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10 Weekend Reads

The Big Picture

Most pros can’t beat the market : It continues to be incredibly difficult to generate returns in the stock market that beat (or outperform) a passively managed fund tracking the S&P 500. thru the company’s sale to Yahoo; angel investor Etsy + Tumblr. So here it is. Oaktree Capital ). Morgan Stanley ). •

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The Role of Angel Groups Going Forward

This is going to be BIG.

I follow other investors on Twitter, Quora, and respond to blog posts--I've even been able to strengthen my ties to other investors through Instagram. Meeting in person is no longer the only way an angel investor can get looped in a network of other investors. For entrepreneurs, it's quite the same. 5) Be fun!

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The end or the beginning? Thoughts on the current startup environment

This is going to be BIG.

Just because an angel investor that made tens of millions of dollars gives $50k to a startup, and got 9 of her friends to do the same thing, doesn't mean that company deserves to get a $5 million check. stock market." It's actually a great situation for the ecosystem. Are we in a bubble?

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Does the U.S. Steel Deal Mark the End of an Era?

The Motley Fool

Deidre talks to angel investor and author Bill Raduchel about how tech has changed over the past six decades. Bill Barker: Well, the size of the deal and the size of the headline is not commensurate with the import of the company in the stock market for sure. Steel over time. Visit www.fool.com/MFM discount.

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Transcript: Howard Lindzon

The Big Picture

Now this cycle, they be what, what happens to great investors after they go through a cycle, if they’re great, they become great investors because they have memory and they have a new muscle that they learned that markets go down. Like, guess what Fred hates the stock market because he met, you know, he became a VC.