Book notes: Impossible to Ignore: Creating Memorable Content to Influence Decisions by Carmen Simon is a must-read for wannabe influencers. (Dilbert Blog)
Quote of the Day
"At the moment, I think Apple is likely OK but it will be hardly immune from continual claims of its eventual demise in either case. Like death and taxes, Apples’s doom never goes away."
(Joshua Gans)
Markets
- Foreign stocks lead the markets last week. (capitalspectator.com)
- Bull or bear market? Who cares. (theirrelevantinvestor.com)
Strategy
Offers
- Subscribe today to Modern Trader magazine and get four bonus offers including an extra month free. (moderntrader.com)
- Who doesn't like to laugh? Then sign up for a free trial to SEESO 'where the best comedy lives.' (amazon.com)
Companies
- What are the odds that Bayer's deal for Monsanto ($MON) actually goes through? (bloomberg.com)
- Why Qualcomm ($QCOM) will be a big player in the Internet of Things. (qz.com)
- What happened to Shake Shack's ($SHAK) “most prominent growth market”? (jeffmatthewsisnotmakingthisup.blogspot.com)
Finance
Funds
- Liquid alts have been a disappointment in the US. (next.ft.com)
- Smart beta players are getting snapped up by bigger firms. (next.ft.com)
- When CEFs liquidate investors benefit. (bloomberg.com)
Economy
- Why you should pay attention to the June Fed meeting? (economistsview.typepad.com)
- How much attention is the Fed going to pay to the global economy? (blogs.ft.com)
- The case of dueling GDP Nowcasts. (econbrowser.com)
- Another sign that small, rural counties are in trouble: limited startup activity. (washingtonpost.com)
- FRED is getting a makeover. (businessinsider.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Podcast links: the rebalancing bonus. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Sunday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)