My afternoon train reading:
• April Is the New May (Barron’s) see also Why it pays to sell in May (Marketwatch)
• Beware of those who cry ‘bubble’ about bonds (USA Today)
• Alpha is a Finite Resource (TRB) see also Hedge funds are too big to beat the market (CBS MoneyWatch)
• What’s Behind the Big Move Up for Google? Hint: Facebook (Barron’s)
• Twitter: The Carnival Barker of Investing (Motley Fool) see also Twitter Arrives on Wall Street, via Bloomberg (DealBook)
• Thaler: Shifting Our Retirement Savings Into Automatic (NYT)
• Jobs Report: Don’t Panic Yet—the Numbers Will (Probably) Be Revised Up (Daily Beast) see also Austerity bites? (Economist)
• Sorry, Libertarians, History Shows Bitcoin Isn’t the Future (Bloomberg)
• Housing market mania: Multiple offers, many above the asking price as buyers coddle sellers & OK deals with few contingencies (SF Gate) but see Investor frenzy over housing has peaked (Fortune)
• Hilarious Amazon Reviews of the Hutzler 571 Banana Slicer (Amazon)
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