Stuff I'm Reading this Morning...

The Japanese Bull Market turns one. (CassandraDoesTokyo)

How Wall Street sees the world in one slide. (BusinessInsider)

All of a sudden iron ore shipments to China are exploding. (Bloomberg)

John Hussman: All the classic signs of a crash are manifesting themselves, so why will this time be different? (ZeroHedge)

Greggy: If there's going to be a crash, it'll be in the Treasury market. (DragonflyCapital)

Yes, the equal-weight S&P 500 ETF generates significant alpha - but hold up, wait a minute! (IndexUniverse)

LOL, the average private equity investor merely breaks even. (FocusOnFunds)

Time to slay some of these zombie hedge funds and put them out of everyone's misery. (Hedgeweek)

Matt Levine: Financial innovation is depressing. (Bloomberg)

Just how crowded is the "low volatility anomaly" trade right now? Craig Lazarra of S&P Dow Jones Indexes weighs in. (ETFTrends)

Finra is surprisingly candid in its report on the inherent conflicts of the brokerage industry (spoiler alert: the whole f*cking thing is one giant conflict): (NerdsEyeView)

Lockheed Martin working on a terrifying new vehicle that can fly, swim and drive on land. (FloatingPath)

Meet David Merrell, the financial advisor who located his office inside a fitness gym. (WSJ)

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