Book Q&A: Cass Sunstein’s The World According to Star Wars takes a deep intellectual dive into the series. (Marketwatch)
Quote of the Day
"For the foreseeable future any risks from tracker funds are far outweighed by their ability to offer cheap, diversified funds to retail investors. The real problem is not the rise of Vanguard and the other tracker funds; it is the rotten deal that retail investors have received from the fund-management industry for far too long."
(Anonymous)
Chart of the Day
Salesforce ($CRM) is shifting from strategic investments to M&A.
Strategy
- Gatis Roze, "As an investor, you must be intimately in tune with your beliefs at all times and be aware of those symptoms that might suggest your beliefs are drifting off course." (stockcharts.com)
- Brett Steenbarger, "Successful traders have a passion for self-improvement. They are motivated to be more tomorrow than they are today." (traderfeed.blogspot.no)
- Don't buy VIX-related ETPs to hedge the stock market. (fmdcapital.com)
Offers
- Sonos speakers don't often go on sale. Now they are: (amazon.com)
- You can sign up for an Amazon Third Party Video Subscriptions Free Trial. (amazon.com)
- Try an Audible.com trial and get two free books including "The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future" by Kevin Kelly. (amazon.com)
Finance
- "Stacked loans" are a growing problem for online lenders. (reuters.com)
- What opportunities does pro sports franchises in Las Vega open up? (tradestreaming.com)
Funds
Deals
- Amazon Fire 7" Tablets are currently $10 off, starting at $39.99. (amazon.com)
- The Amazon Kindle and Kindle Paperwhite are currently $20 off. (amazon.com)
Economy
- The Fed has to go it alone when studying the economy. (bloomberg.com)
- Five questions for Janet Yellen including about how much she cares about the rest of the world. (bloomberg.com)
- Hotels are having a near-record year. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- What CEOs had to say about the economy this week. (avondaleam.com)
- A succinct summary of the week's economic events. (ritholtz.com)
- The economic schedule for the coming week. (calculatedriskblog.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Top clicks this week on the site. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Saturday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
