Readings

Dow 4,000?
from Bearwatch by noreply@blogger.com (Sackerson)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bearwatch/~3/424815795/dow-4000.html

AP IMPACT: Mortgage firm arranged stealth campaign
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081020/the_influence_game_housing.html
Freddie Mac secretly paid a Republican consulting firm $2 million to kill legislation that would have regulated and trimmed the mortgage finance giant and its sister company, Fannie Mae, three years before the government took control to prevent their collapse.

Warren Buffett sees danger in treasury bonds
from Peter J. Cooper's Weblog by peterjcooper
http://arabianmoney.net/2008/10/18/warren-buffett-dumps-treasury-bonds-buys-stocks/

Forex Friday
from The Bonddad Blog by bonddad
http://bonddad.blogspot.com/2008/10/forex-friday.html

Hedge Fund Redemptions Creating Problems
from The Bonddad Blog by bonddad
http://bonddad.blogspot.com/2008/10/hedge-fund-redemptions-creating.html

Google sees profit, sales increase
from Wallstrip » Blog by Wallstrip
http://www.wallstrip.com/2008/10/17/google-sees-profit-sales-increase/

Six Wall Street Banks to Distribute 10% of the $700 Bn Rescue as Pay and Bonuses for This Year's Performance
from Jesse's Cafe Americain by Jesse
http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2008/10/wall-street-banks-to-pay-out-10-of-700.html

Major Market Bottoms over the Last 150 Years
from Jesse's Cafe Americain by Jesse
http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2008/10/major-market-bottoms-over-last-200.html

Charts in the Babson Style for the Week Ending 17 October
from Jesse's Cafe Americain by Jesse
http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2008/10/charts-in-babson-style-for-week-ending_17.html

Short Term Treasury Debt Issuance Goes Parabolic
from Jesse's Cafe Americain by Jesse
http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2008/10/short-term-treasury-debt-issuance-goes.html
For the moment, this is may be the most important chart of all

Oil, OPEC

Barrel of oil price
from Wallstrip » Blog by Wallstrip
http://www.wallstrip.com/2008/10/17/barrel-of-oil-price/

EU:

Netherlands Injects $13.4 Billion in ING
from Calculated Risk by CalculatedRisk
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CalculatedRisk/~3/425963874/netherlands-injects-134-billion-in-ing.html

Funny

Capitalism is dead!
from The Mess That Greenspan Made by noreply@blogger.com (Tim)
http://themessthatgreenspanmade.blogspot.com/2008/10/capitalism-is-dead.html

Funny, in Russian:

Кто может быт президента? - Я :)
Who can be the president? - Me :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QH_Oxv07UY

Звери - До Встречи
http://www.vbox7.com/play:75079007
nice russian song, no need to know Russial to watch :-)