- VIX volatility index can be a great contrarian indicator — problem is, it’s a backward-looking gauge, Tom Petruno says.
- Crude oil’s getting sneaky high and no one seems to care. “One explanation is that oil prices haven’t climbed as fast as they did in early 2008, with the slope of the ascent being a primary source of worries,” Paul Kedrosky writes.
- “The key to long term economic health, though, will be a greater contribution from exports and less on borrowing and spending all over again,” Peter Boockvar notes.
- He’s chairman and CEO of the world’s largest health-care conglomerate, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), but yesterday Bill Weldon took on a new role: blogger.
- Twitter users will not abandon the microblogging service just because it will start running search-based advertising, Forrester analyst Josh Bernoff says.
- Rumor du heure for Palm: Let Intel buy them, Jason Perlow writes.
- Google (GOOG) reportedly developing a new tablet device compatible with Android would be great for Adobe (ADBE), but not so good for Apple (AAPL).
- Tech blogger Om Malik gets his hands on Microsoft’s (MSFT) new Kin smartphones, but doesn’t exactly offer a stellar review.
- “If the US economy was about to reach “escape velocity” as Larry Summers says, small business optimism would not be in the gutter and sinking,” Mish says.
- “We live in an age of unprecedented bailouts,” Simon Johnson writes. “The Greek package of support from the eurozone this weekend marks a high tide for the principle that complete, unconditional, and fundamentally dangerous protection must be extended to creditors whenever something “big” gets into trouble.”
