Noteworthy Financial Stories for June 15

Stocks, U.S. Futures Advance on Economy; Greek Bonds Decline
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aaaOfxyyJByk&pos=1

Demand for U.S. Assets Increases More Than Forecast
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aZAQf6vs6cGs&pos=2

Greece Can ‘Make It’ Without Restructuring, OECD’s Padoan Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aOHuajK0nRLw&pos=3

An Upcoming Buying Spree for Commercial Real Estate?
http://news.morningstar.com/articlenet/article.aspx?id=339831

US commercial real estate gains strength
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65D5F120100614

A Buy Signal for Stocks Is Emerging
http://online.barrons.com/article/SB127654271228405537.html

SEC is hiring more experts to assess complex financial systems
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/14/AR2010061404757.html

The Most Popular and Most Shunned Funds of 2010
http://news.morningstar.com/articlenet/article.aspx?id=340687

Asset Allocation Matters, But Not as Much as You Think
http://www.advisorperspectives.com/newsletters10/Asset_Allocation_Matters-But_Not_as_Much_as_You_Think.php

Muni Stress
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/06/muni-stress/

A Near-Zero Fed Funds Rate Until 2012?
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/a-near-zero-fed-funds-rate-until-2012/

A Few Notes on Buying at the Point of Maximum Pessimism
http://www.cxoadvisory.com/fundamental-valuation/a-few-notes-on-buying-at-the-point-of-maximum-pessimism/

Has Goldman Become The Best Contrarian Indicator?
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/has-goldman-become-best-contrarian-indicator

"Gold For Beginners" - All You Need To Know About The Precious Metal From UBS
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/gold-beginners-all-you-need-know-about-precious-metal-ubs

Roubini Sees No Double Dip In US, Spars With El-Erian
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/roubini-sees-no-double-dip-us-spars-el-erian


Morning Gold Fix: June 15, 2010
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/morning-gold-fix-june-15-2010

Nassim Taleb: Risk is Increasing, Not Improving
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/06/nassim-taleb-risk-is-increasing-not-improving/

The Hedge Fund Herd Mentality, Piggybacking & Crowded Trades
http://www.marketfolly.com/2010/06/hedge-fund-herd-mentality-piggybacking.html#ixzz0qwc3bbjh

Should We Be More Worried About A “Double Dip”?
http://www.tradersnarrative.com/should-we-be-more-worried-about-a-double-dip-4241.html

The Bad Logic Of Fiscal Austerity
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/the-bad-logic-of-fiscal-austerity/

Why China keeps on buying U.S. debt
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/The-Buzz-Why-China-keeps-on-cnnm-3789956575.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=5&asset=&ccode=

A Tale of Four Stock-Market Decades
http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2010/06/15/a_tale_of_four_stock-market_decades_98516.html

When will the Fed raise rates?
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2010/06/when-will-fed-raise-rates.html