Archive for September, 2011

• Friday links: casino culture
  abnormalreturns, September 23rd, 2011 at 1:18 pm, Comments: 0

  Quote of the day James Altucher, “You don’t need full employment for the stock market to go up.”  (Marketwatch) Chart of the day A look [...]

• In praise of doing very little
  abnormalreturns, September 23rd, 2011 at 12:41 pm, Comments: 0

  John Bogle has in the news of late, including here on Abnormal Returns. Many investors believe that the tenets emphasize by Bogle over time including [...]

• Friday 7atSeven: waiting on sellers
  abnormalreturns, September 23rd, 2011 at 7:08 am, Comments: 0

  Thanks for checking in with Abnormal Returns for seven (or so) links at 7AM Eastern.  Good luck out there today. Quote of the morning DH, “Remember, [...]

• Thursday links: markets on their own
  abnormalreturns, September 22nd, 2011 at 1:09 pm, Comments: 0

  Quote of the day Barry Ritholtz, “With the Fed out of bullets, traders are now left to their own devices.”  (Big Picture, ibid) Chart of [...]

• Guest post: Satyajit Das on hedge funds as Minksy machines
  abnormalreturns, September 22nd, 2011 at 11:40 am, Comments: 0

  The excerpt below is taken from Satyajit Das‘ entertaining new book Extreme Money: Masters of the Universe and the Cult of Risk which was named [...]

• Thursday 7atSeven: reversing course
  abnormalreturns, September 22nd, 2011 at 6:19 am, Comments: 0

  Thanks for checking in with Abnormal Returns for seven (or so) links at 7AM Eastern.  Good luck out there today. Keep an eye on the Hang [...]

• Wednesday links: forward trauma
  abnormalreturns, September 21st, 2011 at 12:56 pm, Comments: 0

  Quote of the day Martin Wolf, “The eurozone then cannot stay where it is, cannot undo what it has done and finds it traumatic to [...]

• Last minute Fed reading
  abnormalreturns, September 21st, 2011 at 12:18 pm, Comments: 0

  The Fed is meeting as we speak and is expected to announce any changes in its policy around 2:15 PM Eastern time.  Below are some [...]

• Wednesday 7atSeven: twists and turns
  abnormalreturns, September 21st, 2011 at 7:05 am, Comments: 0

  Thanks for checking in with Abnormal Returns for seven (or so) links at 7AM Eastern.  Good luck out there today. The contrarian case for banks.  (Market [...]

• Tuesday links: efficient pricing
  abnormalreturns, September 20th, 2011 at 12:34 pm, Comments: 0

  Quote of the day Cullen Roche, “The market is not the economy. And it is not the efficient pricing mechanism we have all come to [...]