Extra Credit, Friday Edition

It’s

Not 1929, but It’s the Biggest Mess Since: "This may not be 1929. But

it’s a good bet that it’s way more serious than the junk bond crisis of 1987,

the S&L crisis of 1990 or the bursting of the tech bubble in 2001."

Bush:

1-800-995-Hope. Operators Standing By (It’s actually

1-888-995-HOPE, don’t call a "group that provides Christian education home

schooling material"!)

Immigration and state/local budgets

AQR’S

QUANT LOSES LUSTER

Man

Group CEO on lock-ups and alpha: "Bottom line: lock-ups should give

you a better return and then some in order to be worthwhile."

Rating

Agencies on Trial: "Something is wrong when an entire industry teeters

on the brink of destruction because of – what? – a change in credit rating."

In Defense of the Ratings Agencies

Straight

Talk on the Mortgage Mess from an Insider

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