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Quote of the Day
"Institutional investors are now prepared to target lower returns from their hedge funds, with lower volatility, than in the past.."
(Daniel Caplan)
Chart of the Day
Chinese stocks are on the verge of a major breakout.
Markets
- Why time horizon matters: the case of US stocks. (theirrelevantinvestor.tumblr.com)
- Is the market expensive or cheap? (humblestudentofthemarkets.blogspot.com)
- The top dividend picks from the ultimate stock pickers. (news.morningstar.com)
Strategy
- 5 good signs from an annual report. (cleareyesinvesting.com)
- Leverage (and complacency) kills. (nypost.com)
- When it comes to investing beware the words "in my experience." (psyfitec.com)
Apple
- Apple ($AAPL) is reportedly planning an online TV service. (wsj.com)
- Establishing estimates for the Apple ($AAPL) Watch launch. (aboveavalon.com)
- Why developers need to build apps for the Apple ($AAPL) Watch. (medium.com)
Companies
- On the uncertain future of Tootsie Roll ($TR). (washingtonpost.com)
- Virgin America ($VA) is hard to beat. (fivethirtyeight.com)
- Twitter ($TWTR) as focus group. (bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
Finance
- In praise of short-sellers. (newyorker.com)
- Evidence that companies run by females perform better. (qz.com)
Funds
- Keep your smart beta selections simple. (systematicrelativestrength.com)
- A look at some of the funds that have big bets on Apple ($AAPL). (reuters.com)
- Why money market mutual funds are on the outs. (marketwatch.com)
Global
- Why we should cheer the SNB's decision to de-peg the Swiss franc. (jlfmi.tumblr.com)
- The war on coal is now global. (slate.com)
- How the stronger US dollar hurts emerging economies. (nytimes.com)
- How is the Irish economy doing? (blogs.wsj.com)
Economy
- Weather had a big impact on housing starts. Pay attention to permits instead. (bonddad.blogspot.com)
- Have Americans gotten over their economic anxiety yet? (theatlantic.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Startup links: naming problems. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Abnormal Brackets: 2015 edition. Sign up and win cool stuff. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you may have missed in our Monday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
