The markets have continued to take investors on a ride this week. As Europe burns, the U.S. fiddles, and public anger over the mess reaches a full boil, we’ve got some of the best reads on the web right now for your perusing pleasure:

• Downtown’s Rules for Surviving a Crash (Reformed Broker)
• Why Hedge Funds May Not Equal Diversification (All About Alpha)
• Gold and Silver on a parabolic arch? (Market Anthropology)
• Moody’s Exposed (Business Insider)
• Phil Pearlman’s Concise Verbal Snapshot of the Moment (Phil Pearlman)
• The Hidden Dangers in Safe Havens (NYT)

And since we’re all wishing we could get away for a bit anyway…

• Messages from Other Worlds: A Gallery of Crop Circles (Slate)