The Takeaway: So what will active managers blame next?

Portfolio

With hyper-correlations falling, what will active managers blame next? (Focus On Funds)

Preview of the big earnings reports next week: (24/7 Wall Street)

Merrill Strategist Hartnett sticking by his Great Rotation thesis for the equity market. (ETF Trends)

Deutsche Bank is saying forget 1500, SPX 1600 this year. (MarketBeat)

The Biz

Institutions are directing more assets to specialty managers versus broad managers these days. (Hedgeweek)

The Ten Year Bet: Buffett pulls into the lead with his index fund versus the hedge funds for the first time. (Fortune)

Vanguard: People need an adviser. (The Reformed Broker)

Most important thing that happened at Davos this week? How about Lloyd Blankfein rocking a beard? (DealBook)

Outliers

Wait til you see how much bonus money this Deutsche Bank trader lost out on for being busted over LIBOR… (Bloomberg)

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