The applicability of Robert Cialdini’s Pre-Suasion is universal and crosses disciplines. (Rational Walk)
Quote of the Day
"Twitter may not be for everyone, but it is in position to be the beating heart of the internet for a long time to come. And if it can figure out how to keep the lights on, it will be."
(Alex Kantrowitz)
Markets
- German bund yields have reversed course and are now positive. (ibankcoin.com)
- Some shocking negative interest rate bond charts. (ritholtz.com)
Strategy
- Low vol stocks are historically expensive. (valuewalk.com)
- Notes from the 8th annual Invest For Kids Chicago investment conference (marketfolly.com)
- Let's give up the whole active-passive debate. (mebfaber.com)
- Behavioral biases and the case for quant. (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com)
Offers
- The Dot is Alexa on a budget. Buy 5 Amazon Dots and get the 6th for free here: (amazon.com)
- Try Audible.com and get two free audiobooks including the new memoir by Bruce Springsteen, "Born to Run." (amazon.com)
- Amazon is taking on Spotify with Amazon Music Unlimited. Sign up for a trial here: (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)
Companies
- Apple ($AAPL) is significantly increasing its real estate space. (footnoted.com)
- What are Amazon's ($AMZN) ambitions for the grocery business? (businessinsider.com)
- How more room does Amazon ($AMZN) Prime have to grow? (bloomberg.com)
- Twitter ($TWTR) needs a full-time CEO. (bloomberg.com)
- Twitter ($TWTR) is killing off Vine. (theverge.com)
Finance
- Carlyle Group ($CG) wants to get, way bigger. (ft.com)
- Blackstone ($BX) is finding willing Chinese buyers for its real estate assets. (wsj.com)
Funds
- Harvard's endowment got played by its own fund managers. (bloomberg.com)
- Why investors are paying a premium for the SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF ($TOTL). (bloomberg.com)
- 2016 has seen 200 some ETF launches YTD. (etf.com)
- Multi-factor ETFs are the new, new thing. (bloomberg.com)
- Vanguard is a model for the good things in finance. (institutionalinvestor.com)
Global
Economy
- Weekly initial unemployment claims continue to trend well below 300k. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- Some scary economic charts. (bloomberg.com)
- Should we believe the market's forecast for higher inflation? (capitalspectator.com)
- Some universal basic income skepticism. (bloomberg.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: Greenspan's genius. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Celebrating the return of Abnormal Returns with a big t-shirt giveaway! (abnormalreturns.com)
- Q&A with Tim Harford author of "Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives" (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Wednesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- ICYMI here is my post on rising sea levels and investing risk. (abnormalreturns.com)
