Book list: Top 20 books read in 2015 including Ashlee Vance’s Elon Musk: SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future. (How to Be An Analyst)
Quote of the Day
“People buy a stock and they know nothing about it,” he says. “That’s gambling and it’s not good.”
(Peter Lynch)
Markets
- 3 market predictions you are sure to hear for 2016. (schaeffersresearch.com)
- The case for higher oil prices. (business.financialpost.com)
Strategy
- Checking up on S&P 500 valuations. (valueplays.net)
- A dozen things learned from Mike Milken about finance. (25iq.com)
- Where Michael Burry is investing now. (nymag.com)
Offers
- Sign up for a trial of Audible.com and get two free e-books in the process including "Elon Musk: SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future." (amzn.to)
- MODERN TRADER Magazine—the essential journal for professional traders and active investors. Get one of five investment classics with this special subscription offer! (moderntrader.com)
Year-end posts
- Big ideas on media, tech and Twitter ($TWTR) from Ben Thompson in 2015. (stratechery.com)
- Michael Kitces' twenty best posts from 2015. (kitces.com)
- Ten favorite posts from 2015. (fmdcapital.com)
- Howard rounds up some of the "best of" lists from 2015. (howardlindzon.com)
- The year in review with Silver Bullet winners. (dashofinsight.com)
- Some great commentary from 2015 including a post on the nature of risk. (blog.thinknewfound.com)
- 10 articles about alternative assets. (managed-futures-blog.attaincapital.com)
Companies
- Why Apple ($AAPL) Pay will drive big growth. (seeitmarket.com)
- 2015 was a big year for Netflix ($NFLX). (businessinsider.com)
Finance
- Equity trading volume picked up in 2015. (bloomberg.com)
- HFT may be unfair but is it bad for investors? (news.morningstar.com)
Funds
- A closer look at the low volatility ETP landscape. (vixandmore.blogspot.com)
- Legg Mason ($LM) is now in the ETF game. (blogs.barrons.com)
Economy
- Home prices were up 5.2% year-over-year in October per Case-Shiller. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- Don't blame uncertainty for the sluggish US economic recovery. (bloombergview.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Startup links: cashless payments. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you may have missed in our Monday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
