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10 Weekend Reads

Barry Ritholtz

New York Times ) • How creators became an economic juggernaut and the new American Dream : Millions have ditched traditional career paths to work as online creators and content-makers, using their computers and phones to amass followers and build businesses whose influence now rivals the biggest names in entertainment, news and politics.

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10 Tuesday AM Reads

Barry Ritholtz

There’s new evidence that market timing doesn’t work. New York Times ) see also The “Art” of Market Timing : Market timing is extremely difficult, very few people (if any) do it consistently well. The good news stretches far beyond the rich. New York Times ) see also Wages are rising. Jobs are plentiful.

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Going Truly Over The Top For Christmas

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But not every over-the-top gift can be measured by the size of the price tag. We had Kmart in town, but not a real toy store,” she told The New York Times. Nothing really says “I’m sorry, Merry Christmas” like a diamond roughly the size and dimensions of a golf ball, after all. We didn’t have computers. We had paper catalogs.

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The Esoteric Economics Of Feeling The Burn

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The average base price of a ticket is around $425, though there is some tiered pricing (with the top tier having a $1,200 price tag). Last year, I really underestimated the amount of tablecloths I would need, because after a day, it was filthy,” one handler told The New York Post. . … In An Extremely Expensive Environment.

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Transcript: Dave Nadig

Barry Ritholtz

And we literally talk about during the show, I got a tag to present to the SEC, about their new single stock product. RITHOLTZ: But, you know, to get out of New York in February and spend time with 3,000 people and just absolutely A-list speakers, you know, Derek Jeter. This is not new. NADIG: I’m so sorry.

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