Economics and Investing:

Reader Jeanan asks: It this a sign of a commercial real estate collapse? Owners: $5.4Billion New York housing complexes go to creditors

Robert H. recommended this piece by Paul Mladjenovic: Three Things Everyone Needs to Do with Money in 2010

Our friend Evan describes this as sort of like “doubling down” at a casino: Greece Sells 8 Billion Euros in Notes After Offering Premium

GG flagged this Reuters piece: Record number of young Americans jobless

Also from GG: Deficits As Far as the Eye Can See

Economics Update from JWR: The last I heard, the Economatrix was still snowed in, warm by her woodstove, but sans Internet. You can expect more of her posts sometime later this week.