Economics and Investing:

GG sent this: A Mad Rush as Gold Bugs Get the Boot

FAF sent this from Fox News: Economic Growth Revised Down in 3rd Quarter

From El Jefe Jeff E.: Stocks, Oil Drop After U.S. Consumer Spending Trails Forecasts

Items from The Economatrix:

Crude Prices Sink Down Near $76

Reports on Consumer Confidence, GDP Tug at Stocks

Banks Earn $2.8 Billion in 3Q, Insurance in Red

Reports on GDP and Consumers Signal Modest Rebound

Fed Under Fire as Public Anger Mounts

Goldman Sachs and US Demise

Wall Street Plays Hardball

Restaurants Brace for a Sour Season as Consumers Lose Appetite for Dining Out

PBS: Ten Trillion and Counting


Most Global Banks are Still Unsafe, Warns S&P