10 Black Friday AM Reads

November 29, 2013 9:00am by Barry Ritholtz

My Black Friday shopping day reads:

• 11 Economic Lessons to Make You a Smarter Shopper This Black Friday (The Atlantic) see also 5 Things Not to Buy on Black Friday (WSJ)
• Oh, crap: Former Fed Chief Greenspan Sees No Bubble in Dow 16,000 (Bloomberg)
• Some Big Public Pension Funds Are Behaving Like Activist Investors (DealBook)
• What to do about a concentrated portfolio (Fidelity) see also Out of favour REITs offer contrarian rate bet (FT)
• The smartphone patent wars: nothing really surprising… (IPdigIT)
• Training is the key to a better job. Low-wage workers aren’t getting it (WaPo)
• The American Police State (Chronicle of Higher Education) see also FISA court, which approves FBI, NSA surveillance, faces reform challenge from Oregon senators (The Oregonian)
• Why did Pope Benedict XVI resign? (BBC)
• Which NBA big man unashamedly uses Secret deodorant right before tip-off? (WSJ)
• You Should Give Thanks It’s Not One of These Ten Depressing World Holidays (New Republic)

What sort of Black Friday foolishness are you gettin dragged into?

Rent Relative to House Prices in High Income Countries

Source: Business Insider

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