My Financial News Roundup

What We've Been Reading - Week of Nov. 20

Markets & Economy:

• America First? That Puts Emerging Markets Last (WSJ)
  
• Dow closes above 19,000 for first time ever (USA Today)
  
• U.S. Sectors Less Correlated Post Election (WSJ)
  
• Fears of rate rise spur mortgage applications (CNBC)
  

Asset/Wealth Management:

• Fidelity’s Abigail Johnson to Succeed Father as Chairman (Wealth Management)
  
• Some Funds Posting Large Capital Gains Distributions This Year (InvestmentNews)
  

Alternatives:

• Inside Renaissance Technologies (Bloomberg)
  
• Big data is a mess for hedge funds hunting for trade signals (Bloomberg)
  
• Preqin: Hedge Fund Industry AUM Tops $3.24T As Performance Outweighs Outflow (FinAlts)
  
• Steve Cohen jumps into index funds (WSJ)
  

Media Industry and Journalism:

• A case study in how fake news spreads (NYT)
  
• Most Students Don’t Know When News Is Fake, Stanford Study Finds (WSJ)