Linkfest: The FOMC’s tapering hawks and doves; Favorite charts, books, fads and themes of 2013
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Today’s most shared: Most FOMC members haven’t tipped their hand on tapering… Favorite charts, books of 2013… Fads and themes, by year… The six-hour workday… Investment errors… Social media as real-time instrumentation of the economy.
Fed Scorecard: Where Do Officials Stand on Tapering?
Wall Street Journal
As Federal Reserve officials approach their pivotal monetary policy meeting next week, markets want to know the answer to one question: Is it time to taper?
shared by @CardiffGarcia, @pdacosta, @WSJecon
Wall Street Journal
As Federal Reserve officials approach their pivotal monetary policy meeting next week, markets want to know the answer to one question: Is it time to taper?
shared by @CardiffGarcia, @pdacosta, @WSJecon
Our favorite charts of 2013
Quartz
We asked each member of our editorial staff to submit his or her favorite chart of 2013. What “favorite” meant was left open—it could mean best designed, having the most interesting content, or some combination of both.
shared by @ErikSchatzker, @bobivry, @MissTrade, @rodrikdani, @TimOBrien, @moorehn
Quartz
We asked each member of our editorial staff to submit his or her favorite chart of 2013. What “favorite” meant was left open—it could mean best designed, having the most interesting content, or some combination of both.
shared by @ErikSchatzker, @bobivry, @MissTrade, @rodrikdani, @TimOBrien, @moorehn
Buffett, Slim, Greenspan, Tyson Pick Best Books of 2013
Bloomberg
Investor Warren Buffett enjoyed learning more about how his son tries to tackle world hunger, while fellow billionaire Carlos Slim studied how General Motors Co. and AT&T Inc. reinvented themselves.
shared by @JacobWolinsky, @ReformedBroker, @abnormalreturns, @Neil_Irwin
Bloomberg
Investor Warren Buffett enjoyed learning more about how his son tries to tackle world hunger, while fellow billionaire Carlos Slim studied how General Motors Co. and AT&T Inc. reinvented themselves.
shared by @JacobWolinsky, @ReformedBroker, @abnormalreturns, @Neil_Irwin
Investment Fads and Themes, 1996-2013
The Reformed Broker
Another year in the books – here’s what investors did this year.
shared by @TheStalwart, @abnormalreturns, @TheBasisPoint, @JacobWolinsky
The Reformed Broker
Another year in the books – here’s what investors did this year.
shared by @TheStalwart, @abnormalreturns, @TheBasisPoint, @JacobWolinsky
Six Investment Errors You Are Making Right Now
Bloomberg
Let us discuss information sources, methodologies, and precisely the choices we choose to make when we select what to believe.
shared by @ritholtz, @TimOBrien, @Dasan
Bloomberg
Let us discuss information sources, methodologies, and precisely the choices we choose to make when we select what to believe.
shared by @ritholtz, @TimOBrien, @Dasan
Hedge funds bet against Manchester United
CNBC
Manchester United has had a dismal start in the Premier League this season – and some hedge funds are betting against them. The FT reports.
shared by @retheauditors, @EfiEfthimiou, @Pawelmorski, @vali_nasr
CNBC
Manchester United has had a dismal start in the Premier League this season – and some hedge funds are betting against them. The FT reports.
shared by @retheauditors, @EfiEfthimiou, @Pawelmorski, @vali_nasr
The case for a six-hour workday
Quartz
A shorter workday works particularly well for knowledge workers—people in creative or professional jobs—who can work productively for about six hours a day.
shared by @LSPollack, @moorehn, @JacobWolinsky
Quartz
A shorter workday works particularly well for knowledge workers—people in creative or professional jobs—who can work productively for about six hours a day.
shared by @LSPollack, @moorehn, @JacobWolinsky
Europe faces a bigger threat than German caution
Financial Times
The world must seem a confusing place if you are sitting in Angela Merkel’s chair. The chancellor has been under sustained international fire for the stellar performance of German companies in global markets.
shared by @EmanuelDerman, @FGoria, @mhewson_CMC
Financial Times
The world must seem a confusing place if you are sitting in Angela Merkel’s chair. The chancellor has been under sustained international fire for the stellar performance of German companies in global markets.
shared by @EmanuelDerman, @FGoria, @mhewson_CMC
Fidelity halts bitcoin investments from IRAs
MarketWatch
Fidelity has said that its clients cannot invest in bitcoin through SecondMarket’s Bitcoin Investment Trust at this time.
shared by @MichaelKitces, @HamzeiAnalytics, @bclund, @JacobWolinsky
MarketWatch
Fidelity has said that its clients cannot invest in bitcoin through SecondMarket’s Bitcoin Investment Trust at this time.
shared by @MichaelKitces, @HamzeiAnalytics, @bclund, @JacobWolinsky
Talk of asset bubbles is hot air … mostly
Reuters
LONDON, Dec 13 (Reuters) – With many markets scaling record highs thanks to the largesse of the world’s major central banks,talk of asset bubbles is rife.
shared by @BrunoBrussels, @wonkmonk_
Reuters
LONDON, Dec 13 (Reuters) – With many markets scaling record highs thanks to the largesse of the world’s major central banks,talk of asset bubbles is rife.
shared by @BrunoBrussels, @wonkmonk_
Choking smog is darkening Shanghai’s prospects for becoming a global financial center
Wall Street Journal
China’s effort to turn Shanghai into a global financial center came under a cloud this month—or, rather, under a choking blanket of smog that has affluent residents talking about bolting.
shared by @TheStalwart, @hblodget, @niubi, @Ian_Fraser
Wall Street Journal
China’s effort to turn Shanghai into a global financial center came under a cloud this month—or, rather, under a choking blanket of smog that has affluent residents talking about bolting.
shared by @TheStalwart, @hblodget, @niubi, @Ian_Fraser
World’s Largest Hedge Fund Uses Twitter For Real-Time Economic Modeling
ZeroHedge
As more and more amateurs have piled into Twitter, the data stream has been subject to the "Yahoo Finance effect" – there is far too much noise, and not nearly enough actionable signal, especially when one tries to strip away the bias behind any given message.
shared by @JacobWolinsky, @cate_long, @SconsetCapital
ZeroHedge
As more and more amateurs have piled into Twitter, the data stream has been subject to the "Yahoo Finance effect" – there is far too much noise, and not nearly enough actionable signal, especially when one tries to strip away the bias behind any given message.
shared by @JacobWolinsky, @cate_long, @SconsetCapital
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