Archive for June, 2010

• The crowd has discovered energy MLPs
  abnormalreturns, June 29th, 2010 at 2:34 pm, Comments: 0

  Every so often you see a handful of news items that adds up to an interesting anecdote.  Whether it becomes something bigger down the road [...]

• Tuesday links: flight-to-safety
  abnormalreturns, June 29th, 2010 at 12:15 pm, Comments: 0

  The yield on the 10 year note drops below 3.0%.  (Crossing Wall Street, MarketBeat, SurlyTrader, Barron’s, Credit Writedowns) The flight-to-safety continues apace.  (VIX and More) [...]

• Monday links: feedback cycles
  abnormalreturns, June 28th, 2010 at 11:53 am, Comments: 0

  What is the bond market telling us with such low yields?  (MarketBeat) The trading range illustrated.  (VIX and More) Mixed indicators, time frames and the [...]

• Specialization and the evolving econoblogosphere
  abnormalreturns, June 27th, 2010 at 9:37 pm, Comments: 0

  Blogs are languishing.  So says The Economist. According to research traffic to popular blogging sites has flattened out while traffic to social media sites like [...]

• Sunday links: physics envy
  abnormalreturns, June 27th, 2010 at 6:13 am, Comments: 0

  Dividends are back.  (WSJ, NYTimes) Equity market sentiment at week-end.  (Trader’s Narrative) Sorting through some industry ranks for mean-reversion opportunities.  (Aleph Blog) A closer look [...]

• Top clicks this week on Abnormal Returns
  abnormalreturns, June 25th, 2010 at 3:50 pm, Comments: 0

  Thanks for checking in with us this weekend.  Here are the items our readers clicked most frequently on Abnormal Returns Now and Abnormal Returns Classic [...]

• Friday links: quote stuffing
  abnormalreturns, June 25th, 2010 at 12:10 pm, Comments: 0

  Small caps are expensive relative to their big cap cousins.  (ROI) First half market performance tells us little about the rest of the year.  (Marketwatch) [...]

• Abnormal Returns: screencasts of the week
  abnormalreturns, June 25th, 2010 at 12:08 pm, Comments: 0

  We hope you are enjoying our ongoing series of screencasts.  The Screenr functionality at Chart.ly is well worth a look for anyone looking to illustrate [...]

• Luck, persistence and fund performance
  abnormalreturns, June 24th, 2010 at 3:44 pm, Comments: 0

  About a year ago we wrote about the prospects for actively managed ETFs.  Now a year later it seems like we may be on the [...]

• Thursday links: free trade fever
  abnormalreturns, June 24th, 2010 at 1:13 pm, Comments: 0

  Are we owed a summer rally?  (Trader’s Narrative) Doug Kass is having a hard time finding bulls these days.  (TheStreet) More evidence that every one [...]