The Takeaway: Twitter flash crash — sure, why not?

Portfolio

Associated Press gets its Twitter account hacked, next thing you know there’s a hundred-fifty point sell-off in the Dow. Feeling safe?  (Business Insider)

We know that CAPE valuation metrics aren’t great timing signals for investors, but can we make them more useful after all?  (World Beta)

Not every dividend strategy need revolve around large and mega-caps. Loosen up, experiment a little – like you did in college.  (WisdomTree)

The Biz

Bloomberg is testing a new wealth management portal (Bloomberg Black)  targeted to affluent investors.   (The Reformed Broker)

Vanguard: No seriously, we really don’t like bond indexes as currently formulated.  (Vanguard)

Corzine and his fellow MF Global execs sued for the collapse of the firm. He’ll be fine, of this I’m certain.  (Bloomberg)

Outliers

You know it’s bad for Tim Cook when the media starts comparing him to Steve Ballmer  (New York Times)

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