Archive for August, 2011

• Top clicks this week on Abnormal Returns
  abnormalreturns, August 28th, 2011 at 6:05 am, Comments: 0

  Thanks for checking in with us this weekend.  Here are the items our readers clicked most frequently on Abnormal Returns for the week ended Saturday, [...]

• Saturday links: primal brains
  abnormalreturns, August 27th, 2011 at 7:10 am, Comments: 0

  The weekend is a great time to catch up on some of the reading you skipped during the week.  We hope you enjoy this set [...]

• Friday links: all that glitters
  abnormalreturns, August 26th, 2011 at 1:53 pm, Comments: 0

  Quote of the day “Thirty-four percent of Americans say gold is the best long-term investment, more than say so about four other types of investments.”  [...]

• Buy vs. build: the ETF index decision
  abnormalreturns, August 26th, 2011 at 1:31 pm, Comments: 0

  Just a quick note on what could be a profound change in the way the ETF industry works.  Olivier Ludwig at IndexUniverse reports that Blackrock ($BLK) [...]

• Friday 7atSeven: desperate deals
  abnormalreturns, August 26th, 2011 at 7:06 am, Comments: 0

  Thanks for checking in with us for seven (or so) links at 7AM Eastern.  Good luck out there. More on just how good a deal [...]

• Thursday links: true grit
  abnormalreturns, August 25th, 2011 at 7:23 am, Comments: 0

  This an early and abbreviated version of the daily linkfest.  We will back to our normal schedule tomorrow. Quote of the day Jonah Lehrer, “Grit [...]

• The ultimate Steve Jobs resignation linkfest
  abnormalreturns, August 24th, 2011 at 10:40 pm, Comments: 0

  The (Sad) News Steve Jobs resigns as CEO of Apple ($AAPL).  COO Tim Cook to take over as CEO.  (WSJ, ibid) Steve Jobs letter to [...]

• Wednesday links: a risk reversal
  abnormalreturns, August 24th, 2011 at 12:41 pm, Comments: 0

  Quote of the day Barry Ritholtz, “The US banking sector is not healthy.”  (Big Picture) Chart of the day Intel ($INTC) has a higher dividend [...]

• Wednesday 7atSeven: twisting by the pool
  abnormalreturns, August 24th, 2011 at 6:29 am, Comments: 0

  Thanks for checking in with us for seven (or so) links at 7AM Eastern.  Good luck out there. How much capital does Bank of America [...]

• Tuesday links: gold miner malaise
  abnormalreturns, August 23rd, 2011 at 12:45 pm, Comments: 0

  Quote of the day Howard Lindzon, “For the markets to work, we need less marketing from Wall Street and more investing. We need less technology [...]