PFGBest- The Movie
While we’re not out of the woods yet, by a long shot, the past two weeks have been the first positive turn of events in the PFGBest saga for quite a bit, with some clients getting a portion of their funds back trading via new accounts at other clearing firms, or sent home via check or wire. But while 30% to 40% feels a heck of a lot better than 0%, the trustee is still working at recouping a larger percentage of funds for clients. As the holidays approach this week, we found ourselves batting around unique ways for Mr. Bodenstein to make that number climb to 100%. Some were boring, some were amusing, and some were just out there. And then there was this: let’s make a movie.
Weekend Reads
The week’s highlights included news that Hostess is shutting down, the founder of McAffee antivirus software is wanted for murder in Belize, and Israel began live-tweeting the IDF’s military operations in Gaza. It’s a strange world out there. For more of the strangeness, check out our weekend reads.
Beauty Before Brains in CTA Selection
We’re big fans of the short research pieces periodically released by dating website OK Cupid (in fact, it was the subject of our very first blog post). Armed with a huge pool of data from online singles in search of love, they often have fascinating, and occasionally surprising insights into human behavior and courtship. And the way we see it, these often hold lessons for investors, as well.
Weekend Reads
At long last, the marathon 2012 campaign has drawn to a close. Once again, Florida just couldn’t get their act together to hold an election, but fortunately, this time the presidency didn’t hang in the balance. Now that the uncertainty of the election is behind us, we can get back to worrying about all of the other sources of uncertainty: Europe’s slow motion debt debacle, the looming fiscal cliff, and China’s political/economic balancing act. But all of that will come in due time – for now, here are your weekend reads.
Investing in Facebook Likes?
In case you thought the joke of Facebook’s public offering couldn’t get any worse, we have some bad news (or good news, if you have a morbid fascination with these kinds of things). There’s a stock index out there now that is made up of the companies sporting the largest numbers of Facebook “Likes.”
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