A book showdown: The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload by Daniel J. Levitin vs. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying: A Simple, Effective Way to Banish Clutter Forever by Marie Kondo. (Tim Harford)
Quote of the Day
"The odds of anyone calling you on the phone with good investment advice are about the same as winning the Lotto without buying a ticket."
(Joel Greenblatt)
Markets
- On the effect of Euro QE on gold. (marketanthropology.com)
- Expect a continued focus on Europe this week. (dashofinsight.com)
Strategy
- Tips on how to build your own virtual research teams. (traderfeed.blogspot.com)
- Why our overconfidence rarely gets challenged. (researchpuzzle.com)
- Some nuggets from Warren Buffett you may not have heard. (millennialinvest.com)
Companies
- Algorithms are going to change the way all companies are run. (fortune.com)
- What CEOs say and what they mean. (blog.stockviews.com)
Finance
Funds
- Why you shouldn't pay for buy-and-hold asset allocation advice. (thinkadvisor.com)
- On the revival of the managed futures hedge fund. (online.barrons.com)
- What two big, established ETFs are shedding assets? (online.barrons.com)
Global
Economy
- Have we reached 'peak economist'? (nytimes.com)
- Economists need to do a better job taking weather into effect for their forecasts. (blogs.wsj.com)
- On the rise of America's new cognitive elite. (businessinsider.com)
- A look back at the economic week that was. (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 may have missed in our Saturday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
