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=a1XduhbKDLWY

Justice, SEC investigate Morgan Stanley's mortgage-related deals
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/12/AR2010051201609.html

Have REITs Held Up?
http://www.forbes.com/2010/05/12/reit-sector-earnings-markets-equities-real-estate.html?partner=yahootix

Banks Embrace ‘Extend and Pretend’ as U.S. Hotels Await Rebound
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-05-13/banks-embrace-extend-and-pretend-as-u-s-hotels-await-rebound.html

Running of the Bulls...For the Hills
http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2010/5/12/running-of-the-bullsfor-the-hills.html

Pimco’s risk-filled global outlook
http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/05/13/pimcos-risk-filled-global-outlook/
Using Behavioral Finance to Better Understand the Psychology of Investors
http://www.institutionalinvestor.com/asset_management/Articles/2485942/Using-Behavioral-Finance-to-Better-Understand-the-Psychology-of-Investors.html

Stock Market Rocket Reignites
http://www.tradersnarrative.com/stock-market-rocket-reignites-4075.html

Heavy Volume Continues To Suggest This Correction Is Important
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/05/heavy-volume-continues-to-suggest-this-correction-is-important/

Time Cover: New Sheriffs of Wall Street
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/05/time-cover-new-sheriffs-of-wall-street/

Household Debt Around the World
http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2010/05/household_debt.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+InfectiousGreed+%28Paul+Kedrosky%27s+Infectious+Greed%29