My select morning reading material:
• Bodes poorly for EU Economy: Porsche, Daimler Indicate Europe’s Car Crisis Spreading (Bloomberg)
• Hulbert: Stocks’ future return: Just 5.6% annualized (Market Watch) see also Funds Leap Beyond Their Benchmarks (WSJ)
• The Allure of BABs in Bondland (Barron’s)
• If only: U.S. mortgage task force to act soon (Reuters) see also Canceled contracts dog real-estate recovery (Forbes)
• Norris: Circuit Court Needs to Let the S.E.C. Do Its Job (NYT)
• How to improve the quality of our decision making (Farnam Street)
• Behind the Scenes, Some Lawmakers Lobby to Change the Volcker Rule (DealBook) see also Regulators Try to Beat Clock in Rate Probe (WSJ)
• China’s shifting demographics and their impact (Sober Look)
• Ending Its Summer Melt, Arctic Sea Ice Sets a New Low That Leads to Warnings (NYT)
• Report: Google is working on a new iOS 6 Maps app (Gigaom)
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