28 May 2013

Linkfest: Fed frets about market QE hopes; Home prices on mend; Reinhart & Rogoff redux

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1. Fed Wrestles With Market Expectations About Pace of Quantitative Easing
Wall Street Journal
shared by Economist’s View, @MarkThoma, @greg_ip, @ReformedBroker and 3 more

2. Home Prices Jump 10.9%, Largest Annual Gain in 7 Years
Wall Street Journal
shared by @carney, @ToddSullivan, @AmerBanker, @nancefinance, @TheIntuitInvest and 3 more

3. Idea of Euro Exit Finds Currency in Portugal
Wall Street Journal
shared by @delong, @mark_dow, @ATabarrok, @NicTrades, @EfiEfthimiou

4. German Government to Test Stimulus Instead of Austerity
Der Spiegel
shared by Economist’s View, @EconBrothers, @OpenEurope, Business Insider and 5 more

5. Larry Summers has an edge in the race to head the Federal Reserve
Financial Times
shared by @TheStalwart, @JamesGRickards, @fiatcurrency, @ReformedBroker and 8 more

6. If You Only Know 5 Things About Investing, Make It These
fool.com
shared by @spignal, @businessinsider, @ReformedBroker, The Big Picture and 4 more

7. Letter to PK
carmenreinhart.com
shared by Free Exchange, Marginal Revolution, Econbrowser, Business Insider and 11 more

8. Reinhart And Rogoff Are Not Happy
New York Times
shared by Economist’s View, @MacroScope, Marginal Revolution, Business Insider and 7 more

9. Optimal Civility
Forbes
shared by @ModeledBehavior, Free Exchange, @Noahpinion, Economist’s View, @delong, @MarkThoma

10. U.K. Banks Cut 189,000 With Employment at Nine-Year Low
Bloomberg
shared by NYT Dealbook, @prchovanec, @FGoria, Here Is The City, @JohnLothian, @michaelhewson

11. (bonus) Five Positive Economic Signs Are on the Horizon
New York Times
shared by Economist’s View, @EconBrothers, Free Exchange, Marginal Revolution and 8 more

12. (bonus) Public and Private Sector Payroll Jobs: Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama
Calculated Risk
shared by Business Insider, @businessinsider, @Noahpinion, @calculatedrisk and 3 more

Tags: Fed, Home prices, QE, Reinhart rogoff

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About the Author(s)

Druce Vertes, CFA

Druce Vertes, CFA, is the founder of StreetEYE, a social news aggregator for financial market news. He previously worked as an analyst, consultant, and IT manager at several major sell-side firms and hedge funds.