10 Friday AM Reads

August 23, 2013 9:45am by Barry Ritholtz

My morning reading:

• Smart money: Stocks headed higher (MSN Money) but see How the Fed could cause another 1987 crash (MarketWatch)
• 7 hilarious fun-filled years too late! Moody’s Threatens to Cut Credit Ratings of Banks (DealBook)
• The economy’s slow but steady growth is terrible news for the doom-mongers (Telegraph) but see Consumers Skip Dining for Cars as Sales Slow (Bloomberg)
• The Pentagon as Silicon Valley’s Incubator (NYT)
• Fed Burned Once Over Taper Now Twice Shy on QE3 (Bloomberg) see also The Amazing Confusion in Economic Policy Debates (Project Syndicate)
• On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs (Strike Magazine)
• 30 year fixed rate mortgages are awesome (Noahpinion) see also How Not to Get Screwed on Your Mortgage (Crossing Wall Street)
• Looking Into The Future With A Rear-View Mirror (Capital Spectator)
• 10 reasons you don’t want to live in China (msn money) see also China’s American Bailout? (Project Syndicate)
• Don’t send your kids off to college without these 50 Best ever College Life Hacks (Thought Catalog)

What are you reading?

Nasdaq in Fresh Market Failure

Source: WSJ

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