Norway’s Rich Millennials and Putin’s Brand

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- My back-to-work morning train reads:

• Foreign investment in the United States plunged 32% in 2017 (CNN Money)
• Unlike most millennials, Norway’s are rich (BBC)
• The Investor Fever for Passive Funds Is Cooling in 2018 (Wall Street Journal)
• “I don’t think I would ever invest money with someone who isn’t on Twitter.” (Reformed Broker)
• The Lifecycle of Greed and Fear (Collaborative Fund)
• The fallacy that became itself a fallacy (Medium)
• Mueller’s Latest Indictments Show That “Witches” Are Very Real (National Review)
• How the Kremlin crafted a popular brand: Putin (Washington Post); see also China and the world: how Beijing spreads the message (Financial Times)
• Tired of Being Crammed Into an Airline Seat? You Have Options (New York Times)
• Sacha Baron Cohen hits back at Sarah Palin as Roy Moore admits being duped (the Guardian)

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Barry Ritholtz is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He founded Ritholtz Wealth Management and was chief executive and director of equity research at FusionIQ, a quantitative research firm. He is the author of “Bailout Nation.”

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