FW: Living With Extreme Weather

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FW: Cities and Minimum Wages

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Posted on: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 12:00 PM
Author: Barry Ritholtz
Subject: Cities and Minimum Wages

 

Source: Center for Economic and Policy Research   Minimum wage policy was part of the SOTU address last night. As it turns out, 20 states plus DC have minimum wages higher than the federal level. CEPR notes that: As of January 1, 2014, 13 states raised their minimum wage, with California set to follow suit with an increase to $9 in July. Of these 14 state increases, 9 are automatic adjustments based on indexing the value of the minimum wage to the cost of living, while 4 (NJ, CT, NY, RI) are the product of either ballot-measures or legislative action. Continues here

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FW: Technoglobe

 

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Weekend Longform Links

How to Read A Book http://bit.ly/1hWc8u9
Carl Icahn's Letter to Apple aaplpx14a6g012314.htm http://1.usa.gov/1g5TBy4
The Complete History of Warren Buffett http://bit.ly/1eChPfA
Greenlight q3 investor letter http://bit.ly/LV7uC0
Sothebys (BID): Challenges For Sotheby's - Seeking Alpha http://bit.ly/1f6VpUD
Bodley Head/FT Essay Prize winner: British Muslim Soldier http://on.ft.com/1fSzIKE
In our Annual Letter, Melinda and I debunk 3 myths that block progress for the poor: http://b-gat.es/1eeKcNV 
On Breaking One’s Neck by Arnold Relman | The New York Review of Books http://bit.ly/1hWgQYV
Most Germans don’t buy their homes, they rent. Here’s why – Quartz http://bit.ly/M9xCt3
Indecision is sometimes the best way to decide – Steve Fleming – Aeon http://bit.ly/M9xBFi

Video:
Bill Gates on Charlie Rose[video] http://bit.ly/1hQkELh
The "Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch - YouTube http://bit.ly/1e1Z2XT
Value Investing World: Malcolm Gladwell Interview at the 92Y http://bit.ly/1cG4xui 

Investing Philosophy - Wedgewood Partners

 

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Bill Gates on Charlie Rose[video]

Anatomy of a traders mind[graphic]

 

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Gates and Bloomberg on Poverty [video]

FW: Dog’s Evolution

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FW: Best Movie Set In Your State?

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Weekend Links

`Her’ Is the Perfect Movie for Our Time - Bloomberg http://bloom.bg/1e23DJC 
Steve Jobs' Doctor Wants to Teach You the Formula for Long Life - Wired Science http://wrd.cm/1fKdXgb 
▶ The "Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch - YouTube http://bit.ly/1e1Z2XT 
Steve Jobs' Doctor Wants to Teach You the Formula for Long Life - Wired Science http://wrd.cm/1eUwZNT 
Why Quants Don’t Know Everything | Wired Business http://wrd.cm/1eUv5wP 
Value Investing World: Malcolm Gladwell Interview at the 92Y http://bit.ly/1cG4xui 
Incredible memories from a childhood in India - 60 Things That Defined Your Childhood In India http://bzfd.it/1hBfiTX
Apollo Robbins: The art of misdirection http://bit.ly/1e00kCI 
How Did Toast Become the Latest Artisanal Food Craze? - Pacific Standard: The Science of Society http://bit.ly/1dfwzgm 
What Happens When Nuns/sisters Leave The Order? - Vocation Station - Phorum http://bit.ly/1dfvYLp 
Howard marks on luck & skill: http://bit.ly/1j9dn9M 
The Economist explains: Can you win an acting Oscar without appearing in a film? | The Economist http://econ.st/1fFvTsn 
40 charts that explain the world http://wapo.st/1fCeKQ8 
The Science of Sleep http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2013/11/sleep/  via @farnamstree

Marc Andreesen @ Lean Startup

Mohnish Pabrai @ MDI [Video Lecture]

FW: Oh, Oscar[infographic]

Eyeing the Academy Award nominees  If you are an actor who wants to be nominated for an Oscar you could do a lot worse than catch the attention of director David O. Russell. When four actors secured Oscar nominations for their performances in his film "Silver Linings Playbook" last year, it was the first such full house seen at the Academy Awards since Warren Beatty's "Reds" in 1981. Now Mr Russell has done it again, with "American Hustle" – a rich but baggy film – securing nominations for Christian Bale and Amy Adams, who performed the lead roles, and Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper, taking the supporting.                                                               All told "American Hustle" won 10 nominations, as did "Gravity", Alfonso Cuarón's remarkably grand-in-visual-scale, tight-in-the-telling story of a disaster in space. Steve McQueen's magnificent "12 Years a Slave"...Continue reading

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Investing in your “personal capital”

 

Anyone who has read this blog for long knows we don't go much for forecasts or stock picks. So when asked for the "best investment ideas for the next decade" by Matthew Boesler at Business Insider we got creative… 26. Intellectual, social, physical, and emotional capital "Giving stocks picks and the like is not the business of Abnormal Returns  I have written a lot over the past couple of years talking about the advances in low-cost investing. So in that regard investors would do well to take advantage of this 'free lunch.' So instead of spending countless hours trying to tease out the next hot stock why not invest in yourself. I know that sounds like a bit of new age cliche, but hear me out. The best investment you can make with your marginal dollar (or hour) is in your intellectual, social, physical and emotional capital. Most investment advice is about staying rich. The key to a richer, fuller life is maximizing your potential. For the vast majority of people, time spent in front of the computer searching for the next Twitter or Tesla isn't it." —Tadas Viskanta, founder and editor of Abnormal Returns You can see the rest of the list over at Business Insider.