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The top of today’s reading list reports on the soaring public debt in Spain …….. and the last article describes how Goldman Sachs helped Greece disguise its debt problems.
- Spain’s Public Debt Soars to New Highs, Smothering Optimism (Savita Iyer-Ahrestani, ThinkAdvisor) What is the story about a death spiral?
- The Best Health Care ETFs (Jeff Schlegel, Financial Advisor)
- Swiss military simulates French attack (France 24) Hat tip to Roger Erickson.
- Shutdown showdown (The Economist) “Once a stalwart of good governance, America looks like a rodeo clown.”
- Yes We Can Afford Prosperity! Guest Post (L. Randall Wray, Econmonitor) Hat tip to Roger Erickson. L. Randall Wray has contributed to Global Economic Intersection.
- Freedom of Information (Ken Auletta, The New Yorker) “A British newspaper wants to take its aggressive investigations global, but money is running out.” Big bucks don’t back liberal media.
- Gold Selloff Catches Some Off Guard (Arpan Mukherjee, The Wall Street Journal) “Gold could be losing its label as a safe-haven asset.”
- The Unofficial Dividend.com Guide To Being An Investor (Jared Cummans, Dividend.com) 50 tips, short and sweet.
- Invest in whatever Wall Street hates (Brett Arend, Market Watch, The Wall Street Journal) The herd’s infatuation with emerging markets has soured. Time to buy? Read also Elliott Morss’ take.
- How Goldman Sachs helped mask Greece’s debt (Nick Dunbar, BBC)
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