Noteworthy Financial Stories for June 16

BP Isn’t Expected to Undermine Financial Viability
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=alxEgGLTOdto&pos=3

Fed Officials May Trim U.S. Growth Outlook on Europe Risks
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aQHxy6uzDyTk&pos=5

Russia to Buy Canadian, Aussie Dollars for First Time
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601010&sid=asKA1OniF0iA

Wall Street Pay Should Be Tied to Bonds, Harvard’s Bebchuk Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601108&sid=aINpyCOFdskw

Production in U.S. Probably Rose at Fastest Pace in Four Months
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601068&sid=aQFdOXhHpJQs

S&P 500 Climbing Past 200-Day Moving Average May Signal Gains
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20603037&sid=aqz2LMC9yQ04

Jim Rogers Buys Euros, Says Bailouts Will Destroy the Currency
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601083&sid=a0PxwjhFkSwI

Wave of Debt May Wash Away Some High-Yield U.S. Firms, S&P Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601083&sid=aW1SO6He9.mY

Low Mortgage Rates Help Block Double-Dip Threat: Morgan Stanley
http://www.housingwire.com/2010/06/15/low-mortgage-rates-help-block-double-dip-threat-morgan-stanley

Shadow Inventory to Take 3 Years to Clear: Standard & Poor's
http://www.housingwire.com/2010/06/15/shadow-inventory-to-take-3-years-to-clear-sp

12 Charts That Scream Bullish Recovery
http://www.businessinsider.com/12-charts-that-scream-bullish-recovery-2010-6#euro-putting-together-its-biggest-rally-in-a-long-time-1

The Essential Checklist For Every Sales Call
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-essential-checklist-for-every-sales-call-2010-6

Commercial Property to Stay 40% From Peak, Pimco Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601206&sid=aBde7npdPx5o

Venable's Cross sees wave of U.S. REIT bankruptcies
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65E4QR20100615

Benefits of REIT Approach to Real Estate
http://www.reit.com/Articles/Fund-Managers-Reflect-on-Benefits-of-REIT-Approach-to-Real-Estate-Investment.aspx

Buy 'Real Assets' to Hedge Inflation
http://www.thestreet.com/story/10782830/1/buy-real-assets-to-hedge-inflation.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEFI

Apartment Leases, Rents Pick Up
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703280004575309053918259776.html?mod=dist_smartbrief

Just How Much Higher Can this Thing Go on Negative Internals?
http://blog.afraidtotrade.com/just-how-much-higher-can-this-thing-go-on-negative-internals/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+afraidtotrade%2FNRSd+%28Afraid+to+Trade.com+Blog%29

GLD Accounts For More Than Half Of All Positive ETF Inflows In May
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/gld-accounts-more-half-all-positive-etf-inflows-may

Morning Musings From Art Cashin
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/morning-musings-art-cashin-20

Bianco Says Markets Need More Clarity on Europe Aid Plan
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/06/bianco-says-markets-need-more-clarity-on-europe-aid-plan/

The Battle Royale Between Fundamentals & Technicals
http://www.tradersnarrative.com/the-battle-royale-between-fundamentals-technicals-4216.html

Fed on hold until mid-2011, bank economists
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/fed-on-hold-until-mid-2011-bank-analysts-say-2010-06-16?siteid=rss&rss=1

MBA: CMBS delinquency rate hits record high
http://www.snl.com/InteractiveX/article.aspx?Id=11340338&KPLT=4

BP 'Excited' Over Kevin Costner's Oil Cleanup Machine, Purchases 32
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Broadcast/bp-excited-kevin-costners-oil-cleanup-machine-purchases/story?id=10916445&page=2

Global Macro Hedge Funds Net Short Equities
http://www.marketfolly.com/2010/06/global-macro-hedge-funds-net-short.html

Financial Stress Indexes Rising (Again)
http://www.tradersnarrative.com/financial-stress-indexes-rising-again-4248.html

S.&P. Warns of Rising Corporate Defaults
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/16/s-p-warns-of-rising-corporate-defaults/

An initial double-dip indicator
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/06/16/262521/an-initial-double-dip-indicator/

Avoiding a death sentence
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/dow-theory-sees-bull-market-near-death-2010-06-16

Ideas on curbing bankers’ appetite for risk
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5b810360-78a7-11df-a312-00144feabdc0.html

SPY Option Strike Clusters for Friday Expiration
http://blog.afraidtotrade.com/spy-option-strike-clusters-for-friday-expiration/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+afraidtotrade%2FNRSd+%28Afraid+to+Trade.com+Blog%29

Time To Nuke The Leak? – Part 2
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/06/time-to-nuke-the-leak-%e2%80%93-part-2/