Saturday, June 12, 2010

Noteworthy Financial Stories for June 11

CBOE Owners Seek 166% Gain Charging IPO Buyers Highest Premium
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aX6LHqTHm6Dc&pos=7

Retail Sales in U.S. Unexpectedly Fall as Consumers Save Income
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aDUvkv6lseQ0&pos=1

Corporate Bond Sales Slump in U.S., Rise in Europe
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=axv3UNSQ_OcU&pos=3

China Investigating Leak of Data That Moved Financial Markets
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ag9iuUiExKoE&pos=5

Lehman E-Mails That Say ‘Stupid’ Didn’t Stay ‘Just Between Us’
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aCK9V7nzjPa8&pos=11

Klarman Tops Griffin as Investors Hunt for ‘Margin of Safety’
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=adBgaU4jI6Mo&pos=5

BP Oil-Leak Estimate Doubled by U.S. Flow-Rate Science Panel
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a0uIOSekfLIo&pos=8

One almighty decoupling
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/06/11/258606/one-almighty-decoupling/

Rally round the (BP) flag
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/06/11/258626/rally-round-the-bp-flag/

Protection on long-term deflation hits highest levels since 2008
http://www.risk.net/risk-magazine/news/1653850/protection-term-deflation-hits-levels-2008

Time to Slip into Something Less Comfortable?
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_25/b4183048417437.htm?chan=magazine+channel_top+stories

Demographics and the Market
http://www.psyfitec.com/2010/06/looking-for-demographic-dividend.html

Bernanke Is Wrong! Double-Dip Recession Looming, Forecaster David Levy Says
http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/article/502586/Bernanke-Is-Wrong!-Double-Dip-Recession-Looming%2C-Forecaster-David-Levy-Says

The Upside of Financial Crisis
http://www.minyanville.com/businessmarkets/articles/todd-harrison-stock-market-economy-oil/6/11/2010/id/28713

Secrets of a Top Fund Manager
http://www.kiplinger.com/columns/fundwatch/archive/secrets-of-a-top-fund-manager.html

Macroadvisers: The Chances of a "Double-Dip" are Essentially Nil
http://macroadvisers.blogspot.com/2010/06/chances-of-double-dip-are-essentially.html

S&P 500 10-Day A/D Line Back in Positive Territory
http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2010/6/10/sp-500-10-day-ad-line-back-in-positive-territory.html

NFP Chart Round Up
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/06/nfp-chart-round-up/

Reviewing — and Roasting — the Perma-Bears
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/06/reviewing-and-roasting-the-perma-bears/

U.S. Firms Build Up Record Cash Piles
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704312104575298652567988246.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us_business

A Look at the Baltic Dry Index
http://maoxian.com/a-look-at-the-baltic-dry-index

Moody's: CMBS Delinquencies Rise In May, Outlook Deteriorates
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100610-712569.html?mod=dist_smartbrief

The Week in VIX and Volatility Posts
http://vixandmore.blogspot.com/2010/06/week-in-vix-and-volatility-posts.html