Alexandra Scaggs
Reporter, Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires
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Compulsive used-book buyer. Hobbies include anthropomorphizing the stock market. I bleed [team colors of whatever Philly sport is in season].
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RT @annahyclak: Kierkegaard on anxiety and creativity, courtesy of @brainpicker: tinyurl.com/lapnsto Very interesting stuff.
Kierkegaard on Anxiety and Creativity
brainpickings.org — by Maria Popova "Because it is possible to create - creating one's self, willing to be one's self... - one has anxiety. One would have no anxiety if there were no possibility whatever." "Anxiety is love's greatest killer," Anaïs Nin famously wrote.
This is incredibly upsetting RT @fieldproducer: James Gandolfini, the star of The Sopranos, dies aged 51: on.wsj.com/11zfwBE
James Gandolfini, 'Sopranos' Star, Dies at Age 51
blogs.wsj.com — James Gandolfini, the star of "The Sopranos," has died. He was 51 years old. Gandolfini was best known for his role as Tony Soprano, a boss in an organized crime family in New Jersey. "The Sopranos" debuted in 1999 on HBO and ran until 2007.
Fed Day wrap-up: people figure out "tapering" could be 2013, sell $SPY (esp div payers) as 10-yr yield rises. $SPY still up on week, tho.
RT @KevinKingsbury: Granted it's not impressive on a % basis anymore, but today is poised to be the 6th-straight100-point move for the DJIA…
rilaws: Here is your royalty, Canada. ...
twitter.com — Here is your royalty, Canada. pic.twitter.com/UOcT558fMN
RT @jacobbunge: All Stock Trading Should Be On Exchanges, Say Exchanges dealbreaker.com/2013/06/all-st…
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dealbreaker.com — One problem that people with a lot of time on their hands like to get worked up about is that academic economists sometimes write papers advocating positions that benefit organizations that give them money, while being coy about that relationship.
Truth (on Spotify at least) RT @annahyclak: Just found out that Kanye lists GOD as a contributing artist on one of his songs. Hahahahaha.
In other exciting pop-culture news: "You can always question Kanye's taste, but never his self-awareness." es.pn/19dZqlP
Kanye West's 'Yeezus' and fatherhood
grantland.com — Kanye West's new album is the hedonistic unraveling of a man on the precipice of the only thing scarier than fame: fatherhood By Steven Hyden on Whatever else will be said about an album that's already spawned the most overbearing bread-based meme of the year, Yeezus will be remembered as the lasting document of a time before the "Kimye" baby's ubiquitous media presence.
+1 RT @adamcancryn: New life goal: Master this dance. RT @mattufford: DiCaprio tuxedo dance dot gif bit.ly/13OxL8Z
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