Viral moments and impossible dreams

Reporter June 29, 2019

Ritholtz's Reads

The weekend is here! Pour yourself a mug of Danish blend coffee, grab a seat by the pool and get ready for our longer-form weekend reads:

Hedge Funds Might Be Under Scrutiny — But These Rising Stars Are Their Future ( Institutional Investor )
Today's IPO Market Is Not the Next Dot-Com Bubble ( Barron's )
Is Luxury Weed the New Status Symbol? $950 sculptural water pipes at Barneys, cannabis packed in cut crystal decanters, and vape pens designed with executives in mind — is stoner culture as we knew it over forever? ( Wall Street Journal Magazine )
Who Gets to Own the West? A new group of billionaires is shaking up the landscape. ( New York Times )
The Rise of Junk Science: Fake publications are corrupting the world of research — and influencing real news ( the Walrus )
King of the Snitches: How a Fashion Photographer Duped Drug Cartels and the DEA ( Bloomberg Businessweek )
The Simple Idea Behind Einstein's Greatest Discoveries ( Quanta Magazine )
The Impossible Dream: How have we come to build a whole culture around a futile, self-defeating enterprise: the pursuit of happiness? ( Lapham's Quarterly )
Can a Dance Sensation's Viral Moment Last Forever? ( Topic )
Took You By Surprise: John and Paul's Lost Reunion (Longreads)

Be sure to check out our Masters in Business interview with Andrew Ang, director of BlackRock's $210 billion factor strategies group. A former professor of finance at Columbia Business School, Ang is the author of " Asset Management: A Systematic Approach to Factor Investing ."

China: Global Competitiveness Index

Source: World Economic Forum

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