Target and other online retailers did well, but traditional brick-and-mortar retailers took a pounding this Friday. A chilly Black Friday for some brick-and-mortar retailers [1]
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Items from Professor Preponomics:
Beware of the Sure Thing: Possible Curve Balls for the December Market [2] (Market Watch)
U.S. Retailers Hunt for Attacks After Warning on Stealthy Malware [3] (Reuters) Commentary: Take measures to protect your information
When Financial Bubbles Burst: Real Estate Values are Plunging in Canadian Heavy Oil Patch [4] (Contra Corner)
Interest Rates to Stay Low Longer, Household Debt Remains a Concern – Says the Bank of England [5] (The Telegraph)
Glencore’s Oil Deal in Libya Branded Worthless by Rival Government [6] (The Guardian)
Brazil’s Economic Meltdown: Stagflation Ahead, Goldman Unreservedly Disappointed [7] (Zero Hedge)
5 Steps to Help You Get Started Paying Off Debt [8] (About.com)
7 Ways to Avoid Identity Theft Over the Holiday Season [9] (Washington Post)
The Best Things in Life are Free [10] (Clark Howard)
Simple Christmas Links [11] (Becoming Minimalist)
Hotels, Cars for Joe Biden’s Thanksgiving Trip to Italy and Croatia Cost $307,118 [12] (Washington Free Beacon)
Eliminating Cash Makes It Easier to Silence Critics [13] (Mises Institute)