10 Saturday AM Reads

September 10, 2011 9:30am by Barry Ritholtz

Hey, that was a FUN week, as Markets got shellacked nicely. While you recover, here are some distractions to keep you busy — your weekend linkfest:

• Euro Falls Most in a Year on Greek Financial Distress, ECB; Dollar Surges (Bloomberg) see also Wall St. Follows Europe’s Markets Down on Economic Uncertainty (NYT)
• 3 big myths about the U.S. debt crisis (Market Watch)
• Decade of Distress: The Age of ‘Macro’ Investing (WSJ)
• The Tyranny of Zombie Economics in America (The Atlantic)
• After the CEO, Yahoo needs to fire its board (Gigaom)
• Banks May Fight Banks as Mortgage Securities Investors Seek Class Status (Bloomberg) see also Banks Blow Off, Doom Foreclosure Fraud Settlement With AGs (Fire Dog Lake)
• Many Views on a Greek Bond’s Value (NYT)
• How to Assess the Market Potential of Your Idea (Inc.com)
• The costs of war (The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists) see also We move forward a decade after the terror (Mc Clatchy)
• Pictures: “Walking” Fish a Model of Evolution in Action (National Geographic)

What are you reading?

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