It's that time again: yes it's time for around the investment blogging world. This is where I visit some of the best investment and personal finance blogs around the web and try to pick out some recent posts that I believe my readers would benefit from reading. As I have said in the past couple of these posts, I truly believe that in these uncertain economic times knowledge of exactly what is going on is more important than ever before.
Best Links from around the web
- Barry Ritholtz at the Big Picture posted a very interesting look at the difference between the jobless rate and the unemployment rate.
- Bespoke Investment Group shows just how likely futures are saying that a recession currently is.
- David Merkel at Aleph Blog posted a very interesting look at the problem with the US Dollar and what the future may hold for it.
- JLP at Allfinancialmatters has some interesting thoughts on the housing mess. I must admit, I agree with him that the government bailing out those who have made bad decisions is simply bad policy.
- The Curious Investor takes a look at what precisely a pullback is.
- Bill at Vix and More looks at some interesting ties with the put/call ratio and the future of stocks.
- Happy Investor takes a look at what happened to GE and why it mattered to the overall market.
- Henry Blodget says that the stock market is still screwed.
I believe that times such as the current one are when investors learn more from the market than ever. Some of the most successful traders on Wall Street would definitely tell you that they learned the most from the market when things were the toughest. If you are able to soak up everything that is going on right now, you will certainly be a step ahead of the game the next time the economy takes a turn for the worse. I hope these links are helpful to you!
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