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, December 25th.  Where applicable the description is as it reads in the relevant linkfest.

  1. Roger Ebert’s top feature films for 2010.  (Chicago Sun-Times)
  2. The most important macro graph of the year.  (Gavyn Davies)
  3. Four interesting books on investing.  (Economic Principals)
  4. Ten reasons not to get an iPad for Christmas. (ROI)
  5. Six themes for 2011.  (Pragmatic Capitalism)
  6. Ten ‘outrageous predictions‘ for 2011.  (FT Alphaville)
  7. Ten economic questions for 2011.  (Calculated Risk)
  8. Investing fads and themes, by year.  (The Reformed Broker)
  9. Where did all the 1% days go?  (Bespoke)
  10. High frequency trading is making life difficult for day traders.  (Trader Magazine)

We also had a handful of items on Abnormal Returns this week:

  1. On the dangers of confirmation bias and the not-so scientific search for market analogies.  (AR Screencast)
  2. Will Japan’s stock market be able to disengage from the dire talk about its economy in 2011?  (AR Screencast)
  3. Meir Statman on the attraction of ‘no-mental loss investments.’  (Abnormal Returns)
  4. Is gold poised to become more volatile in 2011?  (AR Screencast)
  5. On the parallels between ‘defunct economists‘ and ‘fund marketers.’  (Abnormal Returns)
  6. The back and forth between Whitney Tilson and Netflix’s (NFLX) CEO highlights the fact that it has become a a battleground stock.  (AR Screencast)

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