Book Q&A: A discussion with Adam Kucharski author of The Perfect Bet: How Science and Math Are Taking the Luck Out of Gambling. (Washington Post
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Quote of the Day
"You could be the smartest bond manager in the world, but when the key industry benchmark is yielding just 1.75% your odds of generating alpha shrink significantly on an after tax and fee basis."
(Cullen Roche)
Strategy
- On the correlation of sector dividend growth and returns. (thereformedbroker.com)
- Investing mentors need not be in-person. (theirrelevantinvestor.com)
- 3 reasons to go low-cost. (beta.morningstar.com)
Offers
- Subscribe to Modern Trader magazine and get 4 big bonus offers. (moderntrader.com)
- Try Audible.com and get two free books like "Originals" by Adam Grant. (amazon.com)
- Hey Trekkies! Sign up for Amazon Prime and get access to The Star Trek Collection on Amazon Instant Video. (amazon.com)
Companies
- Netflix's ($NFLX) US growth is slowing. (buzzfeed.com)
- Priceline ($PCLN) and Salesforce ($CRM) have the same sales. That is where the similarities end. (next.ft.com)
- Nintendo is worth more than Sony ($SNE). (loopinsight.com)
Finance
- Activist tools seem to be played out. (bloomberg.com)
- In close votes companies need to court mom and pop investors. (wsj.com)
- Harvard Management Company has had a mediocre 10 years. (allaboutalpha.com)
ETFs
- Hedge funds trade ETFs as well. (alphaattribution.com)
- Single factor ETFs often have incidental exposures. (bloomberg.com)
- 600 ETFs have been shuttered over time. (investwithanedge.com)
Global
Economy
- Why the Fed should consider selling assets before raising rates. (bloomberg.com)
- Rising inflation is not imminent. (capitalspectator.com)
- American home prices are high but not bubbly. (bloomberg.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Startup links: validating your idea. (abnormalreturns.com)
- My piece up at Enterprising Investor: "Academic finance as a check on pretensions." (blogs.cfainstitute.org)
- How a "vague sense of returns" works against you as an investor. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Monday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
