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Joe D. “No one can call a bottom.  it makes them knife catchers and bottom guessers.”  (UpsideTrader)

The market should have crashed by now.  (Castellano)

Vultures are hovering over the remains of the John Paulson empire.  (WSJ, Money Game)

Judging by Man Group hedge funds are having a tough time of it.  (FT Alphaville)

Risk off:  still little appetite for the ABX index.  (Economic Musings)

Should we put so much stock in thinly traded CDS contracts?  (WSJ)

Dark pools lose out to exchange in periods of market stress.  (FT)

It goes without saying that economist need training in economic history.  (Economist’s View)

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