Book list: 15 books for the Fall including The Girl in the Spider’s Web by David Lagercrantz. (WSJ)
Quote of the Day
"Over the last five years, we have developed an unhealthy obsession with the Federal Reserve, in particular, and central banks, in general, and I think that there is plenty of blame to go around."
(Aswath Damodaran)
Chart of the Day
How well did Carl Icahn time his purchase of Freeport-McMoran ($FCX)?
Markets
- Market risk is on the rise. (capitalspectator.com)
- Fed rates hike typically do not mark the end of a bull market. (disciplinedinvesting.blogspot.com)
Strategy
- Distant events fade in our memory...until they don't. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- Market stress highlights underlying investment organization issues. (researchpuzzle.com)
Offers
- Stocktoberfest 2015 is quickly approaching. Don't miss out on the conference that explores the world between fintech and the stock market. (stocktoberfest.co)
- You can get the newly released "DIY Financial Advisor" by Wes Gray, Jack Vogel and David Foulke on discount at Amazon. (amazon.com)
Companies
- Can the "hodge podge of businesses" that is Soney ($SNE) get turned around? (ft.com)
- Why you hate Google's ($GOOG) new logo. (abnormalreturns.com)
Finance
Funds
Economy
- August marks another positive jobs report including a 5.1% headline unemployment rate. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- 10 charts from the August NFP report. (blogs.wsj.com)
- How the carry trade complicates the Fed's decision. (marginalrevolution.com)
- 'Free agent nation' isn't growing. (bloombergview.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Podcast links: a tough culture. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you may have missed in our Thursday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What books Abnormal Returns readers purchased in August 2015. (abnormalreturns.com)
