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, July 7th, 2012. The description reads per the relevant linkfest:

  1. Is the S&P 500 setting up a negative divergence?  (The Short Side of Long)
  2. The “smartest man in the world” thinks things are going to hell.  (Byron Wien via Money Game)
  3. Why it is so tough to short these days.  (UpsideTrader)
  4. Rick Ferri, “Markets do not reflect the average beliefs of market participants.”  (Rick Ferri)
  5. Barry Ritholtz, “Stock picking is for fun. Asset allocation is for making money over the long haul.”  (Big Picture)
  6. Everyone is bearish everything: ergo rally time.  (Money Game)
  7. Three cheap megacaps.  (Economic Musings)
  8. Investors are once again in panic mode.  (Money Game)
  9. Fundamentals matter less than you think.  (Zikomo Letter)
  10. Checking in on the sector rotation model.  (Afraid to Trade)

What else you may have missed on the site this week:

  1. What books Abnormal Returns readers purchased in June 2012.  (Abnormal Returns)
  2. It helps to put your best foot forward presentation-wise especially if you are a start-up mutual fund firm.  (Abnormal Returns)

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