A list of hedge Funds which blew up in the subprime crisis, the big ones..Small ones are too many to fit a list I guess. Link: http://hf-implode.com/

Ever heard of the term Norm Entrepreneurship !! Business that fills the gap of social norms! Here is an example … Via Tyler Cowen : One of the hottest bars in the Chinese city of Nanjing sports only a sofa, a few tables, and tissue paper - a lot of tissue paper. The AFP news service reports that the city’s first “cry bar,” where customers can sit and cry for $6 per hour, is growing in popularity.

Are we living in a matrix ? Link 1 , Link 2 , Link 3 , Link 4

Via Suneet :)

Link : Short Sellers Get Squashed Shorting, the basic stuff that one takes for granted in various models , when banned , make the models useless. Shorting which is underlying assumption of BlackScholes, Several math models, Long-Short Stat arb strategies !! has been banned on 799 US- Stocks. This is the time to throw all the models aside and trend follow!!