Book notes: John Grisham has ventured into new territory with his free e-book The Tumor: A Non-Legal Thriller. (Washington Post)
Quote of the Day
"Naive investors manage their portfolio in hopes of hitting a specified return target over a short period of time. Successful investors look to control risk, first and foremost, with the understanding that the returns will come eventually."
(Ben Carlson)
Markets
- US financial stress is at a 4-year high. (capitalspectator.com)
- What happens to the stock market after a big comeback? (theirrelevantinvestor.com)
Strategy
- Why emerging markets debt is attractive again. (blogs.barrons.com)
- News is history, not insight. (dashofinsight.com)
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Companies
- Amazon ($AMZN) is pushing hard into clothing and fashion. (buzzfeed.com)
- Who will buy Yahoo ($YHOO)? The odds. (fortune.com)
- Sir is coming to the Mac. (appleinsider.com)
Finance
- Let the bottom fishing in energy begin! (reuters.com)
- Over the short term markets can be really weird. (fool.com)
Funds
- Three things your bond fund managers doesn't want you to know. (news.morningstar.com)
- Why do investors keep falling for the false hedge fund narrative? (blogs.cfainstitute.org)
Global
Economy
- The Fed will pause in March but some Fed presidents are not on board. (economistsview.typepad.com)
- Chemical activity is slowing. (calculatedriskblog.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Personal finance: tax prep reviews. (abnormalreturns.com)
- I recently spoke with Nate Geraci of The ETF Store about investor behavior and the proliferation of ETFs. (etfstore.com)
- What you may have missed in our Tuesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)