Readings

From the Afternoon:

Retail Sales Decline Sharply in September
from Calculated Risk by CalculatedRisk
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CalculatedRisk/~3/421572759/retail-sales-decline-sharply-in.html

Historic bailout, huge efforts to make home loans cheaper drive mortgage rates ... UP?
from Interest Rate Roundup by Mike Larson
http://interestrateroundup.blogspot.com/2008/10/historic-bailout-huge-efforts-to-make.html

Gold ETF (Amex: GLD) Fails To Deliver In Tough Times
from RSS Feed for Joe-Duarte.com Market Intelligence by admin@joe-duarte.com (Joe Duarte)
http://www.joe-duarte.com/saved_newsletters/2008_10/081015PR.html
Actually this is for gold, not for GLD

From the Morning:

Wild markets! Bonds crashing!
by Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. 2008-10-14
http://www.moneyandmarkets.com/wild-markets-bonds-crashing-27495

Hank Listens Up
from Jeff Matthews Is Not Making This Up by Jeff Matthews
http://jeffmatthewsisnotmakingthisup.blogspot.com/2008/10/hank-listens-up.html

OPEC exports drop 600,000 bpd in September
from Net Oil Exports by admin
http://netoilexports.blogspot.com/2008/10/opecoct2008.html

3 Charts for Tuesday
from Red-Hot Resources by Sean Brodrick
http://redhotresources.blogspot.com/2008/10/3-charts-for-tuesday.html

Ron Paul on the $250 billion bank rescue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCiTykzX3ek
video

China - Oil Production
from Net Oil Exports by admin
http://netoilexports.blogspot.com/2008/10/china2008b.html
also car-sales

Global Financial Crisis
from Wallstrip » Episodes by Wallstrip.com
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wallstrip/~3/420935972/
video

Wednesday Commodities Round-Up
from The Bonddad Blog by bonddad
http://bonddad.blogspot.com/2008/10/wednesday-commodities-round-up_15.html
CRB

The Top 10 Hints of Global Reflation
by Frank Barbera
http://www.financialsense.com/Market/barbera/2008/1014.html
nice charts

Iceland:

Iceland Stock Market Drops 77% As Trading Resumes
from Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis by Michael Shedlock
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MishsGlobalEconomicTrendAnalysis/~3/420803289/iceland-stock-market-drops-77-as.html

FUN:

Roubini's secret pleasures ;)
http://gawker.com/5063337/the-secret-pleasures-of-dr-doom