Linkfest: Facebook’s giant deal for tiny company; Deflation in Europe; Buffett’s disclosures
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Today’s most shared:
- Facebook bags an elephant, paying $19b for WhatsApp.
- Spectre of deflation haunts Europe.
- Berkshire Hathaway’s limited disclosures.
- Regulators lack crisis early-warning system.
- Mean reversion.
- Walmart supports minimum wage hike – highest productivity means competitors would be impacted more, customers would have more disposable income.
Facebook’s horrible, stroke-of-genius IPO
Reuters
If you’re asking whether Zuckerberg paid too much for WhatsApp, you’re asking the wrong question.
shared by @TheStalwart, @howardlindzon, @Alea_, @EpicureanDeal
Reuters
If you’re asking whether Zuckerberg paid too much for WhatsApp, you’re asking the wrong question.
shared by @TheStalwart, @howardlindzon, @Alea_, @EpicureanDeal
The Rags-To-Riches Tale Of How Jan Koum Built WhatsApp Into Facebook’s New $19 Billion Baby
Forbes
Jan Koum picked a meaningful spot to sign the $19 billion deal to sell his company WhatsApp to Facebook earlier today. Koum, cofounder Brian Acton and venture capitalist Jim Goetz of Sequoia drove a few blocks from WhatsApp’s discreet headquarters in Mountain View to a disused white building across the railroad tracks, the former North County Social Services office where Koum, 37, once stood in line to collect food stamps.
shared by @firstadopter, NYT Dealbook, @AntDeRosa, Huffington Post
Forbes
Jan Koum picked a meaningful spot to sign the $19 billion deal to sell his company WhatsApp to Facebook earlier today. Koum, cofounder Brian Acton and venture capitalist Jim Goetz of Sequoia drove a few blocks from WhatsApp’s discreet headquarters in Mountain View to a disused white building across the railroad tracks, the former North County Social Services office where Koum, 37, once stood in line to collect food stamps.
shared by @firstadopter, NYT Dealbook, @AntDeRosa, Huffington Post
Whatsapp and $19bn
ben-evans.com
Facebook just bought WhatsApp, paying $16bn in cash and stock and $3bn in RSUs. WhatsApp has 450m active users, of which 72% are active every day. It has just 32 engineers. And its users share 500m photos a day, which is almost certainly more than Facebook.
shared by @MParekh, @jsphctrl, @pkedrosky, @tomkeene, @howardlindzon
ben-evans.com
Facebook just bought WhatsApp, paying $16bn in cash and stock and $3bn in RSUs. WhatsApp has 450m active users, of which 72% are active every day. It has just 32 engineers. And its users share 500m photos a day, which is almost certainly more than Facebook.
shared by @MParekh, @jsphctrl, @pkedrosky, @tomkeene, @howardlindzon
The April Fool’s Day Deal Evaluator
Kid Dynamite
Facebook – WhatsApp huh? Sold To you Sucka
shared by Abnormal Returns, @ReformedBroker, @EpicureanDeal, @M_C_Klein
Kid Dynamite
Facebook – WhatsApp huh? Sold To you Sucka
shared by Abnormal Returns, @ReformedBroker, @EpicureanDeal, @M_C_Klein
France is looking straight down the barrel of a deflation shock
The Telegraph
French President François Hollande must now pay the price for kowtowing to the contraction polices of the eurozone. His country is sliding into deflation.
shared by @EconBrothers, @mhewson_CMC, @GTCost, reddit/Economics
The Telegraph
French President François Hollande must now pay the price for kowtowing to the contraction polices of the eurozone. His country is sliding into deflation.
shared by @EconBrothers, @mhewson_CMC, @GTCost, reddit/Economics
Berkshire Investors Lacking Data Take Buffett on Faith
Bloomberg
For years, chemical maker Lubrizol filed annual reports with securities regulators that ran 80 pages or more, detailing everything from its inventory to pension obligations.
shared by @retheauditors, @HamzeiAnalytics, @PreetaTweets
Bloomberg
For years, chemical maker Lubrizol filed annual reports with securities regulators that ran 80 pages or more, detailing everything from its inventory to pension obligations.
shared by @retheauditors, @HamzeiAnalytics, @PreetaTweets
He’s back: The best hedge fund of 2013 was…
CNBC
John Paulson’s comeback was validated this week with a trio of awards.
shared by @JacobWolinsky, @SimoneFoxman, Abnormal Returns
CNBC
John Paulson’s comeback was validated this week with a trio of awards.
shared by @JacobWolinsky, @SimoneFoxman, Abnormal Returns
Mean Reversion: The misunderstood “mystery method” behind big market blunders
A Dash of Insight
The insightful investor understands mean reversion. It is a mystery concept for most – fancy talk. I will attempt a commonsense explanation with some relevant examples. In conclusion, I will show why this is important.
shared by @derekhernquist, Crossing Wall Street, Abnormal Returns
A Dash of Insight
The insightful investor understands mean reversion. It is a mystery concept for most – fancy talk. I will attempt a commonsense explanation with some relevant examples. In conclusion, I will show why this is important.
shared by @derekhernquist, Crossing Wall Street, Abnormal Returns
Financial Regulators Are Still Flying Blind
Bloomberg
Almost six years after the financial crisis, regulators still have no reliable early-warning system.
shared by @JohnLothian, @nasiripour, @eisingerj, @ThemisSal, @TimOBrien, @Kiffmeister
Bloomberg
Almost six years after the financial crisis, regulators still have no reliable early-warning system.
shared by @JohnLothian, @nasiripour, @eisingerj, @ThemisSal, @TimOBrien, @Kiffmeister
Chinese Manufacturing Index Slides to Lowest Level in 7 Months
Bloomberg
A Chinese manufacturing index fell to the lowest level in seven months, adding to challenges for Communist Party officials grappling with risks to the financial system from trust defaults and soured loans.
shared by @bespokeinvest, Naked Capitalism, @Dvolatility, Crossing Wall Street
Bloomberg
A Chinese manufacturing index fell to the lowest level in seven months, adding to challenges for Communist Party officials grappling with risks to the financial system from trust defaults and soured loans.
shared by @bespokeinvest, Naked Capitalism, @Dvolatility, Crossing Wall Street
Wal-Mart Says ‘Looking’ at Support of Federal Minimum Wage Rise
Bloomberg
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the largest private employer in the U.S., said it’s looking at supporting an increase in the federal minimum wage, breaking with business and industry groups that oppose such a measure.
shared by @BCAppelbaum, @markgongloff, @morningmoneyben, @TimOBrien, Huffington Post
Bloomberg
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the largest private employer in the U.S., said it’s looking at supporting an increase in the federal minimum wage, breaking with business and industry groups that oppose such a measure.
shared by @BCAppelbaum, @markgongloff, @morningmoneyben, @TimOBrien, Huffington Post
The Dark Power of Fraternities
The Atlantic
A yearlong investigation of Greek houses reveals their endemic, lurid, and sometimes tragic problems—and a sophisticated system for shifting the blame.
shared by @BCAppelbaum, @MissTrade, @markgongloff, @maxabelson, @counterparties
The Atlantic
A yearlong investigation of Greek houses reveals their endemic, lurid, and sometimes tragic problems—and a sophisticated system for shifting the blame.
shared by @BCAppelbaum, @MissTrade, @markgongloff, @maxabelson, @counterparties
Kenneth Griffin Is Giving Harvard $150 Million and It’s a Terrible Idea
Slate
You don’t give extra money to Kenneth Griffin because Kenneth Griffin is already really rich. And guess what: Harvard is already really rich. Harvard is the Bill Gates of universities.
shared by @ryanavent, @JacobWolinsky, @Alea_, @ezraklein
Slate
You don’t give extra money to Kenneth Griffin because Kenneth Griffin is already really rich. And guess what: Harvard is already really rich. Harvard is the Bill Gates of universities.
shared by @ryanavent, @JacobWolinsky, @Alea_, @ezraklein
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