Archive for September, 2011

• The real failure at Netflix
  abnormalreturns, September 20th, 2011 at 10:39 am, Comments: 0

  Netflix ($NFLX) has come under a great deal of criticism for the decision to split its business into separate streaming and DVD-by-mail companies. Nearly everyone agrees [...]

• Tuesday 7atSeven: disruptive behavior
  abnormalreturns, September 20th, 2011 at 6:36 am, Comments: 0

  Thanks for checking in with Abnormal Returns for seven (or so) links at 7AM Eastern.  Good luck out there today. Consumer discretionary stocks continue to lead [...]

• Monday links: falling stars
  abnormalreturns, September 19th, 2011 at 1:13 pm, Comments: 0

  Quote of the day Chuck Jaffe, “No one needs a star manager to reach their goals.” (Marketwatch) Chart of the day Netflix ($NFLX) down 50% [...]

• Fantasy trading=fantasy football
  abnormalreturns, September 19th, 2011 at 11:55 am, Comments: 0

  It probably isn’t a coincidence that CNBC is launching its “Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge” just as fantasy football season is in full swing because there [...]

• Is Bruce Berkowitz a dinosaur?
  abnormalreturns, September 19th, 2011 at 10:38 am, Comments: 0

  A couple of weeks ago we posted a video of an interview with Vanguard founder Jack Bogle in which we asked whether Bogle was now [...]

• Monday 7atSeven: breaking up is hard to do
  abnormalreturns, September 19th, 2011 at 6:59 am, Comments: 0

  Thanks for checking in with Abnormal Returns for seven (or so) links at 7AM Eastern.  Good luck out there today. Netflix Netflix ($NFLX) is going to [...]

• Sunday links: mock capitalism
  abnormalreturns, September 18th, 2011 at 7:47 am, Comments: 0

  Quote of the day Josh Brown, “The [stock] market, which once existed primarily for capital formation, has become little more than a mock-capitalist game aimed [...]

• Top clicks this week on Abnormal Returns
  abnormalreturns, September 18th, 2011 at 7:36 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: recklessness and complacency
  abnormalreturns, September 17th, 2011 at 8:04 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: worry never sleeps
  abnormalreturns, September 16th, 2011 at 9:45 am, Comments: 0

  This is an early (and abbreviated) edition of the linkfest.  We will get back to our normal schedule shortly. Markets Six signs of capitulation.  (Pragmatic [...]