Archive for July, 2010

• Milk, eggs and ETFs
  abnormalreturns, July 19th, 2010 at 11:02 am, Comments: 0

  We are often times skeptical of some of the secondary effects of the ETF industry around here.  In part, that is due to the fact [...]

• Sunday links: pushing on a string
  abnormalreturns, July 18th, 2010 at 5:21 am, Comments: 0

  The two-year Treasury note is trading at a record low yield.  (Barron’s) Earnings revisions have increased on the downside.  (The Money Game) Doug Kass on [...]

• Top clicks this week on Abnormal Returns
  abnormalreturns, July 16th, 2010 at 3:41 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: marketing predictions
  abnormalreturns, July 16th, 2010 at 11:53 am, Comments: 0

  Richard Ferri, “Truth be told, market predictions aren’t about the markets; they’re about marketing.”  (Forbes) Carl Richards, “Well, the reality is that investing is NOT [...]

• Abnormal Returns: screencasts of the week
  abnormalreturns, July 16th, 2010 at 11:51 am, 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 [...]

• ARTV talks with The Reformed Broker
  abnormalreturns, July 16th, 2010 at 8:59 am, Comments: 0

  Last night we aired an new episode of ARTV on StockTwits TV.  The interview with blogger Josh Brown of The Reformed Broker covered a number [...]

• Tail risk, smooth returns and investor democracy
  abnormalreturns, July 15th, 2010 at 2:25 pm, Comments: 0

  Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing. – Warren Buffett One could argue that the reason Bernie Madoff was able to con so many [...]

• Thursday links: investor democracy
  abnormalreturns, July 15th, 2010 at 12:15 pm, Comments: 0

  Another brick in the sentiment wall:  Investors Intelligence show bears outnumber bulls.  (Bloomberg) Hedge funds are light on equity.  (market folly) What is strength in [...]

• Wednesday links: hedging tail risks
  abnormalreturns, July 13th, 2010 at 2:04 pm, Comments: 0

  This is an earlier than normal edition of the linkfest.  Don’t forget to check in on AR Now for updates during the day. What are [...]

• Tuesday links: intrinsic motivation
  abnormalreturns, July 13th, 2010 at 11:01 am, Comments: 0

  Despite a rally, newsletter sentiment barely budged last week.  (Marketwatch) What kind of market P/Es should we expect in a low interest rate environment?  (Trader’s [...]