10 Thursday PM Reads

September 12, 2013 4:30pm by Barry Ritholtz

My afternoon train reading:

• Microsoft’s Concept Videos From 2000 Were Spot-On. So Why Didn’t Ballmer Build Any of It? (Bloomberg)
• A gold surplus + no more Indian buying = ? (FT Alphaville)
• Critic Says DFA Has Descended Into Scientism (Mututal Fund Wire) see also Why DFA’s New Research is Flawed (Advisor Perspectives)
• The Party May Not End, But It’s Getting Quieter (Moneybeat)
• Hank Paulson: This Is What It Was Like to Face the Financial Crisis (Businessweek) see also Where Is Dick Fuld Now? Finding Lehman Brothers’ Last CEO (Businessweek)
• US Foreclosure Starts Hit Lowest Level Since 2005 (World Property Channel)
• Summers Seen Prone to Tighter Credit Than Yellen in Poll (Bloomberg) see also Obama’s Fed Pick: A Done Deal or Runaway Speculation? (Real Time Economics)
• States That Get The Most Disaster Aid Have Sent Dozens Of Climate Deniers To Congress (Think Progress)
• The Supersizing of American Colleges (Priceonomics)
• Learning from Sherlock Holmes (Seeking Wisdom)

What are you reading?

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