Daily Blogwatch: How to Lose $10 Billion in 10 Years. Plus, Will Gold Crash?

    Posted 8:30AM 12/17/09 Posted under: Company News, Columns, Economy, Investing, Google
    Below are some of the best reads for investors from around the Web:

    How to use Google
    (GOOG) to predict the unemployment rate.

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    Is Star Wars a textbook example of game theory in action?

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    Uh oh! Famed short seller Jim Chanos is targeting the automakers as his next victims.

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    Notable Calls thinks Qwest (Q) is a strong contender for 2010. I didn't even know they were still around.

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    When the S&P or the Nasdaq reach a new high, is there usually a follow through?

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    Mebane Faber has the evidence: Hedge funds are better stock pickers than mutual funds.

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    QB Asset Management challenges Roubini's idea that gold has to crash.

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    And you think you have problems? Here are the people who lost the most money in the past decade. Then again, it's probably not such a bad thing to lose $4 billion and still have a few billion.

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    The Microcap Speculator exposes another penny stock scam. I'm fascinated by these.

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    Who knew? Six controversial Christmas carols -- and why.



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