MUST READS Yellen takes the host seat – Reuters What to Watch for in Yellen’s Testimony – WSJ Wall Street rises ahead of Yellen’s testimony – xinhuanet Gold At New 2014 High Ahead Of Yellen’s Testimony – Kitco China’s 500-tonne gold gap fuels talk of stockpiling – FT($) Treasury’s Little Buddy(.pdf) – International Economy Bitcoin and Gold: Currency versus Money – Dollar Collapse The broken limb & burst pipe fallacies – The Burning Platform Obamacare: Raiding the Assets of the Low Income – Paul Craig Roberts Dumb Starbucks: Authorities aren’t laughing – CNN/Money The American Precariat – Brooks, NY Times Death by Finance – Project Syndicate
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MARKETS/INVESTING World stocks higher ahead of Yellen testimony – AP Scary 1929 market chart gains traction – MarketWatch Investors running from stocks like it’s 2011 again – CNBC Top Anecdotal Signs of a Market Bubble – CFA Institute Blankfein: Emerging Markets in Better State Than in ’98 – Bloomberg The best way to buy stocks if you fear a market crash – Financial Post Treasuries Fall Before Yellen Testimony, Note Auction – Bloomberg Gold near 3-month high ahead of Yellen testimony – Reuters Gold may already be heading for the next up cycle – Mineweb Entire Precious Metals Complex At Major Resistance – GoldSilverWorlds Gold Shares Coming to Life – Trader Dan
ECONOMY/WORLD/HOUSING/BANKING 91 million Americans aren’t looking for jobs – CNN/Money The Hidden Reason for January’s Dismal Jobs Report – Fiscal Times Truth And Consequences for Krugman, And Keynes, And Obama – Forbes OECD: Recovery firms in advanced economies, led by U.S., Japan – Reuters ECB Bond Buying: The German Court’s Message To Berlin – Real Time Brussels Europe or Democracy? What German Court Ruling Means for the Euro – Spiegel Home building in Canada shifts into slower gear – Globe & Mail Don’t bet on U.K. house price rises persisting – Tim Harford When Will the Fed End Its Zero Rate Policy? – San Francisco Fed Markets alert for any new policy signal from Yellen – MarketWatch Fed’s Forward Guidance Is Working – WSJ
