Book notes: Many of our economic ills stem from the rise of finance. Insights from Mohamed El-Erian’s The Only Game in Town: Central Banks, Instability and Avoiding the Next Collapse. (Time)

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"Smart beta is really just dumb beta plus marketing. It is taking stuff we all know -- like value, momentum, quality or profitability, whatever you want to call it -- and saying, “Oh look, these are different takes we have to worry about."

(James Montier)

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Facebook ($FB) had a huge quarter.

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