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John Meriwether is planning his second rise from the ashes after a disastrous year.

The Long-Term Capital Management founder and the remaining partners of his hedge fund JWM Partners are mulling a new fund, according to The Wall Street Journal. The new vehicle may or may not be a part of JWM; the firm’s four partners are considering setting up a new company for it.

It is unclear what strategy the fund would employ, the Journal reports.

The moves come after a terrible 2008 for Greenwich, Conn.-based JWM, whose flagship Relative Value Opportunity Portfolio lost 41.57% last year. In December, the firm told investors that three of its seven partners would be leaving the firm, which Meriwether founded in 1999, a year after LTCM’s spectacular collapse, and that it would cut more than a quarter of its workforce.

Here are Top Twenty-Five financial blogs, in no special order:

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1. Mish’s Global Economic Trend Analysis (7,903 links). Although Mish (aka Mike Shedlock) is not an economist by training, he adroitly gets into the thick of economic data. Mish looks at comments made by the major media, so–called experts and government officials and serves up trenchant analysis based on his impression of their relevance and validity. The author is not afraid to attack conventional wisdom.

2. Footnoted.org (598 links). The blog’s author, Michelle Leder, digs through SEC filings and comes up with some of the best insights about the “hidden” comments found in 8Ks, 10Qs, and other government filings that rarely get as careful a review. This is one of the oldest financial blogs, founded in 2003.

3. Bill Cara’s Cara Community (389 links) analyzes the capital markets, stock movements, and the economy with an eye to technical guides including volatility, cash flows, trading volume, and price performance and is prolific almost beyond comparison.

4. Infectious Greed (3,822 links). Blogger, Paul Kedrosky, is considered one the preeminent financial market pundits. His site reflects the perspective of a former technology analyst, institutional money manager, and venture capitalist. Infectious greed provides a running commentary on global markets, economic trends, and emerging business trends.

5. Bespoke Invest, also known as “Think Big” (6,112 links), is the blog for a money management and research firm. The site provides a combination of technical analysis and commentary on macroeconomic trends, major sectors of the stock market, and currencies.

6. Angry Bear (2,447 links) is the product of a half dozen Ph.D economists, an historian, and financial professionals. The writers provide individual perspectives on broad sectors of the economy based on their unique training. They look at topics as varied as worldwide trade and industrial production as well as US government programs and regulations like Social Security.

7. The Big Picture by Barry Ritholtz (11,223 links) has recently moved from his long-standing site on typepad, where he's been since 2002, to http://www.ritholtz.com. Ritholtz is one of the most well-respected market and economic pundits and bloggers who manages money as his day job. Multiple posts a day on subjects as diverse as criticisms of the business press, digital media, and key economic indicators. Sophisticated analysis made clear by an unmistakably irreverent voice and excellent use of charts, tables, and graphs.

8. Naked Shorts (833 links) covers ETFs, hedge funds, monetary policy, and current events. Bangs on hedgies and the accounting profession and its practices. Not fond of the practices of many US government agencies.

9. A VC (2,777 links). Long-time venture capitalist Fred Wilson passes along his opinions on new technology and how it converges with emerging parts of the economy. Wilson talks in detail about where he is investing his venture capital money and why. His Union Square Ventures has taken positions in new ventures including Del.icio.us, Feedburner, and Twitter.

10. SeekingAlpha (63,563 links), the grandfather of financial blog aggregation, also has its own editors and columnists. This is by far the largest collection of financial blog posts in the world. Readers who want to find articles from hundreds of sites get a one-stop-shop at SeekingAlpha. If it were not for this web site, a large number of blogs would have almost no readers.

11. Clusterstock (1,613) links) follows and comments on business, the stock market, and economic news throughout the day. It has a staff of several outstanding writers lead by Henry Blodget. Articles by John Carney are particularly good. It is now combined with another strong site called Silicon Alley Insider.

12. 1440 Wall Street (1,216 link). Although the site is “intended for the institutional equities crowd,” we won’t hold it against them - it’s still very good. Covers money markets, sell side, buy side, private equity, Wall St. research, and media. Strong analysis. Strong on multimedia.

13. The Kirk Report (1,571 links). This is one of the oldest financial blogs and it has been consistently good. It has a number of articles which are simply links to other sites. Strong on stock analysis, market recommendations, and volume investing. Too bad some of the content requires being a “member.”

14. Calculated Risk (11,057 links) is among the most thoughtful and thorough financial commentary on the internet. Period. Tears apart poor economic assumptions. Gets to the heart of the elements that move the economy and markets. Big focus on housing and economic analysis

15. Abnormal Returns (1,009 links). Disregarding our own rules for what blogs should be on this list, this site is the only one that simply provides lists of links to other financial sites. However, there’s a reason we’re making an exception as these are carefully selected and come with good short intros. Links are regularly organized by subject.

16. TraderFeed (2,437 links). The author, Brett Steenbarger, is one of the most intelligent voices in the financial blog business. Strong on technical analysis, broad market commentary, and the psychology behind trading behavior.

17. Alpha Trends (1,046 links). Extremely strong technical analysis. Good video commentary which it claims is the highest subscription membership for financial videos on YouTube. Covers stocks, ETF, and index movement.

18. Econbrowser (6,597 links). Run by two professors, both with economic backgrounds. What readers would expect from academics looking at the markets. Indepth and often complex analysis of a broad range of topics from infrastructure to policy making to consumer spendings. More than any other site on this list, Econ Browser is not for sisses.

19. Peridot Capitalist (192 links). Written by a money manager, one of the oldest and better regarded financial blogs. Good corporate earnings analysis and looks at undervalued stocks.

20. Information Arbitrage (957 links) The author has been in the M&A and derivatives businesses for some time. Strong and rich commentary on current financial events, investment risks and rewards, and the current credit and economic crisis.

21. Maoxian (290 links). Strong pieces on day trading, technical trading, balance sheets, and ETFs. Strange graphics. Writer tries to be anonymous, but it hasn’t worked.

22. 10Q Detective (277 links). Writer has been an equity analyst. Good at digging through government filings to find information for investors which is both helpful and sometimes amusing. Good place to read how public companies “game” the process of SEC reporting.

23. Ticker Sense (538 links). This site may be the most well known for its weekly poll of financial blogger sentiments about the market. Written by money management firm Birinyi Associates. Has excellent analysis of global economy and major sectors of the stock market. Use of tables and graphs is among the best.

24. Upside Trader (356 links) Good technical analysis which follows the market carefully. Strong charting on individual companies. Great place for day traders.

25. Carl Futia (133 links). One of the best financial forecasting blogs. Employs various technical analysis including some he has developed. Notable for his thoughtful and approachable writing. Posts very regularly.

Douglas A. McIntyre and Ashley C. Allen

To this day, the willingness of a Wall Street investment bank to pay me hundreds of thousands of dollars to dispense investment advice to grownups remains a mystery to me. I was 24 years old, with no experience of, or particular interest in, guessing which stocks and bonds would rise and which would fall. The essential function of Wall Street is to allocate capital—to decide who should get it and who should not. Believe me when I tell you that I hadn’t the first clue.

Ever wonder why Joel Greenblatt does not use his Magic Formula for his own portfolio? Here we go. Instead of a very concentrated portfolio, he bought 156 stocks with a $63 million portfolio. Now let's see how a real magic formula portfolio works. These are the details of the buys.

New Purchases: ABC, ACN, ADTN, AG, AIMC, AKAM, ALV, ANF, AOB, AP, ARM, ARO, ASIA, AYI, BARE, BBI, BEAV, BGP, BJ, BKE, BR, BUCY, BVF, CA, CBZ, CCRN, CEC, CEPH, CHKP, CIR, CKXE, CLS, CMCO, CPB, CPWR, CQB, CR, CTCM, CTL, CTR, CXR, CYCL, DAR, DDUP, DELL, DISH, DSCP, ELNK, EME, EMR, EQ, ERES, EXPO, FINL, FIX, FLR, FLS, FRX, GCO, GDI, GHM, GME, GPS, GR, GSOL, GTI, GTLS, HLF, HMA, HUB-B, IFSIA, IM, INTC, IPG, ISIL, IVGN, JAS, JBL, JOYG, KBR, KNSY, KV-A, LHCG, LXK, M, MAN, MFLX, MFW, MNST, MRX, MSFT, MSTR, MTW, NPO, NSM, NSR, NSTC, NT, NTE, NWS-A, NWY, NZ, OMC, OMI, ORCL, PACR, PCLN, PCP, PCR, PFE, PH, PII, PLCE, PPD, Q, QLGC, RAI, RBN, ROG, ROST, RSCR, RSH, RX, SANM, SAPE, SLE, SNHY, SNPS, SOHU, STX, SUNH, SVR, SWIM, SWIR, SYX, T, TEX, TIF, TTMI, TTWO, TXT, VC, VCI, VCLK, VGR, VIA-B, VSH, VTIV, WBC, WFR, WMS, WPI, WTSLA, XIDE, XLNX,
Sold Out: ODP,

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George Soros is back to his fund. We can see it from the portfolio holdings of his fund. He owns fewer stocks now and he bets big into certain areas. George Soros owns 83 stocks with a total value of $2.8 billion. These are the details of the buys and sells.

New Purchases: ACI, AMZN, BAC, BBY, BK, BUD, BWLD, CA, CDNS, CHK, CIEN, CSGS, DPS, ETR, FIS, FRO, GGP, GLRE, GMT, GSL, GSL/WS, HSNI, ITT, IYR, KIM, KMX, LO, LPS, LSCC, MA, NDAQ, PSS, QQQQ, RIMM, SID, STI, SU, TDC, TKTM, TWTC, UBB, WLL, AUDC,
Added Positions: BBND, CNX, ELX, HES, IRF, NIHD, PBR, POT, SLB, T, VZ, WMT,
Reduced Positions: ALTH, ALU, EXTR, JBLU, MSFT, MU, RDWR, RSYS, TKLC, WIND,
Sold Out: ABX, AMD, AMR, ANR, AU, BAA, BJ, BKE, BPZ, BTRX, BUCY, CAL, CALP, CCJ, CENX, CMA, COST, CSCO, CYN, DAL, DM, EBAY, ES, EWZ, FCX, GOOG, HAL, IAG, INCY, IP, IPI, JNJ, JOYG, KBR, KR, LUV, MAC, MDR, MERC, MON, MOS, MSCS, NEM, NETC, NOK, NOV, NVLS, NWS, PMCS, PTEN, SD, SIGM, SNDK, SNV, SPRT, SPY, SSCC, SYMM, TIBX, TIN, TLM, UB, UFS, UNP, USM, VECO, VIP, WFT, ZION,

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