TBTF
"The Too Big to Fail Subsidy is Negative Ten Billion Dollars, Says Goldman Sachs"
dealbreaker.com
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Hoarders
Corporate America's hoarding more and more cash, even as the economy improves
bloomberg.com
Discussion
EU Mess
Rogoff: Fixing the eurozone crisis will require massive writedowns of debt
project-syndicate.org
Discussion
Yikes
Dairy farmers are drowning in Greek yogurt's acidic byproduct
modernfarmer.com
Discussion
Reuters
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Erskine Bowles' "Grand Bargain" formula: whatever is halfway between Democrats and Republicans
washingtonpost.com
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Ezra Klein:
I interviewed Erskine Bowles on the latest Bowles-Simpson plan, and why the tax ask fell so far: http://t.co/Owzf1Yyl
Confessions
IAmA Glencore Trader AMA
reddit.com
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Joseph Weisenthal:
RT @izakaminska: Someone claiming to be a Glencore trader hosts a Reddit IAMA http://t.co/9gYIet8f
Confessions
"It's easier to get people talking about drugs than about insider trading"
guardian.co.uk
Discussion
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Sarah Butcher:
"I worked for five years in the City and very nearly became a monster. " http://t.co/f5FNI3rf
Confessions
How I manipulated LIBOR
telegraph.co.uk
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moneyscience:
An anonymous insider explains how he and his colleagues helped manipulate the UK's bank borrowing rate #tcm http://t.co/fWPgxzGZ
Confessions
A trader's reason for choosing his occupation: "actually, money is quite important"
guardian.co.uk
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moneyscience:
Voices in Finance: #Derivatives trader: 'The trouble is, regulators are idiots' - http://t.co/BD7pjqFB
Confessions
Ex-I-banker on his peers: "nerds who got caught up in a cage made of money and dreams and greed, and never got out."
wallstreetoasis.com
Discussion
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Peter Thal Larsen:
"The only models were excel models, the only bottles were coca cola." Reality of investment banking, via @WilliamCohan http://t.co/WpLIkFew
Confessions
How to tell your son that you're a short seller
brontecapital.blogspot.com
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footnoted:
RT @herbgreenberg: How to spot a good short. @John_Hempton says it's harder b/c the SEC is doing a better job. I say b/c of tougher regs ...
Confessions
Britons admit to being drunk in three quarters of their Facebook photos
telegraph.co.uk
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Sarah Butcher:
Britons are drunk in 75% of the photos they appear in on Facebook http://t.co/46pm1Mmv
Confessions
Memoirs of a market reporter
CJR
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felix salmon:
RT @CJR: "[S]tocks up on this; stocks down on that..." Memoirs of a Markets Reporter http://t.co/UaEZKsQt
Confessions
Netflix CEO: "I messed up, I owe everyone an explanation"
Netflix
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The River
Second Acts
11 hrs ago
Meet the guy who helps hedge funders cope with prison
Felix
11 hrs ago
7 Sources
"The view that 'we have to pay a price for past sins' is nearly always wrong"
Things We Don't Need
11 hrs ago
2 Sources
New rifle allows uses "user to stream live video and audio to an iPad "
Alpha
12 hrs ago
1 Sources
No one's particularly sure why the Nikkei dropped 7% overnight
Crisis Retro
5/23
Ratings agencies are not rating RMBS high enough, so investors are ignoring them
EU Mess
5/23
1 Sources
Greek youth unemployment is close to 75% in some areas
Primary Sources
5/22
1 Sources
The full Fed Minutes
Oxpeckers
5/22
9 Sources
Everyone secretly hates "Snow Fall"
New Normal
5/22
2 Sources
While life may feel more fluid, "America appears to be getting stuck in place"
It's Academic
5/22
2 Sources
Slick presentations make you overestimate how much you've learned
Bitcoin
5/22
1 Sources
There is a "disturbing cultishness to the Bitcoin community... everyone is as bullish as can be"
EU Mess
5/22
Italy considers job sharing between older and younger workers
Energy
5/22
Why the structure of electric utilities is broken
Alpha
5/22
Sony may actually be considering Daniel Loeb's spin-off plan
Servicey
5/22
4 Sources
Broker pitchbooks are exactly as sleazy as you expect them to be
JPMorgan
5/22
How Jamie Dimon kept control during the shareholder challenge
Top Sources