published Aug 8th 2016, 6:23 pm, by Elizabeth Campbell (Bloomberg) — Chicago school officials presented a budget that relies on the state of Illinois passing an overhaul of its underfunded pension system and assumes that the teachers’ union will agree to pay more into their retirement funds. The $5.4 billion
published Aug 8th 2016, 1:09 pm, by Barry Ritholtz (Bloomberg View) — Sell everything! That seems to be the advice coming from the moneyed set these days. Not just one or two cranky billionaires, but many of them; Warren Buffett seems to be a notable exception. In a commentary sent