Wednesday links: AAA mistake

Post Date: May 21, 2008 6:31 a.m.
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Moody’s gave AAA ratings to billions of dollars of structured debt due to a coding error. ( FT Alphaville also NakedShorts , Alea , Market Movers ) Why does the market perform (historically) on the first day of the month ? ( Crossing Wall Street ) Has the VIX jumped the shark? ( Condor Options ) There will soon by no shortage of frontier market ETFs . ( Basis Pointing ) “Don’t count on Mr. Pickens for any special insight into how the Microsoft-Yahoo saga might play out.” ( DealBook ) Look who else is joining the Microsoft-Yahoo party. (DealBreaker.com also Silicon Alley Insider ) Tech stocks now outweigh financial stocks in the S&P 500. ( Floyd Norris ) Meredith Whitney says boo. Bank stocks drop. ( BusinessWeek.com ) “(L)ife is getting harder for the buyout groups .” ( FT Alphaville ) Corporate insiders have ye...

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