Here are seven (or so) links at 7AM Eastern.  We will see you later with the daily linkfest.  Good luck out there.

The Credit Suisse Fear Barometer is “bubbling.”  (SurlyTrader)

Has the dividend trade gone too far?  (MarketBeat)

Some hints to a Facebook ($FB) valuation from the Instagram deal.  (Dealbook)

Recent IPOs have struggled of late as public companies.  (Bespoke)

Here’s your play on cheap natural gas:  chemicals.  (WSJ also Gregor Macdonald)

Competition is heating up in the MLP ETF space.  (IndexUniverse)

How Congress will likely respond to the “fiscal cliff.”  (FT Alphaville)

New Jeremy Grantham! Investor myopia leads to volatile equity returns.   (Money Game, Zero Hedge)

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