Financial Economics – Interesting Developments

Financial Sector set for a Dramatic Overhaul

http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21601500-books-and-music-investment-industry-being-squeezed-will-invest-food

Ridiculous compensation for Hedge Fund Managers –

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/05/06/hedge-fund-moguls-pay-has-the-1-looking-up/

According to the NYTIMES, the “25 highest-earning hedge fund managers in the United States took home a total of $21.15 billion in compensation in 2013”

Interesting new ETFs

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-06/two-new-emerging-market-etfs-to-write-home-about.html

It is never easy to time the market, but US equities appear to be rather expensively priced:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/06/upshot/time-to-worry-about-stock-market-bubbles.html