Breakfast Links

Posted by Jeff Carter
on March 28th, 2011

Great story about Japan and rebuilding it’s economy. The culture of Japan is very different. This article highlights why it is very different from the US, Korea or China. ($USDJPY)

Just a few days away from the all important March 31 report of USDA crop estimates. ($ADM, $MON $ZC_F $ZS_F)

Map of average breast sizes in the world. Good info for people that are in to mail order brides. ($LTD)

With all the unrest in the world, you might want to pick up this book. I read it. It’s a bit repetitive, but makes some interesting points. According to this book, we are headed for some kind of a world war. It’s generational demographics. ($AMZN $BKS)

In preparation for baseball’s opening day, here are the ten hottest jerseys.

Singapore has an entrepreneurial culture, but one critic says that it’s hard for companies to fail.

Federal Reserve Board President Bullard says we might have to trim QE2. Combine that with the comments from Friday and it seems like the Fed is getting a bit hawkish. ($ZB_F $ZN_F)

Angela Merkel sustained big losses in the latest German elections. So did Sarkozy in France. ($EURUSD)

Abandoned Detroit, MI Homes for sale, some as cheap as $1.50.

The Irish are back talking to the ECB. ECB must be pouring free Guiness they are meeting with them so much.

NASDAQ and ICE are still thinking about making a run at the NYSE. ($NDAQ $ICE $NYX)

Robert Gates weighs in on the Libyan War;Police Action:Humanitarian Mission; what ever you want to call it. His boss has been relatively silent.

In sad news, CBOE trader Noah Warsaw passed away. ($CBOE) Fortunately, Andrew Coffey(@coffeegrinds) had made this video of him. Condolences to his family.

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