10 Friday Reads

October 31, 2014 8:30am by Barry Ritholtz

Japan is sending us a treat – or is it a trick? Its Halloween, and here are my morning train reads:

• The U.S. recovery is frustrating — but it’s the envy of the advanced world (Wonkblog) see also U.S. Economy Up 3.5% in 3rd Quarter, Capping Best 6 Months in Over a Decade (Bloomberg)
• How this Investment Firm Hopes to Revolutionize Litigation in America (Mimesis Law)
• Value Trap Underneath Gold Miner Fund GDX (ETF) see also Charts Suggest Gold Will Keep On Falling (Barron’s)
• Solar Flair: How do you make ray-soaking roof panels a hot investment? By making them a boring one (Slate)
• How Long Can The Shale Revolution Last? (Oil Price)
• Norris: Inflation? Deflation Is New Risk (NYT) see also FOMC Recap (Tim Duy)
• Eight Topical Questions for Central Bankers and others (Polemics-pains)
• He’s Definitely a Liberal—Just Check Out His Brain Scan: New research finds political ideology can be easily determined by examining how one’s brain reacts to disgusting images. (Pacific Standard)
• Notes on the Death of the American Network Sitcom (Grantland)
• Jimmy Page: ‘Led Zeppelin Was an Affair of the Heart’ (Rolling Stone)

What are you going to be dressed up as?

Fed Closes Chapter on Easy Money

Source: WSJ

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