Ben Bernanke thinks Sebastian Mallaby’s biography of Alan Greenspan The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan is “highly recommended.” (Brookings)
Quote of the Day
"Forget artificial intelligence. Forget the cloud. Forget everything you think you know about what will separate the winners and losers among business-technology vendors. The defining turf war of the next decade will be group chat."
(Christopher Mims)
Markets
- It's not unusual for the stock market to drop nine days in a row. (priceactionlab.com)
- The stock market has gone nowhere the past year. (cnbc.com)
- If you have to watch election returns here is your guide: (marketwatch.com)
Strategy
- Three bad habits of investors. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- Traders make a mistake in that they take more risk than they can emotionally handle. (traderfeed.blogspot.com)
- Patience is difficult for many traders to master. (catalystsminusheadwinds.com)
Amazon Echo
- What Amazon ($AMZN) has learned so far from the Echo. (fastcompany.com)
- Why the Amazon ($AMZN) Echo is still the smart speaker to beat. (thewirecutter.com)
- Great news! The Amazon Echo is $40 off today. (amazon.com)
Bonds
- How to take advantage of the illiquidity premium in bonds. (wsj.com)
- A primer on global inflation-linked bonds. (blogs.cfainstitute.org)
Apple
- Apple ($AAPL) is basically the only company making money smartphones. (qz.com)
- The Macbook Pro is not build for "pros." (theverge.com)
Finance
- Uber wanted banks to sell shares to affluent investors without much data. (bloomberg.com)
- StockTwits is launching a new site for novice investors, MoneyBadger. (howardlindzon.com)
Funds
Offers
- "Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders" looks like a great holiday gift. (amazon.com)
- Streamline your viewing and sign up for a free trial to Showtime, STARZ or Seeso at Amazon. (amazon.com)
- Try Audible.com and get two free audiobooks including Wayne Gretzky's memoir "99 Stories of the Game." (amazon.com)
Economy
- A looser fiscal policy, under either candidate, is not a slam dunk. (ft.com)
- The next president has got to wrestle with the bond market. (bloomberg.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- ETF links: apples vs. oranges. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Sunday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Top clicks last week on the site. (abnormalreturns.com)
