Links: 2010-03-31 – PIKs and High Yield back with a passion

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  • Paul Volcker: Do The Right Economic Thing « The Baseline Scenario
  • FT.com / Columnists / Martin Wolf – Why Germany cannot be a model for the eurozone
  • FT.com – China invited to join IEA as oil demand shifts
  • FT.com – Irish banks face shortfall of 32bn
  • How I’d Hack Your Weak Passwords – Passwords – Lifehacker
  • Economist’s View: "Where on Earth has the SEC Been?"
  • Gene Healy: Demography determining GOP’s destiny | Washington Examiner
  • A US-china trade war can shake up markets-Interviews-Opinion-The Economic Times
  • Eurozone risks a break-up, says Dr Doom-International Business-News-The Economic Times
  • FT Alphaville – Stacy Marie Ishmael – The CDS inquisition, California edition
  • Subprime Debt Rallies as U.S. Enhances Loan Aid: Credit Markets – Bloomberg.com
  • Armed and Dangerous? PIK Toggles Are Back – Deal Journal – WSJ
  • Our unstoppable housing market may have met its match – Canada – National Post
  • Payback Time – States’ Debt Woes Grow Too Big to Camouflage – NYTimes.com
  • FT Alphaville – Izabella Kaminska – US 7-year swap spread turns negative
  • Was the Citi Bailout Really a Good Deal? : Ryan Chittum – CJR
  • China shows new divisions on yuan – National Post
  • Was die Eurokrise für den Franken bedeutet – Schweiz: Standard – tagesanzeiger.ch
  • Greek Bonds Under Renewed Pressure – MarketBeat – WSJ
  • FT.com – A frugal policy is the better solution
  • Economist’s View: Disinflation Continues…
  • FT.com – Will negative swap spreads be our coal mine canaries?
  • Flaxseed lowers high cholesterol in men, study suggests
  • bondsfinancial newshigh yieldrisk