Financial News Roundup for the Week of Nov. 27, 2017

What We've Been Reading - Week of Nov. 27

Markets & Economy:

• Who’s afraid of index funds? (WSJ)
• Chance of U.S. stock market correction at 70%: Vanguard Group (CNBC)

Asset/Wealth Management:

• What makes a safe asset safe (NY Federal Reserve)
• In Search of the Elusive Bitcoin Billionaire (Reason)

Long(er) Reads:

• What to worry about in this surreal bull market (Bloomberg)
• Would You Take Out a Loan for a Pair of Jeans? (Racked)

Alternatives:

• Public funds seeing hedge fund returns back in the black (P&I)
• These 10 stocks most loved by hedge funds are crushing the market, Goldman says (CNBC.com)
• Hedge funds too busy trying to survive to invest in AI (Bloomberg)
• Alts managers to cover StuyTown in solar panels (P&I)
• Minority- and Women-Owned Private Equity Firms Outstrip Benchmarks (ThinkAdvisor)
• New ETFs Attempt to Mimic the Portfolios of Private Equity (Bloomberg)

Media Industry and Journalism:

• A failure of the network star system (NYT)