Guests on Harry Stebbings’ 20 Minute VC love Ben Horowitz’s The Hard Thing About Hard Things. (Ramen Profitable)
Quote of the Day
"I don’t think most writers’ rituals are mere affectations. I think they’re quite necessary. The writer needs the right room, crowded or bare; the right drink, soft or mildly spiked; the right ambient noise or a dose of earmuffed silence."
(Mark Edmundson)
Markets
- The stock market is exhibiting some risk-on type behavior. (priceactionlab.com)
- Ten problems with low interest rates. (monevator.com)
Strategy
- Don't be afraid of all-time stock market highs. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- When do you give up on a stock? (oddballstocks.com)
Offers
- Amazon Kindles are $20 off today. (amazon.com)
- Amazon Prime Student is a lifeline for college kids. Get the first six months free! (amazon.com)
- The Great One, Wayne Gretzky, has penned a memoir "99 Stories of the Game." (amazon.com)
Companies
- Why Amazon Alexa is so far ahead of the field. (venturebeat.com)
- Amazon's Dot is the cheapest way to access Alexa. (amazon.com)
Apple
- Tim Cook is the new Steve Ballmer. (qz.com)
- Some hands-on experience with the new Apple ($AAPL) MacBook Pro. (sixcolors.com)
- An interview with Phil Shiller about the backlash against the new MacBooks. (independent.co.uk)
- Good luck ever trying to fix a new MacBook. (motherboard.vice.com)
Microsoft
- Microsoft ($MSFT) Teams is taking on Slack. (theverge.com)
- Slack welcomed Microsoft to the arena with a full-page NYT ad. (qz.com)
Finance
- Very few SEC-registered advisors are examined each year. (wsj.com)
- Why some finance big wigs avoid e-mail altogether. (reuters.com)
Economy
- ADP private employment jumped 147,000 in October. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- We're likely mis-measuring productivity. (bloomberg.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Personal finance links: spending twice as much. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Tuesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- The top 10 books Abnormal Returns readers purchased at Amazon in October 2016. (abnormalreturns.com)
