Sneak Peek at Weekend Reading
Here is a sneak peek at some links from my weekly Weekend Reading column at TheStreet/RealMoney:- Markets get screwy on rounded headline numbers in news releases (FRB)
- Smaller universities are significantly upping their endowment allocation to hedge funds and private equity (Pittsburgh Trib-Review)
- Automakers are going green without improving mileage (WashPost)
- The carry trade shouldn't work as well or as long as it does, but it does (Economist)
- The likelihood of Earth getting smashed into by a big rock is being revised upward (Economist)
- Activist Carl Icahn has filed four proxies in one season, an investing record (BusinessWeek)
- Skeptical inflation column get a columnist marriage proposals (Bloomberg/Baum)
- Entertainingly combative interview with financial advice doler Suze Orman (NY Times)
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