No Fraud, No Sale! – Karl Denninger calls out the NAR on fraudulent “hit the number” appraisals.

Ways to Protect against Inflation – Overview of some different ways to guard against dollar devaluation.

Obama’s Weak Derivative Reform – Barry Ritholtz on attempts to regulate the huge and secretive derivative markets

Citi Raises Pay to Avoid “brain drain” – Citigroup plans to increase base salaries up to 50%. Ugh.

The Economist Thrives – Interesting Atlantic piece on why the Economist is thriving as other magazines die off by the dozen.