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Financial News Roundup for the Week of Feb. 19, 2018

2/25/2018

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

Markets & Economy:
  • Is a 3% Treasury yield good new or bad? For now, investors say good. (WSJ)
  • Companies could get more flexibility to launch IPOs (WSJ)
Asset/Wealth Management:
  • Public pensions are still betting half of all assets on stocks (WSJ)
  • SEC says it hasn’t registered ICOs - but plenty might be taking the backdoor (Marketwatch)
  • Florida teachers demand their retirement fund dump gun stocks (Bloomberg)
  • Overweight on index funds: A not terribly bright idea idea for Harvard (Bloomberg)
Long(er) Reads:
  • The case against Google (NYT Magazine)
Alternatives:
  • Endowments Should Scale Back Hedge Fund Holdings, Commonfund's CEO Says (Bloomberg)
  • Carlyle's David Rubenstein says geopolitical 'black swan' only worry for markets in next two years (CNBC)
  • $34bn Hedge Fund Elliott Management Says a 'Dénouement' Is Approaching — And It's a Disaster Waiting to Happen (Business Insider)
  • How gargantuan can private equity get? (WSJ)
Media Industry and Journalism:
  • How Pro Publica Became Big Tech’s Scariest Watchdog (Fastcodesign.com)
  • This is a Generic LinkedIn Rant (McSweeney’s)
  • Vox Media lays off 5% of its staff as the pivot-to-video bloodbath continues (FastCompany)
  • Why is the Manhattan DA looking at Newsweek’s ties to a Christian university? (Newsweek’s former reporters)
  • Why the Newsweek firings are bad for press freedom (CJR)
  • The Atlantic plans a hiring spree (NYT)
  • Gothamist lives, thanks to a boost from public radio (Wired)​
Technology:
  • His 2020 Campaign Message: The Robots Are Coming (NYT)
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