10 Friday AM Reads

December 9, 2011 9:45am by Barry Ritholtz

Here are my morning reads of interest:

• Berlin May Have to Nationalize Giant Commerzbank (Spiegel Online)
• Should Fed Refocus on Money Supply? (WSJ) see also Bernanke Favored by 71% in Investor Poll Preferring Fed Over ECB (Bloomberg)
• Stress Test Reveals European Banks Need More Capital (DealBook) see also Don’t fear the death of excess debt (Reuters)
• Eurozone countries new treaty excludes Britain (Guardian)see also Franco-British Alarm of 1989 Comes True as Merkel Calls EU Shots (Bloomberg)
• Household Net Worth declines $2.4 Trillion in Q3 (Calculated Risk)
• MF Global
……-CFTC: MF Global Customers Have Priority In This Bankruptcy (Jesse’s Café Américain)
……-The Great Wall St re-hypothecation scandal (Reuters)
• A Would-Be Ratings Agency Without Rose-Colored Glasses (DealBook)
• What price the new democracy? Goldman Sachs conquers Europe (Independent) see also EU Leaders Drop Demands for Investor Write-Offs (Bloomberg)
• Out-of-body experience: Master of illusion (Nature)
• The Health Risks of Being Left-Handed (WSJ)

What are you reading?
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