Quote of the Day
"If you can’t name what stinks about a given investment strategy, you likely just don’t understand it well enough yet. "
(Brendan Mulooly)
Markets
- The bull market isn't really nine years old. (bloomberg.com)
- The equal-weighted S&P 500 has been underperforming since the beginning of 2017. (topdowncharts.com)
- There is a big difference between policy analysis and politics. (dashofinsight.com)
Rates
- Why you should check the interest rate on your brokerage sweep. (blogs.wsj.com)
- Where things stand for bond market investors today. (pensionpartners.com)
- Why the slope of the yield curve is still a worthwhile economic indicator. (bloomberg.com)
Strategy
- Some great lessons learned from 'hacking' the lottery. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- Trading is a performance field: the learning curve is steep. (traderfeed.blogspot.com)
Funds
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Economy
- Business in America is scrambling to find qualified workers. (barrons.com)
- Why the US economy is becoming less volatile over time. (pragcap.com)
- A succinct summary of the week's economic events. (ritholtz.com)
- The economic schedule for the coming week. (calculatedriskblog.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Top clicks this week on the site. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Saturday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Longform links: unanticipated consequences. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Politics is no longer the third rail for corporate America. (abnormalreturns.com)
Mixed media
- It's only right that the term 'dumpster fire' is now in the Merriam-Webster dictionary. (engadget.com)
- How to keep life's little annoyances in perspective. (washingtonpost.com)
- Why, in modern societies, the number of children per family is falling dramatically. (marginalrevolution.com)
- Daylight savings time is just the worst. (qz.com)