This is an early and less than complete edition of the Friday linkfest. Look for more posts from us this weekend.
Quote of the Day
"That leaves us at this inflection point where the ‘Fear of Missing Out’ (FOMO) is bashing up against the ‘Fear of Holding the Bag’ (FOHB)."
(Howard Lindzon)
Markets
- How the Nasdaq Composite looks very different than it did 15 years ago. (theirrelevantinvestor.tumblr.com)
- Despite a strong run investors just can't get behind the long bond. (thefelderreport.com)
- Is all the bad news priced into the Greek stock market? (humblestudentofthemarkets.blogspot.com)
Strategy
- Why hold bonds in a rising rate environment? (marketwatch.com)
- Risk management is not an on-off sort of thing. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
Companies
- Why Wal-Mart's ($WMT) decision is such a big deal for the economy. (ft.com)
- Apple ($AAPL) has the continued capacity to buy back a ton of stock. (aboveavalon.com)
Finance
- What will peer-to-peer lending look like in five years? (ftalphaville.ft.com)
- On the dangers of investing in the "unicorn" club. (nytimes.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Podcast links: the challenge of changing habits. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you may have missed in our Thursday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
Mixed media
- How @reformedbroker amassed 100k Twitter followers. (investmentnews.com)
- How to get a hedge fund job out of undergrad. (wallstreetoasis.com)
- What some recent college graduates wish they had known before heading into the real world. (fortune.com)
- Now stay-at-home dads are having problems re-entering the work force. (ft.com)
