Fact vs. fiction on 'The Wolf of Wall Street'

The true story behind the movie that could win an Oscar this weekend, plus other must-reads from wealth manager and CNBC commentator Josh Brown
FEB 28, 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 Wolf of Wall Street' is up for an Oscar this weekend – here's a little fact vs fiction first: (Yahoo Finance) S&P 500 takes out a new all-time record high – but how about the rest of the big indices? (Bespoke Investment Group) Turmoil from within massive asset manager Pimco spills out into the media – is this a sign that Bill Gross needs to retire? (Reuters) Warren Buffett drops an excerpt from his forthcoming shareholder letter – and it includes his five investing fundamentals. (Fortune) Everything is awesome! (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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