Book review: “I highly recommend All I Want To Know Is Where I’m Going To Die So I’ll Never Go There: Buffett & Munger – A Study in Simplicity and Uncommon, Common Sense [by Peter Bevelin] to everyone with an interest in business analysis and investing.” (Hurricane Capital)
Quote of the Day
"Stock splits are going extinct."
(Jason Zweig)
Markets
- A downside of fewer stock splits, some stocks are too expensive even at one share. (howardlindzon.com)
- OPEC looks pretty weak in relation to US shale producers. (sl-advisors.com)
- Why doom and gloom sells. (dashofinsight.com)
Offers
- Buy the all new Amazon Fire TV stick and get $65 in content free. (amazon.com)
- Try Audible.com and get two free audiobooks including the new memoir by Bruce Springsteen, "Born to Run." (amazon.com)
- If you've read "Thinking Fast and Slow" you will likely want to read Michael Lewis' forthcoming "The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds." (amazon.com)
Finance
Funds
- The October Mutual Fund Observer is up (mutualfundobserver.com)
- How to pick ETFs like a pro. (blogs.barrons.com)
- Cloned funds are a drag on closed fund performance. (barrons.com)
- Where ETFs trade. (ftalphaville.ft.com)
Restaurants
- Restaurants are facing a slew of new competitors. (nytimes.com)
- Restaurant spending contracted in August. (calculatedriskblog.com)
Economy
- America is running out of apartments. (businessinsider.com)
- Mortgage rates are at a near record low. (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 books Abnormal Returns purchased in September 2016. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Saturday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
