Archive for August, 2012

• Friday links: cotton contracts
  abnormalreturns, August 31st, 2012 at 12:12 pm, Comments: 0

  This is an abbreviated and less than comprehensive daily linkfest. Here’s wishing you a happy and healthy holiday weekend. Markets The markets are still very [...]

• Friday 7atSeven: setting the stage
  abnormalreturns, August 31st, 2012 at 7:02 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. 10AM Not many [...]

• Thursday links: a very hard business
  abnormalreturns, August 30th, 2012 at 12:44 pm, Comments: 0

  Quote of the day Adam Grimes, “Most things that people say work in the market do not actually work. Treat claims of success and performance [...]

• Thursday 7atSeven: obvious trades undone
  abnormalreturns, August 30th, 2012 at 6:52 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. Markets The performance [...]

• Jiro Dreams of Sushi
  abnormalreturns, August 29th, 2012 at 2:28 pm, Comments: 0

   Sukiyabashi Jiro, “You have to love your job. You must fall in love with your work.” One could argue that sustained excellence can only come [...]

• Wednesday links: productive optimism
  abnormalreturns, August 29th, 2012 at 12:44 pm, Comments: 0

  Quote of the day SRS, “In markets, pessimism is almost never the way to go. It’s more productive to be optimistic and to try to [...]

• Wednesday 7atSeven: consumer indifference
  abnormalreturns, August 29th, 2012 at 6:44 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. Markets Something is [...]

• Tuesday links: good and easy
  abnormalreturns, August 28th, 2012 at 12:56 pm, Comments: 0

  Quote of the day TZL, “Averaging down is psychologically easy, and feels good. The market tends not to reward behavior that feels good and easy.”  [...]

• Tuesday 7atSeven: economic headwinds
  abnormalreturns, August 28th, 2012 at 6:53 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. Markets The buy [...]

• Monday links: stalwart bonds
  abnormalreturns, August 27th, 2012 at 12:51 pm, Comments: 0

  Quote of the day Gray, et al. “Overall, the evidence suggests that investors should always hold some portion of their portfolio in bonds. If an [...]