Book review: “Faber’s book [Invest with the House: Hacking the Top Hedge Funds] not only offers investment ideas but is fun to read.” (Reading the Markets)
Quote of the Day
"In all honesty, though, to try and look out one year from now and tell people what the market will or will not do is a fool’s errand."
(Bespoke)
Markets
- Last week was the worst start to a stock market year in history. (joefahmy.com)
- Did you have a plan going into this year? If so, there may be opportunities. (dashofinsight.com)
- Risk parity had a down year in 2015. (finalternatives.com)
Strategy
- What surprises do to your thinking. (blogs.wsj.com)
- The do's and don'ts of a market crash. (washingtonpost.com)
- Different portfolio structures can lead to very different returns. (blog.abglobal.com)
- How to build your own simple portfolio. (thefelderreport.com)
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Finance
- Ten asset management industry trends to watch for in 2016. (blogs.barrons.com)
- Ten hedge fund industry trends for 2016. (hedgethink.com)
Funds
- How mutual funds should handle illiquid investments. (barrons.com)
- Why haven't bond ETFs with specific maturities taken off? (barrons.com)
Global
Economy
- "Retired" Americans are heading back into the job market. (statisticalideas.blogspot.com)
- What CEOs said about the economy this week. (skrisiloff.tumblr.com)
- 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)
- Personal finance sophistication. Insights from Pollack and Olen's "The Index Card: Why Personal Finance Doesn't Have to be Complicated."* (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you may have missed in our Saturday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Meb Faber's new book "Invest With the House" is now out. (abnormalreturns.com)
