Frontrunning: April 15

• CPI below estimates at -0.1%, down from 0.4%, ex food and energy unchanged at 0.2% from prior month: so much for inflation (Bloomberg)
• Sam Zell says commercial real estate values doe 30% (Bloomberg)
• Goldman Sachs and Merrill: did December ever happen? (Dealbook)
• Hedge fund manager found guilty in New York state pension fund probe (NYT)
• Playing the second derivative (Morgan Stanley)
• Yet another bankruptcy watch list (MSN)
• UBS bleeding to death: bank to eliminate another 7,500 jobs as loss widens on withdrawals (Bloomberg)
• Robert Shiller: Depression lurks unless there's more stimulus (Bloomberg)
• Merrill chief of M&A Alan Hartman leaves for Centerview Partners (Bloomberg)
• Harvard to cut Arts and Sciences budget by $220 million in endowment crunch (Bloomberg)
• China headline news: derivatives trading restrictions, ad market shrinks, low Q1 GDP growth expected (Caijing)

Comments

[Anonymous (not verified)]

Anyone else have an office pool betting that TD is totally hawt?

[Anonymous (not verified)]

Banks Ramp Up Foreclosures

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123975395670518941.html

[Anonymous (not verified)]

Abbott Revenue Misses Estimates on Generics, Economy

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=amuQHYRPoVoI&refer=us

[Anonymous (not verified)]

"Depression Lurks Unless There’s More Stimulus: Robert Shiller"

I wonder if he had to pay a birth tax for his new ETF....

The Tax: Talk up more more stimulus.