The weekend is a great time to catch up on some longer items that we passed up on during the week. Thanks for checking in.
Investing
Some lesser known explanations of the low vol anomaly. (Falkenblog)
What happens to investors if we enter a new epoch? (Pimco)
How you present returns matters a great deal. (Monevator)
Popularity and alternative investments don’t mix. (Above the Market)
Is there an investing gene? (Total Return)
Americans still aren’t saving enough. (Free exchange)
HFT
High frequency trading is losing its luster. (Advanced Trading)
What do we know about high-frequency trading? (SSRN)
Banks
What Cyprus tells us about banks. (Quartz)
Why you should bank with a smaller bank. (Felix Salmon)
Bitcoin
Lessons from the Bitcoin economy. (Pragmatic Capitalism)
Why Bitcoin isn’t something to celebrate. (Felix Salmon)
Digital cash, in one form or another, is coming. (Blooomberg)
Business
Facebook ($FB) one year in from the botched IPO. (Vanity Fair)
A profile of Henry Blodget. (New Yorker)
Gender
Why are women still underrepresented in executive ranks? (Dealbook)
Would paid paternity leave change the jobs market? (NYTimes)
Age vs. gender: which affects risk aversion more? (FT)
An excerpt from Suzanne Evans’ Machiavelli for Moms: Maxims on the Effective Governance of Children. (WSJ)
Think you know all the founders of Twitter? Think again. (BuzzFeed)
Bloomberg is embracing Twitter. (Dealbook, New York)
Then again so is the BLS. (Quartz)
Why tapping into the right social community makes good business sense. (HBR)
Entertainment
RIP, Roger Ebert. (Chicago Sun-Times, Slate, paidContent)
What comedic giants does Louis C.K. stand on the shoulders of today? (NYTimes)
Netflix adultery is no laughing matter. (NYMag)
Baseball
Sabermetrics have invaded the broadcast booth. (NYTimes)
Everything you ever wanted to know about MLB ticket prices. (Quartz)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
Alternative investments are no longer all that alternative. (Abnormal Returns)
What books Abnormal Returns readers purchased in March 2013. (Abnormal Returns)
Society
Eat more fish. (Well, Science Blog)
The optimistic message from our obsession with zombies. (Daniel Drezner)
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