Financial News Roundup for the Week of July 16, 2017

What We've Been Reading - Week of July 16

Markets & Economy:

• Poll: Wall Street effort to improve its image fails to sway Americans (Bloomberg)
  
• Markets’ Steady Climb in 2017 Defies Historic Odds (WSJ)
  

Asset/Wealth Management:

• Brokers’ call on Wall Street: Bye (WSJ)
  

Long(er) Reads:

• Should the tech giants be broken up? (Bloomberg Businessweek)
  

Alternatives:

• CalPERS says considering making own private equity investments (Reuters)
  
• Hedge Funds Performing Their Best Since 2009 (II)
  
• Hedge funds aren’t quite dead yet as $6 billion comes in (WSJ)
  
• Loophole Closed: Hedge-Fund Managers Prepare Huge Tax Checks (WSJ)​
  

Media Industry and Journalism:

• My futile battle to do away with business jargon (Financial Times)
• Vice Media lays off about 60 staffers to focus on video (L.A. Times)