Archive for December, 2011

• The 99 percent and the problem of societal underinvestment
  abnormalreturns, December 27th, 2011 at 10:32 am, Comments: 0

  I think it is hard for active market participants to believe but most people don’t like to take on financial risk.  We have previously argued [...]

• Tuesday 7atSeven: gift card slippage
  abnormalreturns, December 27th, 2011 at 7:25 am, Comments: 0

  Here are seven (or so) links at 7AM Eastern.  We will see you later with the daily linkfest.  Good luck out there today. Slowing inflation [...]

• Monday links: forecasting figureheads
  abnormalreturns, December 26th, 2011 at 12:16 pm, Comments: 0

  Quote of the day Tim Harford, “Professional pundits are not usually paid to make correct forecasts. They are paid to sound convincing, whether they are [...]

• Top clicks this week on Abnormal Returns
  abnormalreturns, December 25th, 2011 at 10:04 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: the real king of beers
  abnormalreturns, December 24th, 2011 at 6:58 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: thin trading
  abnormalreturns, December 23rd, 2011 at 12:38 pm, Comments: 0

  Today’s linkfest is not surprisingly a bit thin.  We hope you all have a happy and healthy holiday. Markets The S&P 500 is once again [...]

• Friday 7atSeven: financial repression redux
  abnormalreturns, December 23rd, 2011 at 6:26 am, Comments: 0

  Here are seven (or so) links at 7AM Eastern.  We will see you later with the daily linkfest.  Good luck out there today. Markets The [...]

• Thursday links: holiday stress
  abnormalreturns, December 22nd, 2011 at 1:37 pm, Comments: 0

  Quote of the day “The longer Europe muddles through, the more banks’ demands on the ECB will grow.”  (Free exchange also Felix Salmon) Chart of the [...]

• Thursday 7atSeven: risk appetites
  abnormalreturns, December 22nd, 2011 at 7:01 am, Comments: 0

  Here are seven (or so) links at 7AM Eastern.  We will see you later with the daily linkfest.  Good luck out there today. Markets Earnings [...]

• Wednesday links: staying in the game
  abnormalreturns, December 21st, 2011 at 1:03 pm, Comments: 0

  Quote of the day Howard Lindzon, “You stay in the game long enough so you can keep swinging and sometimes magic happens.”  (Howard Lindzon) Chart [...]