Quote of the Day
"Choose generic index funds or choose truly active, but don’t get caught in between.'
(James Saft)
Markets
- Are we numb to valuations again? (ftalphaville.ft.com)
- Is 2015 the end of the buyback binge? (fortune.com)
- Apple ($AAPL) is now twice as big as Google ($GOOG). (wsj.com)
Strategy
- Investors should be planning for lower returns going forward. (news.morningstar.com)
- The very cheapest stocks, by book/price, are poor performers. (millennialinvest.com)
- Should investors hedge their foreign currency exposure? (news.morningstar.com)
Companies
- Amazon ($AMZN) Prime is a bizarre business idea that works. (wired.com)
- Apple ($AAPL) knows how to trade bonds. (microfundy.tumblr.com)
- What is Shake Shack's ($SHAK) secret sauce? (strategy-business.com)
- How to destroy value: the case of Petrobras ($PBR). (aswathdamodaran.blogspot.com)
ETFs
- Active share has become a go-to statistic for fund investors. (ft.com)
- Fees matter: the case of Barron's fund family rankings. (maliceforall.com)
- Smart beta is putting downward pressure on fund fees. (ft.com)
- Vanguard is launching a ultra short-term bond fund. (blogs.barrons.com)
- The definitive China ETF guide. (etf.com)
Economy
- The Fed wants to hike in June. (economistsview.typepad.com)
- It's time to reassess the idea of a low wage recovery. (econbrowser.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Personal finance links: how much is enough? (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you may have missed in our Tuesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Gender, bias blindness and manager motivation. (abnormalreturns.com)
Mixed media
- PE firms are in heated competition for investment banking analysts. (dealbook.nytimes.com)
- It's harder to get a job at Goldman Sachs ($GS) than Harvard. (buzzfeed.com)
- Advice for aspiring journalists: get a real job first. (bloombergview.com)
- Some companies are going out of their way to accentuate the positive in performance reviews. (wsj.com)
