Book review: Larry Swedroe notes Jane Bryant Quinn’s “..new book [How to Make Your Money Last: The Indispensable Retirement Guide] is a tour de force of the financial issues you’ll face in retirement. I highly recommend it.” (ETF)
Quote of the Day
"The takeaway is something that sounds blindingly obvious but analysts, based on their forecasts, clearly forget: Rare is rare, so we should expect more common events to have a higher probability of occurring."
(Morgan Housel)
Chart of the Day
Why Alphabet ($GOOGL) shouldn’t rest on its laurels as the new biggest market cap company.
Markets
- Why you should pay heed to the 200 day moving average. (joefahmy.com)
- Bank stocks have had a tough 2016. (thereformedbroker.com)
- US Treasury yields are falling (hard). (capitalspectator.com)
- It is once again profitable to store excess crude oil on tankers. (ftalphaville.ft.com)
Strategy
- Much to our detriment as investors we humans are constantly looking for explanations. (dashofinsight.com)
- Why we should "pre-commit" to our investment hypotheses. (psyfitec.com)
Offers
- MODERN TRADER Magazine—the essential journal for professional traders and active investors. This special subscription offer includes free investment classic book! (moderntrader.com)
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- Sign up for a 30-day trial of Audible.com and get two free books including "The Term Sheet: A Startup Thriller Novel." (amazon.com)
Buybacks
- Apollo Global ($APO) is launching its first buyback. (ft.com)
- Apple ($AAPL) has wasted billions on share buybacks. (fortune.com)
- Then again, so has IBM ($IBM). (ibankcoin.com)
- Comparing dividends to buybacks. (news.morningstar.com)
Companies
- Yahoo ($YHOO) is a tech company in turnaround. How some other tech companies like Priceline did it prior. (nytimes.com)
- Ford ($F) trucks sales dropped in January. (bespokepremium.com)
Finance
- TV and movies is trying to come to terms with the financial crisis and its aftermath. (theverge.com)
Global
- Why international diversification makes sense. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- Japan and the case of home country bias. (pragcap.com)
Economy
- The ADP Employment Report for January showed continued growth. (capitalspectator.com)
- The January ISM Non-manufacturing index declined. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- How economics is changing. (economistsview.typepad.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Personal finance links: accommodating clients. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you may have missed in our Tuesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What books Abnormal Returns readers purchased in January 2016. (abnormalreturns.com)
