Saving Twitter, Big Bets, and Catching Hackers

Friday the 13th had to come in October this year.  It's not that often that it comes in the Season of the Witch and, in that spirit, Barry Ritholtz has offered several freaky titles for our consideration including an analysis of Vanguard success from Bloomberg, an IBD expose on the hidden story behind wages paid to Walmart employees and, for those who really want to lurk in the dark shadows, there is a tale of Israeli espionage and how it lead to the discovery of the Russian hacking.  Enjoy the rainy weekend.  

Saving Twitter, Big Bets, and Catching Hackers

by Barry Ritholtz 10-13-17

My triskaidekaphobia morning train reads:

• Jack Dorsey returned to Twitter two years ago -- but he still hasn’t saved the company (Recode); see also Google’s Search for the Sweet Spot (Stratechery)
• Understanding What Makes Vanguard So Successful (Bloomberg View)
• The Huge News Wal-Mart Didn’t Make About Wages (Investor’s Business Daily)
• The New Rules That Could Make ETFs Unstoppable (Bloomberg)
• Stiglitz: Déjà Voodoo (Project Syndicate)
• Where are all the women in economics? (BBC)
• The Panama Canal’s Big Bet Is Paying Off (Wall Street Journal)
• Uber, Lyft reduce transit use, increase vehicle miles, report says (SF Gate)
• How Israel Caught Russian Hackers Scouring the World for U.S. Secrets (New York Times)
• Vintage photos taken by the EPA reveal what America looked like before pollution was regulated (Business Insider)

Be sure to check out our Masters in Business interview this weekend with Paul Wilmott, quantitative finance expert and author of numerous books, most recently "The Money Formula: Dodgy Finance, Pseudo Science, and How Mathematicians Took Over the Markets." 

 Saving Twitter, Big Bets and Catching Hackers - Bloomberg