What We Read Today 25 October 2013

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The top of today’s reading list reports on the decline of Wikipedia, more indispensible but less well maintained …….. and the last article is Barry Ritholtz’s review of which market indices are at new highs.

• The Decline of Wikipedia, (Tom Simonite, MIT Technology Review) Hat tip to Wenjie Fu, Newsana. As it becomes more and more indispensible, is it sustainable?

• Koch Brothers Pen Incredibly Telling Letter To U.S. Senate (Huff Post Live) Should headline have been: “Kock Brothers Send Letter to 100 Senior Staff Members”?

• Home loans become a little easier to get (Julie Schnit, USA Today) Lower credit scores and lower down payments. Haven’t we tried this before?

• LA area Port Traffic in September (Bill McBride, Calculated Risk) See also GEI Analysis.

Click on graph for Larger image at Calculated Risk.

• Yardeni Sees Secular Bull Continuing As Roubini, Mauldin Wave White Flags (Evan Simonoff, Financial Advisor)

• In Client Portfolios, How Much Cash is Enough? (Joseph Lisanti, Financial Planning)

• Crude Crushed, Saudi Snit (5 Min. Forecast) Headed back to $90?

• Has Someone Died in Your House? This Website Will Tell You (Phi Tran, AppNewser) Hat tip to Russell Huntley.

• IT’S OFFICIAL: Keynes Was Right (Henry Blodgett, Business Insider)

• What Indices Are At All Time and 2013 Highs? (Barry Ritholtz, The Big Picture)