7 tech trends you don't want to miss

Where technology is going in 2014, plus other must-reads from wealth manager and CNBC commentator Josh Brown
JAN 03, 2014
Each week I read all of the important stories affecting your business and investments. Below is the weekly catch-up, curated just for you: The are the seven hugest tech trends coming in 2014. (Mashable) Morgan Stanley: The U.S. economy is "ready for launch" this year. (Business Insider) Some of the most successful investors and businesspeople alive share the greatest financial advice they ever got. How could you NOT click this? Come on ---> (Wall Street Journal) A collection of 2014 predictions from the Stars of Financial Social Media (yes there's a such thing - according to my mom). (Yahoo Finance) ...and speaking of financial social media, here are the lessons we've learned over the past year. (The Reformed Broker) Joshua Morgan Brown is a New York City-based wealth manager and popular financial commentator on CNBC. You can follow his writing at The Reformed Broker blog and his random outbursts on Twitter @reformedbroker.

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