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Quote of the Day
"If you can identify something about trading or investing that interests you more than anything else, focus on that first and work from there. Learning how to trade or invest is like learning most things, the more you know the more you will be interested in knowing more."
(Charles Kirk)
Markets
- What major asset classes did in July 2015. (capitalspectator.com)
- Three charts that help explain the macro picture. (traderfeed.blogspot.com)
- The case that emerging markets have already had their down move. (markdow.tumblr.com)
Gold
- Gold bulls are few and far between. (thereformedbroker.com)
- The secular (demand) argument for lower gold prices. (ft.com)
- How gold bears can put their money where their mouths are. (marketwatch.com)
Oil
- Oil prices are plunging again. (blogs.wsj.com)
- Major oil producers are not cutting back production...yet. (ftalphaville.ft.com)
Finance
Funds
- $GREK as an argument for ETFs as a price discovery vehicle. (etf.com)
- An example of a poorly designed and managed MLP closed-end fund. (sl-advisors.com)
- Are too many ETFs being launched? (etftrends.com)
- The ETF price war is in full swing in the UK. (ft.com)
Economy
- The July ISM Manufacturing report stayed in expansion zone. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- The economy is coming back from a financial crisis not a run of the mill recession. (bloombergview.com)
- How economics changes in a more abundant age. (bloombergview.com)
- Why "the olds" want to continue working. (thereformedbroker.com)
- Hotels are killing it in 2015. (calculatedriskblog.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Research links: state of the size effect. (abnormalreturns.com)
- The index card revolution. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you may have missed in our Sunday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Time is running out to get in on the biggest Abnormal Returns giveaway yet. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What books Abnormal Returns readers purchased in July 2015. (abnormalreturns.com)