Noteworthy Financial Stories For September 22, 2010

Real Estate
CMBS Revival Marks Step Toward Recovery
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703399404575506110648952530.html?mod=dist_smartbrief

CRE investment gearing up, but analysts don't expect comeback until 2012
http://www.housingwire.com/2010/09/21/cre-investment-gearing-up-but-analysts-dont-expect-comeback-until-2012

U.S. Home Prices Fell 3.3% in July From Year Earlier
http://noir.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aARESouPogLs&pos=1

CRE-failed bank nexus, ongoing…
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/09/22/349976/cre-failed-bank-nexus-ongoing/



Economy
Economists’ Reactions to Fed Statement
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/economists-reactions-to-fed-statement/

Fed’s Inflation Concern Broadens Easing Rationale
http://noir.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=axvLKEu.pINk&pos=3

Obama Loses U.S. Investor in Global Poll With Approval Abroad
http://noir.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601010&sid=ad.JOxz9.xc4

All aboard the QE2 – double or quits
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/09/22/349391/all-aboard-the-qe2-double-or-quits/



Equity Market
Prechter Remains Bearish After His April 2010 Top Call
http://www.tradersnarrative.com/prechter-remains-bearish-after-his-april-2010-top-call-4749.html

S&P 500 Price vs Trading Range
http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2010/9/21/sp-500-price-vs-trading-range.html

Credit Markets
Default Rate Nears '08 Level
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703399404575506222148668414.html?mod=dist_smartbrief


Sentiment
Bullish Individual Investors Clash With Hedge Funds
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-09-21/bullish-individual-investors-clash-with-hedge-funds.html

That was then, now is now
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/greek-sovereign-debt-crisis-ten-months-later-2010-09-22

Yep, Mutual Fund Investors Still Fleeing U.S. Stocks
http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2010/09/22/yep-mutual-fund-investors-still-fleeing-us-stocks/


Alternative Investments
That Rumbling Sound Is the Dollar Giving Way
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/rumbling-sound-dollar-giving-way

How High Will Gold Go This Time?

http://www.tradersnarrative.com/how-high-will-gold-go-this-time-4746.html

Did nobody ever consider that indexing was dangerous?
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/09/22/349586/did-nobody-ever-consider-that-indexing-was-dangerous/

Other

Advisers vexed, confused by Dodd-Frank reform
http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20100921/FREE/100929978

Mobile Meditation: Mental Workout Has an App for That
http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/mental-workout-health-fitness-iphone-apps-0533/

Small Business Agency Awards $6M To Help Foster Business Clusters
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100920-710448.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines

A case study on luring investment angels
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/your-business/business-categories/the-pitch/a-case-study-on-luring-investment-angels/article1714387/

Knowing yourself key to start-up
http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1282505&srvc=home&position=emailed

What's Wrong with 'Free'
http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/sep2010/sb20100921_826443.htm

The art (and science) of giving good feedback
http://smartblogs.com/workforce/2010/09/20/the-art-and-science-of-giving-good-feedback/