Linkfest: Stretch for yield; Buffett likes wind, solar; Low VIX reflects the recent past
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Today’s most shared:
- “Stretch for yield,” the scariest words in the bond lexicon.
- Buffett bullish on wind, solar investments.
- The VIX is low, but that doesn’t mean you should buy it.
- Dark pools probed over disclosures, handling of sensitive customer data.
- Robot makers want to take over tech manufacturing, tech industry wants to disrupt robotics.
- Martin Feldstein’s inflation warning.
- Tragic suicide of a Blackstone-backed CEO.
- Thai, Burmese migrants enslaved to produce seafood as part of the UK and US food chain.
As bond markets twist, investors shout
Wall Street Journal
Some Spanish government bond yields dipped below U.S. Treasurys, adding another wrinkle to a year of surprises for the world’s bond markets.
shared by @jsphctrl, reddit/Economics, @Pawelmorski
Wall Street Journal
Some Spanish government bond yields dipped below U.S. Treasurys, adding another wrinkle to a year of surprises for the world’s bond markets.
shared by @jsphctrl, reddit/Economics, @Pawelmorski
Buffett Ready to Double $15 Billion Solar, Wind Bet
Bloomberg
Warren Buffett briefly lost track of how many billions of dollars his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is spending to build wind and solar power in the U.S. That didn’t stop him from vowing to double the outlay.
shared by Business Insider, Here Is The City, @TheIntuitInvest
Bloomberg
Warren Buffett briefly lost track of how many billions of dollars his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is spending to build wind and solar power in the U.S. That didn’t stop him from vowing to double the outlay.
shared by Business Insider, Here Is The City, @TheIntuitInvest
The VIX Is Not A Great Way to Measure Complacency
Bloomberg View
It is a great way to measure realized volatility though. I mean, trailing realized volatility.
shared by @izakaminska, @TheStalwart, @derekhernquist, Business Insider
Bloomberg View
It is a great way to measure realized volatility though. I mean, trailing realized volatility.
shared by @izakaminska, @TheStalwart, @derekhernquist, Business Insider
’Dark pools’ face new SEC probe
Wall Street Journal
The SEC is investigating a number of big "dark pools," including one operated by Barclays, as stock-market regulators ramp up pressure on the private trading venues.
shared by @jennablan, Business Insider, @Alea_, @JoeSaluzzi, @IvanTheK, @ThemisSal
Wall Street Journal
The SEC is investigating a number of big "dark pools," including one operated by Barclays, as stock-market regulators ramp up pressure on the private trading venues.
shared by @jennablan, Business Insider, @Alea_, @JoeSaluzzi, @IvanTheK, @ThemisSal
Robot makers turn to technology industry as next world to conquer
Financial Times
Robot executives paid close attention when Chia Day, a softly spoken senior vice-president at Foxconn, visited the Automatica trade show in Munich last week.
shared by @tylercowen, @davidmwessel, @reddy, @derekhernquist
Financial Times
Robot executives paid close attention when Chia Day, a softly spoken senior vice-president at Foxconn, visited the Automatica trade show in Munich last week.
shared by @tylercowen, @davidmwessel, @reddy, @derekhernquist
Martin Feldstein: Warning: Inflation Is Running Above 2%
Wall Street Journal
Martin Feldstein writes that unemployment may not restrain wage inflation. If so, the economy may be on the way toward a general inflation that the Federal Reserve will be hard put to contain.
shared by @delong, @ObsoleteDogma, @MarkThoma, @Noahpinion, @mark_dow
Wall Street Journal
Martin Feldstein writes that unemployment may not restrain wage inflation. If so, the economy may be on the way toward a general inflation that the Federal Reserve will be hard put to contain.
shared by @delong, @ObsoleteDogma, @MarkThoma, @Noahpinion, @mark_dow
America’s credit card addicts just relapsed
Quartz
America’s addiction to credit cards is flaring up again. This is either really good news or really bad news.
shared by @GTCost, Naked Capitalism, @counterparties, @moorehn
Quartz
America’s addiction to credit cards is flaring up again. This is either really good news or really bad news.
shared by @GTCost, Naked Capitalism, @counterparties, @moorehn
Minimum Wage: Who Makes It?
New York Times
Most workers who earn the minimum wage are older than they used to be and more educated.
shared by @CenterOnBudget, @mccarthyryanj, reddit/Economics, @ProPublica
New York Times
Most workers who earn the minimum wage are older than they used to be and more educated.
shared by @CenterOnBudget, @mccarthyryanj, reddit/Economics, @ProPublica
The life and death of a master of the universe
CNBC
Blackstone exec Bruce Wrobel did well and wanted to do good—and that may have had tragic consequences.
shared by @kaylatausche, @AlphaClone, @danprimack, @SconsetCapital
CNBC
Blackstone exec Bruce Wrobel did well and wanted to do good—and that may have had tragic consequences.
shared by @kaylatausche, @AlphaClone, @danprimack, @SconsetCapital
Asian slave labour producing shrimp for supermarkets in US, UK
theguardian.com
Thai "ghost ships" that enslave, brutalise and even kill workers are linked to global prawn supply chain, Guardian investigation discovers
shared by @AmyResnick, @markgongloff, @ryanchittum, @BuzzFeedBen
theguardian.com
Thai "ghost ships" that enslave, brutalise and even kill workers are linked to global prawn supply chain, Guardian investigation discovers
shared by @AmyResnick, @markgongloff, @ryanchittum, @BuzzFeedBen
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