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 Thursday links: harder than it looks « Abnormal Returns

 A quick to note to all of the loyal readers of  Abnormal Returns . It just so happened that our Wordpress.com  (Related)   counter just clicked over 500,000 page views and our feed subscribers via Feedburner.com  (Related)   now stand in excess of 1,000. Hey, if we don’t toot our own horn who else will? Now on to the linkfest.

 If you are wondering whether a “just say no defense  (Related)  ” will save  Dow Jones (DJ  (Related)  )  from the clutches of  News Corp. (NWS  (Related)  )  then check out our post on the topic.

 Maybe this hedge fund thing is harder that it looks.  Dillon Read Capital Management  and its hedge fund are no more. (via DealBook  (Related)  DealBook )

 Mebane Faber  at World Beta  (Related)  World Beta  on a roundabout way to invest in some high profile hedge funds.

 Is fixed income investment getting left behind in the rush to hedge funds? (via All About Alpha  (Related)  All About Alpha )

 Greg Newton  at NakedShorts  (Related)  NakedShorts  on the battle over who pays for private jet time in the hedge fund world.

 The  New York Fed  examines just what risks hedge funds pose to the global financial system. (via FT Alphaville  (Related)  FT Alphaville )

 Joanna Ossinger  at MarketBeat  (Related)  MarketBeat  checks in with a short-seller who thinks those of his ilk should be on the “sidelines” for now.

 Sonya Morris  at Morningstar.com  (Related)  Morningstar.com  takes a bottoms up valuation look at rich and cheap ETFs.

 Michael Kahn  at Barrons.com  (Related)  Barrons.com  on the market’s need for a breather at this time.

 Barry Ritholtz  at the Big Picture  (Related)  Big Picture  on the sustained rise in the  Baltic Dry Index  to new highs.

 James Picerno  at the Capital Spectator  (Related)  Capital Spectator  on the continued surge in liquidity as measured by the surge in M2.

Bespoke Investment Group  (Related)  Bespoke Investment Group  on the seasonal prospects for oil in the summer months.

Yaser Anwar  (Related)  Yaser Anwar  on signs of a potential top in the energy stocks.

 Roger Nusbaum  at TheStreet.com  (Related)  TheStreet.com  analyzes two new ETFs that provide small-cap international equity exposure.

 Keith Hahn  at DealBreaker.com  (Related)  DealBreaker.com  takes a look at a ranking of the top private equity firms.

 Do private equity firms create or destroy jobs? The answer is both. (via CNNMoney.com  (Related)  )

 Subprime mortgage pools are taking a credit ratings hit. (via WSJ.com  (Related)  WSJ.com )

 Hal R. Varian  in the New York Times  (Related)  New York Times  on academic evidence showing that, “Trying to outguess the market is a sucker’s game.”

 Joe Weisenthal  at the Stalwart  (Related)  Stalwart  on  Microsft’s (MSFT  (Related)  )  inability to “get” the Internet.

 Katie Fehrenbacher  at GigaOm  (Related)  GigaOm  on the move by  Apple (AAPL  (Related)  )  to become a little more “green.”

 Stephen J. Dubner  at the Freakonomics Blog  (Related)   has some background on blog luminary  James Altucher .

 Knowing whether poker is a game of skill or luck is a matter of debate and actual economic import. (via WSJ.com  (Related)  WSJ.com )

 Eileen Soltes  at Portfolio.com  (Related)   looks at how one neophyte horse owner is shaking up the thoroughbred industry.

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