Economics and Investing:

Gary Shilling Sees `Significant’ Stock Selloff Within 12 Months

From Dr. Gary North’s e-newsletter: “There is a cartoon video all over the Web that discusses “quantitative easing.” It is a riot. This is very, very bad for Bernanke. When the public starts laughing at a senior government bureaucrat, he is in trouble.”

John R. sent this: Nassim Taleb Says Fed Doesn’t Understand Risks of Quantitative Easing

Items from The Economatrix:

Stocks Finish Mixed As Dollar Gains  

Retail Sales Rise Is Led By Higher Auto Purchases  

Credit Card Writedowns Continue Decline In October  

The Worth of Gold and Silver During Crisis  

BofA is in Deep Trouble, and There May be Financial Disaster on the Horizon