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What I've Been Reading - Week of May 1

5/8/2016

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By Zach Kouwe

Markets & Economy
  • Derivatives worry Warren Buffett (but he still uses them)
  • There is apparently a downside to financial engineering WSJ’s James Mackintosh reports; think Valeant and SunEdison.
Alternatives
  • Sohn Conference Wrap Up from Forbes
  • CalSTERS: The 2 and 20 model is dead
  • Steve Cohen says hedge fund talent is thin, and may be a problem with potentially sweeping ramifications.
  • WSJ’s John Carney on how secretive hedge funds hurt investors
  • P&I : Public pension funds feeling the heat in hedge fund furor.
Long Reads
  • The New Yorker’s profile on US Attorney Preet Bahrahra
  • New York Magazine on the Trump Phenomenon
  • Fortune’s in-depth look at the saga of Sumner Redstone
FinTech
  • The inventor of Bitcoin revealed?
  • 60 Minutes story on “FinTech”
  • A look inside the Secret Meeting Where Wall Street Tested Digital Cash
Media Industry and Journalism
  • Here's what Business Insider employees just said about why people are leaving
  • Is the bubble popping in digital media? BuzzFeed, Salon and others are suffering….
  • Amazing - apparently even editors miss out on bets…
  • WSJ’s digital subscribers now make up 45% of overall subscription base
  • How Twitter is changing business journalism
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