Book note: Get What’s Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security by Laurence Kotlikoff, Philip Moeller, and Paul Solman has become an unexpected bestseller. (Bloomberg)
Quote of the Day
"It is a a great time to be an investor!"
(Mebane Faber)
Markets
- What happens after the $VIX gets overbought? (schaeffersresearch.com)
- A look at the reversal in fortune for gold and silver. (shortsideoflong.com)
- The US Dollar and the Euro are near parity. (crossingwallstreet.com)
Strategy
- Worrying about short-term performance is rarely helpful. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- Some tentative evidence in favor of buying stock in companies on a "best places to work" list. (blogs.wsj.com)
- How to mine data from the StockTwits stream. (mktstk.wordpress.com)
Apple
- Apple ($AAPL) is really the only company that can kickstart the wearables market. (stratechery.com)
- Apple ($AAPL) gets sweet deals from mall operators. (wsj.com)
- Apple ($AAPL) is trying to become a mass luxury brand. (aboveavalon.com)
Finance
- Citigroup ($C) is on a bit of a tear. (nytimes.com)
- Bank of New York Mellon ($BK) can't seem to shake activist investors. (wsj.com)
- How the Hershten Group became a decentralized proprietary trading giant. (ft.com)
- More on the Wealthfront-Schwab ($SCHW) robo-debate. (wealthmanagement.com)
Funds
- Mutual fund names can be deceiving. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- What are we to make of the Vanguard Alternative Strategies Fund? (blogs.wsj.com)
- Eight problems with hedge funds. (etf.com)
- The ETF Deathwatch for March 2015. (investwithanedge.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Personal finance links: the robo-advisor revolution. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you may have missed our Tuesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
