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Stuff I’m Reading this Morning…

Sam Ro put together THE ONLY FED PREVIEW YOU NEED.  (BusinessInsider)

Morgan Stanley’s Chief Economist Vincent Reinhart on why the Fed is bullshit (I’m paraphrasing).  (BusinessInsider)

Inflation at 53 year low, Bernanke has all kinds of time.  (Bloomberg)

Ritholtz in rare form: “What’s your outlook on the markets and economy?”  (TBP)

What different about this era than prior ones is the makeup of the economy – knowledge over material.  (FTAlphaville)

I’m often asked about my disdain for the gold crowd and its withering old-man heroes. This is a great example of why we find them so Derpy.  (CNBC)

Solar cellphone recharging has hit NYC!  (TheVerge)

What to make of Google’s shareholder rights proposal.  (Fortune)

There’s more to the rally than just Fed interference. Earnings and jobs have grown quite a bit as well.  (MoneyBeat)

Wake me up when the Managed Futures industry manages to justify its own future.  (Hedgeweek)

Target-date funds are now a half a trillion dollar business says Brightscope.  (Reuters)

Your last remaining edge on Wall Street is ______.  (MotleyFool)

Something weird about Fox Business and Fox News – they seem to love scamming their own uninformed, gullible viewers with gold coin and penny stock endorsements, holding boiler room brokerage CEOs out to the public as “experts” and all kinds of strange stuff. I don’t get it, I thought they loved “the folks”.  (MarketWatch)

Financial Sector Thinks It’s About Ready To Ruin World Again (TheOnion)

The Daily Beast names its top 96 Twitter accounts of 2013. I’m really honored to be on the list, along with Dennis Rodman and Hilary Clinton of course.  (DailyBeast)

Oh my god – is Star Wars Land at Disneyworld actually happening? Supposedly yes!  (ThemeParkInsider)

Yo, geek out to these Marvel-DC superhero mashups.  (Buzzfeed)

Don’t miss The Takeaway, my daily linkfest for financial advisors (InvestmentNews)