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Weekend Reads — A Swimming Owl, a High Schooler Trading Penny Stocks, and The Email Monster

Jobs Report – Economy:

A weaker world economy does not hurt, and may help, America – (The Economist)

November’s Jobs Report Crushed It – (Five Thirty Eight)

Interactive – U.S Economy – (Associated Press)

Commodities:

Shuttered Brevan Commodities Fund Caught Out on Derivatives – (Wall Street Journal)

Farmers Foil Investors That Bet on Corn, Soybean Price Drop – (Wall Street Journal)

50 YEARS OF LIVE CATTLE – (Open Markets)

Awards:

Attain on short list for “Best Introducing Broker” “Cap Intro” and “CTA Platform” CTA Intelligence Awards – (CTA Intelligence)

Randoms:

Don’t try this: meet the high schooler who made $300K trading penny stocks under his desk – (The Verge)

Here are Wall Street’s six worst trades of 2014 – (Quartz)

Friday links: chips off the table – (Abnormal Returns)

Hundreds of Police Killings Are Uncounted in Federal Stats – (Wall Street Journal)

Just for Fun:

Email Monster – (The Oatmeal)

Watch Nick Offerman Sing a Beautiful Tribute to His One True Love, Whiskey – (TIME)

Vatican finds hundreds of millions of euros ‘tucked away’: cardinal – (Reuters)

VIDEO – Great Horned Owl Swims in Lake Michigan – (Youtube)