Book list: The FT picks its top books of 2015 including Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of Blackberry by Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff. (FT)
Quote of the Day
"Investors should be wary of having unrealistic expectations of the performance and diversification benefits of these alternative mutual funds."
(Robert McLeod)
Chart of the Day
The CME Group ($CME) is a “perfect proxy” for interest rates.
Markets
- Just how "data dependent" is the Fed at this point? (dashofinsight.com)
- Sugar has rallied and future traders have piled in. (shortsideoflong.com)
Strategy
- The trouble with chasing hot strategies. (thereformedbroker.com)
- Why investors always need to keep a "healthy dose of skepticism." (rp-pieces.com)
- Ten insights for traders including the importance of finding your own path. (stockcharts.com)
Q&A
- Part one of a conversation with Ben Carlson and Charles Kirk. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- Part two of a conversation with Ben Carlson and Charles Kirk. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
Offers
- You can still get 30% off of a print book at Amazon. Just enter the code 'HOLIDAY30' at checkout. (amazon.com)
- Sign up for a trial of Audible.com and two free audio books including "Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction." (amzn.to)
Companies
- Why the President of SoftBank bought nearly a half billion dollars in stock. (bloomberg.com)
- A company can be well run but strategically incompetent. (sl-advisors.com)
Funds
Economics
- Incentives change how we think. (marginalrevolution.com)
- What CEOs had to say about the economy this week. (blogs.cfainstitute.org)
- A succinct summary of the economic week that was. (ritholtz.com)
- The economic schedule for the coming week. (calculatedriskblog.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Top clicks this week on the site. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you may have missed in our Saturday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
