Sneak Preview of Weekend Reading
Many readers of this site may not know that for a few years now I have been writing a weekly column for TheStreet/RealMoney called "Weekend Reading". It's a quick scan of the weekend major papers, finance research, and so on, as well as a look at the major economics and earnings news for the coming week.Just for fun, here are the story links from today's edition of Weekend Reading. There is more stuff in the full column:
- Oil continues to slide, in part because of bizarre high temperatures in the U.S. northeast -- as much as 14 F above normal (Reuters)
- Modelling the eonomic impact of climate change: Anywhere from a 3% to a 9% reduction in global GDP (U.K./Stern)
- Strategists call for a 7% year on U.S. exchanges in 2007, with technology leading the way (BusinessWeek)
- Peru led global stock exchanges in 2006 with a 182% gain; China led larger economies (Times of London)
- Nintendo's Wii has stolen the Christmas show from Sony and Microsoft (Times of London)
- STMicroelectronics is a major supplier of sensor units in lauded Wii controllers (NY Times)
- Biggest year for M&A since the dotcom bubble is likely a cycle peak (Daily Telegraph)
- Michael Lewis with tips for investment bankers looking to slum with family over Christmas dinner (Bloomberg)
- Barron's picks the U.S. economy (for having shedded manufacturing), plus Peabody Energy, and pans ... nothing !! (Barron's)
- Founder of futures trading loves housing futures & foreign exchange (Fortune)
- Iran says it will forge ahead with nuclear enrichment, despite sanctions (Reuters)
- Expensive tech products -- and not just flat-screen TVs -- are the hot Christmas gifts (L.A. Times)
- AT&T still has global dominance ambitions (Forbes)
- Johnson Controls is a beneficiary of climate change and the greening of everything (Forbes)
- Beware overpriced debt markets in 2007 (Economist)
- Investors are pouring back into equities all over the world (Daily Telegraph)
- The DVD business is flat-lining, and looks set for major declines (NY Post)
- Forbes editor predicts 4% global GDP growth -- and even flat-screen-driven growth for hockey and soccer (Forbes)
- 2006 IPO review shows that IPO returns beat broader market (IPOHome)
- Research: The effect of Asian countries hoarding large international reserves (IMF)
- Research: Professional traders are better than amateurs at separating signals from noise (NBER)
