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July 5, 2017 1:43 pm
07/05/17 – Wednesday’s Interest-ing Reads
The Most Valuable Global Brands (ft)
This is the true definition of confidence. (heleo)
Next Minsky Moment? Keep Eye on Sovereign Debt (bloomberg)
What retirees can do to offset cognitive decline. (bloomberg)
Worrying Is A Serious Offense (wordpress)
Big Path Capital is a boutique investment bank focused solely on socially responsible companies. (barrons)
Big Tech Deals Take a Holiday. Enjoy It While It Lasts. (bloomberg)
Apple Disrupts Silicon Valley w/New Headquarters (nytimes)
Investor statements don’t really tell them what they need to know. (theirrelevantinvestor)
How to stop being a doormat. (quietrev)
What’s your vision for retirement? (petetheplanner)
Some tools and apps to help you save, budget and pay down debt. (genyplanning)
The case for increasing portfolio risk in retirement. (blog.cordantwealth)
Stock Market Has Been in a New Price Regime for 20 Years (yahoo)
The Kind of Investing that Could Make Retirement Easy (usatoday)
These are the 4 L’s of retirement planning. (retirementresearcher)
The Time I Got Recruited to Collude with the Russians (lawfareblog)
Hedge funds heart European stocks. (wsj)
Taking a Look at North Korea: Country & Military by the Numbers (247wallst)
U.S. Steel Imports and the National Security Myth (realclearmarkets)
If you haven’t tried to reduce your cellphone bill lately, you are missing out. (wsj)
Our Kids Will Thank Us for Rolling Back Net Neutrality (thefiscaltimes)
American Luxury Driving’s Back w/ Smart Man’s Rolls (spectator)
How to buy a stake in AQR. (institutionalinvestor)
Seven signs of overhyped fintech (blogs.lse.ac.uk)
What goes into the rent vs. buy decision. (humbledollar)
Obama’s Intervention In Investment Advice Predictably Failed (nationalreview)
A discussion with Jon Stein CEO of Betterment. (businessinsider)
Confidence Boomed After the Election. The Economy Hasn’t. (nytimes)
Are younger men really getting lured out of the work force by video games? (nytimes)
Closing retail stores will help remake suburbia. (bloomberg)
Activists are taking their show to Europe with some tweaks in tow. (ft)
We Need to Avoik the UK’s Mistakes, Do Taxes Right (nypost)
Managed futures for the last 12 months have matched the performance of bonds and commodities. (mrzepczynski.blogspot)
June ISM: No Swoon to Report for Manufacturing (realclear)
Better Ways to Measure CEO Pay: Summary compensation tables massively understate what executives earn and don’t tell investors what they need to know (wsj)
Research shows retirement planning works. (papers.ssrn)
Claire Lew, "Err on the side of generosity. The way you want your employees to feel about their work will affect the way they do their work." (m.signalvnoise)
Shaking the Weak Economic Hand of Russia (project-syndicate)
There is still a chance to refinance your mortgage at below 4% rates. (financialsamurai)
Oh! What a Lovely Trade War (nytimes)
Two Big Lending Changes Mean It’s Easier to Get a Mortgage (cnbc)
Factor picking is the new sector picking. (pragcap)
Behavioral finance is for individuals, not markets (dpegan)
Another sign that quant isn’t as easy as it looks. (bloomberg)
Be A Patient Investor Like Buffett With These Stocks (forbes)
The View at the Beach: Our Favorite Summer Reads (bloomberg)
Speculators Are Ignoring the Major Cliff We’re Perched On (hussmanfunds)
Is This Exxon’s Secret Weapon Against Electric Cars? (oilprice)
Roger Federer Reminds Us Labor Market Works, Like a Market.. (si)
How to spot trend changes prior to a recession. (capitalspectator)
Even technology companies are recognizing the need for tangible assets, like real estate. (bloomberg)
Real estate near the new Apple ($AAPL) HQ is soaring in value. (nytimes)
Young Wall Street-types are none too happy. (businessinsider)
Shifting Sentiment? (schwab)
We Are the 99 Percent—Except for the Top 20 Percent of Us (thenation)
Revolutionaries don’t retire. (bigthink)
2017 First Half Key Takeaways (wordpress)
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Is Suffocating Growth (usatoday)
Risks remain amid the global recovery (ft)
Four mistakes you make shopping on Amazon ($AMZN). (moneyish)
Poland’s economy is on the rise. (nytimes)
Low-Income Families Spend 40% of Their Money on Luxuries (marketwatch)
Americans are in no celebratory mood this 4th of July. But they should be (theguardian)
The Future According to Elon Musk  (bloomberg)
Here’s Probably the Only Way to Fix North Korea Now (cnbc)
What History Truly Says About Low Stock-Market Volatility (bloomberg)
What a ‘faux-tirement’ can teach you about actual retirement. (beta.morningstar)