Book review: On the pleasure of reading ‘shareholder poison pens’ from Jeff Gramm’s Dear Chairman: Boardroom Battles and the Rise of Shareholder Activism. (Reading the Markets)
Quote of the Day
"[E]quity is completely different from other classes of investments. It’s the only one that captures human ingenuity, which is the ultimate asset."
(Eddy Elfeinbein)
Strategy
- Why investors do poorly in alternative assets. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- Firms are paying their traders wrong. (qz.com)
Amazon Echo
- The Amazon Echo can now help you bank. (techcrunch.com)
- You can get the Echo here: (amzn.to)
- Alexa could be the new, better Siri. (marketwatch.com)
Companies
Funds
Global
- Somebody is bigfooting the Turkish stock market. (bloomberg.com)
- What the ECB actually announced. (macro-man.blogspot.com)
- The Japanese economy is proving many economic theories wrong. (bloombergview.com)
Economy
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Podcast links: disruption and abundance. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you may have missed in our Thursday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- A new edition of Essential Listening is up at the Enterprising Investor with takes on ETFs, income inequality and frequent flier miles. (blogs.cfainstitute.org)
Offers
- For a limited time you can get a Kindle of Kindle Paperwhite for $20 off. (amzn.to)
- Try Audible.com and Get Two Free Audiobooks including "When Breath Becomes Air." (amazon.com)
- You can join Kindle Unlimited for a 30-day trial and read to your heart's content. (amazon.com)
- The Amazon Fire HD 6 is $30 off today. (amzn.to)
