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A really good overview on Angela Merkel saying “nein” to euro bonds — Spiegel
John Muellbauer: The solution to Europe’s crisis? Conditional euro bonds — Vox EU
European banks still have trillions of dollars of bad loans they’re unable to sell — IFRE
Is Canada’s current housing market frothier than pre-crash America? — The Economist
Why MF Global’s auditors could rubber stamp risk at Goldman, JP Morgan — Bloomberg
The AT&T / T-Mobile deal looks pretty unlikely to be approved — NYT
The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin — Wired
And Dan Primack argues that the internet bubble 2.0 may not have burst yet — Fortune
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@Bitcoin: The story about Nakamoto & Bitcoin by Joshua Davis in the New Yorker (The Crypto-Currency, October 10, 2011) was vastly superior IMNSHO.
Call it blind patriotism if you choose, but I think there is a simple reason why Canada, Australia and Sweden are NOT due to the same calamity as America. The first big factor is that these are smaller countries with stable/strong economies that invest next to nil in their militaries and have vibrant multi-party discussions. Second is that while foreign investment is helping to drive prices skyward, those investments are fully paid upfront so the kind of calamity that befell America in regards to massive foreclosures has a next to nil chance. Is the Canadian housing market overpriced? Sure, but is it due for a stunning crash on the order of 25%? I wouldn’t take that bet on any terms.