The end of the week dominated the news cycle, with Twitter officially going public yesterday (our pseudo commentary here). Today, the latest jobs report was released, with 204k jobs added, but unemployment slightly ticked higher. Across the globe, the potentially largest Typhoon (Hurricane) in history is currently slamming the Philippines and we hope the destruction is minimal. It also leaves us futures folk to wonder how or if it will affect the various amounts of commodity crops grown there. In the meantime enjoy some weekend reads.
- Dawn in Philippines expected to reveal damage from powerful typhoon – (CNN)
- How Conventional Wisdom for Positive Financial Trends In 2014 May Go Awry – (Morning Star)
- Message volume a contrary indicator??? – (StockTwits)
- The managed futures “bash piece” that won’t die — (Bloomberg TV)
- Our Rebuttal — No, Bloomberg, the managed futures industry is not a scam — (Attain)
Just for Fun:
- 8.8 billion habitable Earth-size planets exist in Milky Way alone – (NBC News)
- How to Sell Ice Cream in Cold Weather – (Freakonomics)
- No Joke: The Onion To Halt Print Production – (NBC Chicago)
- Do the Red Sox win more in the rain? Heat? – (The Boston Globe)