Thanks for checking in with us this weekend. Here are the most clicked on items on Abnormal Returns for the week ended Saturday, October 4th, 2014. The description is as it reads in the relevant linkfest:

  1. We are not all created equal: on the myth of the 10,000 hour rule.  (Slate)
  2. We are experiencing the flipside of 1970s-style inflation.  (FT Alphaville)
  3. Keep an eye on natural gas.  (Andrew Thrasher)
  4. The decline to-date has been pretty tame.  (The Reformed Broker)
  5. Investors should be thinking differently about dividends.  (Morgan Housel)
  6. One of these bond yield charts is not like the other.  (Pragmatic Capitalism)
  7. Why the yield curve matters.  (The Reformed Broker)
  8. How mindfulness can affect your spending.  (Bucks Blog)
  9. Why supermarkets are in trouble.  (Washington Post)
  10. Why do people in finance get paid so much? Is it the stress?  (Noah Smith)

Here is what else you may have missed on the site this week:

  1. A Q&A with Joshua Brown of Ritholtz Wealth Management a on the launch of Liftoff.  (Abnormal Returns)
  2. Is there a contradiction between advice telling us to save vs. invest in ourselves?  (Abnormal Returns)
  3. Podcast Friday features a talk with Scott Adams of Dilbert fame.  (Abnormal Returns)
  4. The books Abnormal Returns readers purchased in September.  (Abnormal Returns)

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