Now you can own a piece of an NFL running back's earnings

A look at new investment opportunities with the lifting of the general solicitation ban, and other must-reads from wealth manager and CNBC commentator Josh Brown
OCT 18, 2013
Each week I read all of the important stories affecting your business and investments. Below is the weekly catch-up, curated just for you: Now you too can own a piece of an NFL running back's career earnings. (Reuters) What if it turns out that Obamacare is actually great for small business? (New Yorker) Google is a company on fire, shares break above $1000 for the first time ever. (BusinessWeek) The fiscal fight is over (for now), here are the ten most important takeaways: (NPR) Congratulations to dueling economists Bob Shiller and Eugene Fama on their shared Nobel Prize win this week. Here's what their debate has taught us: (Harvard Business Review) 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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