Money & Markets – Week of 7.25.10

Goldman’s Leading Indicator Plummets To A Seven-Month Low, Predicts An ISM Collapse Next Week
Business Insider (30 July 10)

China Overtakes Japan as No.2 Economy: FX Chief
Yahoo News (30 July 10)

A Greek City Just Defaulted On $275 Million Of Debt — Can The State Be Far Behind?
Business Insider (30 July 10)

Stunner: 12th Sequential Domestic Equity Outflow (And $11 Billion In July Alone) Invalidates Volumeless July Stock Surge
Zero Hedge (29 July 10)

Hungary Raises More Debt Than Planned Amid Strong Demand
Bloomberg Businessweek (29 July 10)

Russia Moves to Sell Shares in State Companies
The New York Times (28 July 10)

Taleb: Government Deficits Could Be the Next ‘Black Swan’
Bloomberg Businessweek (26 July 10)

Nassim Taleb: “The Government Debt Is Becoming A Pure Ponzi Scheme”
Zero Hedge (29 July 10)

Shell Q2 Profits Double as Overhaul Beats Targets
Reuters (29 July 10)

Things Getting Hairy For MS As CIC Dumps Another 4.6 Million Shares
Zero Hedge (28 July 10)

BP’s Waning Britishness Causes Few Ripples in UK
Yahoo Finance (28 July 10)

Fallen Soldiers’ Families Denied Cash as Insurers Profit
Bloomberg (28 July 10)

Citigroup May Move Traders to Hedge Funds For Volcker Rule
Bloomberg (28 July 10)

Banks Laud Basel Capital Compromise as Stocks Surge
Bloomberg Businessweek (28 July 10)

Germany Accused of Reneging on Bank Tests
The Compliance Exchange (26 July 10)

Americans Are Getting a Lot Less But it’s Costing Them More
321gold (27 July 10)

Tata Motors in Barter Deal For Commonwealth Games
The Economic Times (26 July 10)

Sorkin: Some Backup For Goldman on A.I.G.
Yahoo Finance (27 July 10)

Russia’s Drought Raises Bondholder Risk on Prices
Bloomberg (27 July 10)

Stock Buying Hits Bull Market Record at Mutual Funds
Bloomberg (26 July 10)

Tibor at Double Bank Costs Undermines BOJ as Lending Contracts
Businessweek (26 July 10)

The Middle Class in America Is Radically Shrinking. Here Are the Stats to Prove it
Yahoo Finance (15 July 10)

At Canadian Border, a Bridge to Prosperity [Full news story (requires subscription)]
The Wall Street Journal (26 July 10)

FCIC Threatens Goldman Sachs With Audit Over Derivatives Data
Daily Finance (26 July 10)

Rising Profits Boost Dividend And Cash But Not Hiring
SmartBrief (25 July 10)

BP CEO to Walk Away With £11.8 Million
Reuters (26 July 10)

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: Reflections on The Death of Paper Money
Gata (25 July 10)

Is ‘Cash For Commodity’ The Biggest Trade in Town?
FT Alphaville (15 July 10)

India Warned of Stagflation Risk as Price of Food Soars
GATA (25 July 10)