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, March 11th, 2012. The description reads per the relevant linkfest:

  1. The best strategies are often the most simple.  (Old School Value)
  2. A gap is opening up between the Dow Transports and Industrials.  (Dynamic Hedge)
  3. If Freeport McMoran ($FCX) is a tell, then the market is at a critical juncture.  (chessNwine)
  4. Andrew Lo, “Buy-and-hold doesn’t work anymore. The volatility is too significant. “  (Money)
  5. Why buy-and-hold can’t die.  (Aleph Blog)
  6. The 60/40 portfolio is riskier than you think.  (World Beta)
  7. Five questions answered about quantitative tactical asset allocation.  (World Beta)
  8. Are individual investors now jumping into the market at the wrong time?  (Horan Capital)
  9. Will the last proprietary trader on Wall Street please turn off the lights?  Another big name leaves to start a hedge fund. (FT)
  10. The value vs. growth game is played out.  (The Reformed Broker)

What else you missed on the site this week

  1. Why so many investors have missed out on the most hated bull market in history.  (Abnormal Returns)
  2. Why the fund industry is pushing into active ETFs, because that is where the (higher) fees are.  (Abnormal Returns)
  3. Trading to improve your portfolio is a worthy principle upon which to build a portfolio strategy.  (Abnormal Returns)

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