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• Puru Saxena on Why QE3 is Inevitable
• FDIC Bank Closings
• Dominique Strauss-Kahn SNL Opening
• Obsessed with InfoGraphics!
• The Many Hats of Great Investors
• Taibbi: ‘U.S. politics – reality show sponsored by Wall Street’
• The Sequel Map – Which Sequels Were Better or Worse Than the Original?

Puru Saxena on Why QE3 is Inevitable Posted: 23 May 2011 02:00 AM PDT Puru Saxena of Puru Saxena Wealth Management explains to CNBC Asia why QE3 is all but a done deal and what effects it will have when it comes…

FDIC Bank Closings Posted: 22 May 2011 03:00 PM PDT The FDIC have been busy again, and so its time for 2 of our favorite charts, via Ron Griess of The Chart Store. > click for larger charts

Dominique Strauss-Kahn SNL Opening Posted: 22 May 2011 02:01 PM PDT Show Clips from SNL The embattled former IMF head is confronted right away by some opinionated inmates upon landing in his Rikers Island cell

Obsessed with InfoGraphics! Posted: 22 May 2011 12:00 PM PDT Skype Several more after the jump Apple Apps Facebook Social Media

The Many Hats of Great Investors Posted: 22 May 2011 07:12 AM PDT > I have a new column out in the Washington Post on what varied skills it takes to become a better investor, titled The many hats of great investors. Here is an excerpt: “Contrary to popular belief, investing isn't a traditional academic discipline. Money management is hardly a typical major. There are, of course, plenty of "Business Administration" undergrads, but their focus tends to be on running companies, rather than investing in them. We churn out MBAs like made-in-China widgets, yet few ever become outstanding investors. And don't even ask about economists — the profession that missed the housing boom and bust, the Great Recession, the credit crisis and the market collapse. Great investors are savvy generalists. I can think of five fields that are hugely helpful to asset management. If you were to study these disciplines, your understanding of how markets work would greatly improve. And you would be a better investor. How? You will generate better risk-adjusted returns; meaning, you will get the most bang for the bucks you are putting at risk. You will suffer less from volatility — the stomach-churning ups and downs in the markets that are one part risk, one part opportunity. And you will avoid the typical mistakes that most investors make.” To see the five disciplines I discuss that can help you be a better investor, read at the full column at the Washington Post . . . > Source: The many hats of great investors Barry Ritholtz Washington Post, May 22, 2011, Page G6 http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/on-investing-the-many-hats-of-great-investors/2011/05/17/AFN02c8G_story.html

Taibbi: ‘U.S. politics – reality show sponsored by Wall Street’ Posted: 22 May 2011 05:34 AM PDT

The Sequel Map – Which Sequels Were Better or Worse Than the Original? Posted: 22 May 2011 03:00 AM PDT Source: (BoxOfficeQuant)

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