Book notes: Some lessons learned from 101 Things I Learned in Engineering School by John Kuprenas and Matthew Frederick (Farnam Street)
Quote of the Day
"Staying private won’t shield you from the pains of going public. Because the lines are blurring between the private and public markets and we are in for more blurring and it will come faster in the coming years."
(Fred Wilson)
Markets
- Assets favored by retail investors are having a rough year. (sl-advisors.com)
- How are the robo-advisors doing YTD? (frankzorrilla.blogspot.com)
Offers
- Join Amazon Prime now. You will use it with the holiday season coming up. (amazon.com)
- Get Karma Go from @yourKarma. Take WiFi with you everywhere. Use my code for $10 off yours. (yourkarma.com)
Apple
- Why analysts are so quick to predict the demise of the iPhone and Apple ($AAPL). (daringfireball.net)
- Why the new Apple TV needs an iPhone remote app. (macworld.com)
- Apple ($AAPL) is sacrificing good design principles for "beauty." (fastcodesign.com)
Companies
- The Internet was supposed to kill the business of high-priced academic journals. (ft.com)
- Why is Urban Outfitters ($URBN) getting into the pizza business? (blogs.wsj.com)
- Star Wars is the toy biz at the moment. (wsj.com)
Finance
- Market types will enjoy the new Bloomberg Gladfly site. (bloomberg.com)
- Why terrorism has a limited impact on markets. (economist.com)
Funds
- Vanguard continues to lead the world in inflows. (wsj.com)
- Where Vanguard competes ETF fees are low. (marketwatch.com)
- A look at the most popular smart beta ETFs YTD. (etf.com)
- A closer look at the WeatherStorm Forensic Account Long-Short ETF ($FLAG). (charlessizemore.com)
Global
Economy
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Research links: windfall gains. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you might have missed in our Sunday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
