Financial News Roundup for the week of Feb. 19, 2017

What We've Been Reading - Week of Feb. 19

Markets & Economy:

• S&P 500 Is Already Trading at Wall Street's Year-end Forecast (Bloomberg)
• Interest Rates Are Rising. Here's How to Take Advantage (Money)
• Signs of a stepback in financial regulatory enforcement (NYT)
• Big investors are too scared to run, too scared to fight Trump rally (WSJ)
• Bond market is flashing warning signs on Trump reflation trade (WSJ)

Asset/Wealth Management:

• Two-Thirds of Americans Aren’t Putting Money in Their 401(k) (Bloomberg)
• Silicon Valley tries to upend banks, now it works with them (NYT)
• Losing a Fortune Always Comes Down to One Thing: Family (NYT)
  
  

Long(er) Reads:

• How Warren Buffett and 3G lost Unilever (Financial Times)
• “You have to stop,” Renaissance executive tells boss about Trump (WSJ)
• One man’s bid to clear his name online: 4 years, $3 million and some dead turtles (WSJ)

Alternatives:

• Pension fund sticks with hedge funds as others flee (WSJ)
• Appeals court: Hedge funds can’t sue over Fannie and Freddie investments (Bloomberg)
• Will public pensions regret dumping hedge funds? (Institutional Investor)
• The future of private equity. New Opportunities and challenges (FinAlts)
• Record dry powder at PE firms is nothing to worry about (McKinsey report on private equity)

Media Industry and Journalism:

• Why all your news now comes with a heap of condescension(NY Post)
• Op-ed: How Facebook can help save news outlets (NYT)
• FT to cut 3% of editorial staff as revenue declines (Financial Times)
• I ignored Trump news for a week, here’s what I learned (NYT)