Star Wars:

(Infographic) Star Wars: The Fan’s Guide to Investing — (Attain Alternatives Blog)

Here’s How Much The Death Star Would Have Cost – (IFLS)

Alternatives: 

Hedge Fund Seminole Management to Return $400 Million to Investors – (Wall Street Journal)

Global Crisis: Goldman Sachs Says That Brazil Has Plunged Into ‘An Outright Depression’ – (Seeking Alpha)

Bill Gates launches multi-billion dollar clean energy fund – (CNN Money)

Rural America at a Glance – (USDA)

Argentina watchdog imposes new suspension on dollar futures contracts – (Reuters)

Portfolio Diversification: Tweaking the Recipe and Expanding the Menu – (PIMCO)

Politics:

NATO Unveils Plans to Grow, Drawing Fury and Threats From Russia – (The New York Times)

A Wealthy Governor and His Friends Are Remaking Illinois – (The New York Times)

Background Checks For Gun Sales Hit Record High On Black Friday – (Associated Press)

What would it take to turn red states blue, and blue states, red? – (FiveThirtyEight)

 

Chicago:

Google’s new Chicago office is pretty cute – (Redeye)

40 Under 40 – (Crain’s Chicago)

Metro Chicago Likely to be Majority Minority by 2020 – (Crain’s Chicago)

Just for Fun:

Our Favorite Examples Of How The Internet Talks – (FiveThirtyEight)

America’s Brewery Count Reaches Record High – (Porch Drinking)

The Dream World Of ‘The Good Dinosaur’ Is Based On USGS Surveys – (FiveThirtyEight)