What’s more, rising rates could put a damper on the improving housing market.

www.marketwatch.com/story/say-goodbye-to-ultralow-mortgage-rates-2013-06-26

Earlier this year, senior members of President Barack Obama’s campaign team took a trip to Las Vegas. Nevada holds a special place in Obama-wonk lore as the place where his monthslong strategy of defeating Hillary Clinton by slowly and surely amassing delegates emerged. But the operatives were not there in March for any political reason. They were there to make money undefined specifically to land what they hoped would be the first corporate client for their new advertising business, Analytics Media Group (A.M.G.).

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/23/magazine/the-obama-campaigns-digital-masterminds-cash-in.html?hpw&_r=0

Maybe we worry too much about retirees. As a group, they are more likely than working people to describe their finances as comfortable, according to a new poll.

http://business.time.com/2013/06/07/what-retirement-crisis-retirees-say-theyre-doing-just-fine-thank-you-very-much/

http://www.helenbrowngroup.com/2013/06/prospect-researchs-strategic-advantage/

More than 80 percent of nonprofit leaders recently surveyed believe that demonstrating impact through performance measurement is a top priority.  Yet still, when we get down to evaluating our work, it can feel like a time-sensitive and daunting task that delivers little value.

http://www.philanthropyjournal.org/resources/measuring-what-matters

The most recent ranking for the Top 100 Mid-Sized Equity Hedge Funds has been released, revealing that the top hedge funds oversee a combined $65.1 billion in US equities.

www.hedgetracker.com/article/78-of-the-top-MidSized-Hedge-Funds-see-their-Assets-increase-YTD-Tyrus-Capital-Ionic-Capital-lead-the-way

At a time when lawmakers are working to reform student loans and some economists are debating the value of a college degree, some recent grads may be questioning their career choices, consumer experts say.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/best-and-worst-careers-to-go-into-debt-for-2013-06-11

#1 on the list of America’s “50 Worst Charities” according to a collaborative report from The Center for Investigative Reporting and The Tampa Bay Times is the Kids Wish Network.

www.theagitator.net/hot-research/how-do-they-get-away-with-it/

The first index of its kind, the BNP Paribas Individual Philanthropy Index by Forbes Insights measures and reflects the commitment of individual philanthropists from Europe, the Middle East and Asia in terms of three main criteria: the amounts given, innovation and the effort invested to promote their causes.

http://www.forbes.com/forbesinsights/BNP_philanthropy_index/index.html

This slideshow details the key trends that will define a new China:

http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/economic_studies/three_snapshots_from_chinas_next_chapter