?Note: this is the 100th weekly edition of sorted weekly tweets.

Market Impact

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• Standing Out from the Crowd: Measuring Crowding in Quantitative Strategies http://t.co/MRjZ8d8GGL Overinvestment in strategy precedes losses Feb 08, 2014
• Does Fair Value Accounting Contribute to Market Price Volatility? An Experimental Approach http://t.co/YQqQPrwMwr Short answer: no $$ $XLF Feb 08, 2014
• The Deeper Causes of the Financial Crisis: Mortgages Alone Cannot Explain It http://t.co/0P7fMrQWKn But they were the leading cause $$ $XLF Feb 08, 2014
• Contagion Rejected as Biggest Bond Buyers Double Down on Junk http://t.co/5wm1k4Ghlw Makes me think the correction will b another crisis $$ Feb 08, 2014
• Hedge Funds Preparing for $1T Property Bill http://t.co/RRQN992uat Key Q: Will they limit their risks prior to the next commercl RE bust? $$ Feb 08, 2014
• Apollo Credit Twice Size of LBOs Shows Private-Equity Shift http://t.co/J69eh3TPTn Not a good sign, nonstandard lenders r fragile $$ $APO Feb 07, 2014
• Five Pointers on Floating-Rate Funds http://t.co/sV6JtizBlN Don’t chase performance, rates may not rise, nor yields, adds credit risk $$ Feb 05, 2014
• Inverse VIX Fund Gets Record Cash on Calm Market Bet http://t.co/YSHGpON0DE Be careful to not hold it long $$ $VXX http://t.co/qGCycKbPsX Feb 05, 2014
• World’s cheapest stock markets: Where are shares cheap? http://t.co/3Uvq1HZfSF Gives u a rough idea as 2 where values may b found $$ $SPY Feb 04, 2014
• Gundlach Shows Why Betting Against Treasuries Is a Fool?s Game http://t.co/R0s4wQLcbu Interesting that he is in long Tsys $$ FD: + $TLT Feb 03, 2014
• Monday?s Selloff, by the Numbers http://t.co/LseNtCUEXz That’s 2 large >2% down days in less than 2 weeks $$ $SPY Feb 03, 2014

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Companies & Industries

 

• Big Pizza Chains Use Web to Slice Out Bigger Market Share http://t.co/C6xQeSWmlr Easier 4 large chains 2 implement online ordering $$ $PZZA Feb 08, 2014
• SodaStream?s New Mainstream Rivals: Coke and Green Mountain http://t.co/zOkwpBpOiK All the more reason 4 $PEP 2 buy $SODA $$ Feb 07, 2014
• Why Discount Airlines Draw Fewer Complaints (Hint: It’s Not Better Service) http://t.co/a8rzqrf0DU Friendlier attitudes r better service $$ Feb 07, 2014
• Satyajit Das: The Truth About Bank Earnings http://t.co/9FzkPbbyIm Bank earnings r lower quality; getting harder to increase them $$ $XLF Feb 05, 2014
• Experts testify on true cost of Target breach http://t.co/FGVRFBvc6K Magnetic stripes will go away, & chips &/or PINs will appear $$ $TGT Feb 05, 2014
• Apple Quietly Builds New Networks http://t.co/bncx84P4RW $AAPL certainly has spare $$ to throw at it, enhancing service quality $NFLX $GOOG Feb 04, 2014
• H-P Finds Accounting Errors at Autonomy Unit http://t.co/9cQFBamwpI We knew it was a dumb deal at the time, now $HPQ shows just how dumb $$ Feb 04, 2014
• Prophet of No Profit: How Jeff Bezos won the faith of Wall Street. http://t.co/eaZmKgfnir Moats, operating leverage, pricing power $$ $AMZN Feb 01, 2014
• Ask Buffett what he would be willing 2pay 4 $AMZN — after all, it has significant moats. I think he would put it in the “too hard” pile $$ Feb 01, 2014

 

Rest of the World

 

• China, the Death Star of Emerging Markets http://t.co/zFmo0RkXva @williampesek points at financial bubble in China; what will make it pop $$ Feb 08, 2014
• Scandal Tests Chinese President’s Standing With Military http://t.co/cHGvLtROFE Corruption is a major issue 4 China, between Party & Army $$ Feb 08, 2014
• Saudi Twitter Debate as Citizens Criticize Government http://t.co/quwkxpkHDX Social media allows criticism tht would not b done in public $$ Feb 05, 2014
• China Savers? Penchant for Property Magnifies Bust Danger http://t.co/yrfDYQK5KH Anytime a single investment strategy dominates -> worry $$ Feb 05, 2014
• Pimco?s Bill Gross Says He Avoids China ?Mystery Meat? http://t.co/My6P5x1jE0 Great phrase as we do not know much about indebted China $$ Feb 05, 2014
• Sao Paulo Biggest Water-Supply System May Run Dry Within 45 Days http://t.co/fEcioInfjX Many water systems r near their limits globally $$ Feb 05, 2014
• Emerging Stocks Drop to 5-Month Low Led by China as Ruble Gains http://t.co/aWgDSdVBUt Not all emerging mkts r equal, some financed wrong $$ Feb 04, 2014
• Japan Sees Worst Developed-Stock Rout as Nikkei 225 Drops http://t.co/UQDhX1a3XL Current mkt reveals weak underlying fundamentals $$ $FXY Feb 04, 2014
• Dad Can?t Buy Daughter Shoes as Argentine Currency Falls http://t.co/WTnUn1Okf0 ?Do you know how I feel buying my daughter used shoes?? $$ Feb 04, 2014
• Argentina Scrambles To Raise $10B, Avoid Reserve Collapse; BONARs Bidless http://t.co/Xx4t0dFqCk Only hold hard assets in Silverland $$ Feb 04, 2014
• EM rout? Or Intervention Sunday? http://t.co/d54Qjj4X2S Difficult to tell what Developed Mkt policymakers will do, they r strapped @ home $$ Feb 04, 2014
• Argentina Bust Lures Investors After 200 Years of Defaults http://t.co/YoWjotidcp Invest in the hard stuff, land does not depreciate $$ $IRS Feb 04, 2014
• Emerging-Market Rout Seen Enduring on Low Real Rates http://t.co/RTxP6GjMVw Funding structures of some emerging markets fall, $$ goes 2 $TLT Feb 04, 2014
• Canadian Oil Rises as California Ships in Record Amount by Rail http://t.co/CKvu4BEqJl Retweet after me: Pipelines r cleaner & safer $$ Feb 04, 2014
• Analysis: Emerging markets outlook not rosy, but valuations tempt http://t.co/hADIRvUK5g This may b a time 2nibble, not a time 2gulp $$ $EEM Feb 04, 2014

 

US Politics & Policy

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• AOL is leading the way to make 401(k)s worse for everyone http://t.co/AnlQ1Ud6Ds Meh; new employers will compensate workers that lose $$ Feb 08, 2014
• ‘Six Californias’ plan difficult but doable, assessment shows http://t.co/nuw3S6rLVl Ideas like this come & go in a fragmented California $$ Feb 08, 2014
• No, CBO did not say Obamacare will kill 2M jobs http://t.co/RHsSai7rwv Rather, will discourage 2M from working full-time; big deal $$ Feb 08, 2014
• Ex-NSA Chief Details Snowden’s Hiring at Agency, Booz Allen http://t.co/EWRuqlViXW Snowden set back US intelligence by 20+ yrs. Good. $$ Feb 06, 2014
• The Tyranny and Lethargy of the Times Editorial Page http://t.co/hbW20h6Vjn Inside baseball, picture sums up story http://t.co/USlMTh4Bm0 $$ Feb 05, 2014
• Puerto Rico Has Credit Rating Cut One Step 2Junk by S&P http://t.co/4Av3ftwL8q also http://t.co/QkwCnXQdcy Well-deserved, default coming $$ Feb 05, 2014
• Going on 30, Living With Mom and Dad http://t.co/Wo4YB74mKo Part is being slow 2 marry, then education, poor career choices, motivation $$ Feb 04, 2014
• Crop Insurers Win as Congress is Poised to Pass Farm Law http://t.co/rFNrEDhYkZ If we can’t reduce ag subsidies when ag is healthy… $$ Feb 04, 2014
• Obamacare Wonks Flunk Data Analysis http://t.co/Ss2Tc3q2e9 You can show lots of savings if u show your winners & hide your losers $$ $SPY Feb 04, 2014
• CBO: Obamacare Will Lead To 2M Fewer Workers In Labor Force By 2017 http://t.co/OsCrQOUORb Unintended consequences; fix this, break that $$ Feb 04, 2014
• Fed Presidents Say Stock Decline Unlikely to Derail QE Taper http://t.co/pdoloENc9L In the short-run true, but if the decline persists… $$ Feb 05, 2014
• Investment Manager Explains Why 99.5% Of Americans Can Never Win http://t.co/MqngZy7zZW Tax code is cockeyed, wealthy can avoid taxation $$ Feb 04, 2014
• How Feds? Double Standard Enables Bad Bankers http://t.co/AGok7eeqdU Simple: little bankers get prosecuted; big banks get fined $$ $BNK $XLF Feb 04, 2014
• Early Drive for Hillary Clinton Unsettles Democrats http://t.co/Hb3lJnpnr6 Some Worry It Will Siphon $$ from Candidates in Midterm Elections Feb 04, 2014
• You Can Thank or Blame Richard Stanger for Writing 401(k) http://t.co/wX38lGA4m4 Many important laws r accidental; killed DB pensions $$ Feb 04, 2014
• ISM Miss Is Ugly All Around http://t.co/Px97nGSccl I’ve been arguing that the economy is weaker than it looks 4 a while; here’s a clue $$ Feb 04, 2014
• US Banks Ease Loan Standards in Fed Survey as Demand Rises http://t.co/etkDJPLLhN Can inflation b far behind if this persists? $$ $TLT $TIP Feb 04, 2014
• California Dries Up as Brown Pushes $15B Tunnel http://t.co/r4boO9Tzzo If u don’t allocate water economically, becomes a political fight $$ Feb 04, 2014

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Other

 

• Financial Blogging: How to Write Powerful Posts That Attract Clients http://t.co/fxmxkLJKbS My longer review: http://t.co/lOqexXT7RO $$ Feb 08, 2014
• Why I Did Not Go To Jail http://t.co/4EtyFFyTyg @bhorowitz good read on the importance of proper company, legal, & incentives structure $$ Feb 08, 2014
• Daniel Suarez Sees Into the Future http://t.co/kkLkxcmvnv ‘Influx’ may propel sci-fi writer in2 void left by Tom Clancy &Michael Crichton $$ Feb 08, 2014
• Why Melted Cheese Does the Trick http://t.co/ZACj1EaWKB Creaminess enhances the textures and flavors of other foods $$ $KFT $DF Feb 06, 2014
• Deadly New Bird Flu Strain Spawned by Virus Behind H5N1 http://t.co/b0fLG89fkg This is overblown. People die from the flu each year $$ $SPY Feb 05, 2014
• Young Bankers Seek ?Good Yield? With Their Own Nonprofits http://t.co/gJZVwJ5lse Wealthy & powerful like 2b thought benefactors $$ Lk 22:25 Feb 04, 2014
• How the Seattle Seahawks solved Peyton Manning http://t.co/0P0kiHnddI Even if u r not into football, interesting 4 understanding strategy $$ Feb 04, 2014
• Super Bowl Safety Is Blow for Broncos and Las Vegas Sportsbooks http://t.co/2vXpm4IRbl The odds r interesting to read 4 unusual bets $$ $SPY Feb 04, 2014
• Microsoft Adds Momentum to ?Open Science? |http://t.co/Ar6WCDKNug Understand that scientists r not neutral observers; they have 2 publish $$ Feb 04, 2014
• Carney leaving CNBC for WSJ?s ?Heard on the Street? |http://t.co/dRNtplkOQB @carney gets a significant promotion! Congrats! $$ $SPY $TLT $GE Feb 01, 2014

 

Other Economics

 

• Free Checking Is Disappearing Perk http://t.co/pZwsA0u3sl Smaller banks often offer better deals than big banks on checking $$ $XLF $SPY Feb 08, 2014
• More Men in Prime Working Ages Don’t Have Jobs http://t.co/YmAjNcQrc5 1 of the qualitative factors that show how punk the economy is $$ $SPY Feb 08, 2014
• An International Gold Standard Beats The Rule Of The Governing Elite http://t.co/GoTHUVusXK Old, makes point gold standard was better $$ Feb 05, 2014

 

Wrong

• Wrong: High unemployment putting the ECB in isolation http://t.co/wlBQOP7JqM Loose monetary policy doesn’t lower L-T unemployment $$ #global Feb 08, 2014
• Wrong: America The Startup http://t.co/C0Rax7KPJP Worth a read, but the writer does not really understand the Pilgrims or the Puritans $$ Feb 04, 2014

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Retweets, Replies, & Comments

• @HistoryInPix Cemented the creation of the graphical user interface, buggy in prior versions, aside from pricey Macintosh ghetto Feb 06, 2014
• ‘ @catofwallstreet the credit cards will have chips, not us- already have these in Europe. Also, consider amillenialism or postmillenialism. Feb 05, 2014
• RT @PUMPSandDUMPS: This fan says it all http://t.co/MryfT9l04a #pennystocks Feb 05, 2014
• Ice falling, branches too, west of Baltimore — kind of pretty $$ #weather Feb 05, 2014
• @DavidSchawel The difference between dollar-weighted & Time-weighted returns is crucial but few get that. Good tweet on $DBLTX $$ Feb 05, 2014
• RT @DavidSchawel: Retail psychology: chasing performance, then puking the bottom & missing the bounce-DBLTX Fund assets vs adjusted NAV htt? Feb 05, 2014
• RT @cate_long: Cheers! “@carney: Thanks everyone! Very excited to be joining the @wsjheard team! Some details here http://t.co/sjLSyTMIEH Feb 01, 2014
• @dpinsen not all, but a majority Feb 01, 2014