Book Q&A: Michael Lewis talks about his new book The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds.
Quote of the Day
"I think, for most individual traders and investors, you shouldn’t think about them [central banks] at all. "
(Adam H Grimes)
Markets
- Last week was a rough one for the financial markets. (capitalspectator.com)
- How to think about current valuations. (thereformedbroker.com)
Strategy
- The problem with market timing research. (obliviousinvestor.com)
- A closer look at the Protective Asset Allocation strategy. (allocatesmartly.com)
- Farewell Macro Man. (macro-man.blogspot.com)
Offers
- You can still get $5 off a $15 book purchase by using the promo code 'GIFTBOOK' at checkout. (amazon.com)
- Which means you can still get $5 off any of December favorites like "The Undoing Project," "Tools of Titans" or "Atlas Obscura." (amazon.com)
- Amazon is still offering holiday deals on its hardware devices like the Echo and Fire Tablet. (amazon.com)
Companies
- FedEx ($FDX) is facing competition heretofore unthinkable. (washingtonpost.com)
- SiriusXM's ($SIRI) success is uniquely dependent on its innovative programming. (wsj.com)
- Why doesn't Apple ($AAPL) get the benefit of the doubt? (bgr.com)
Pension funds
- Why don't US pension funds do more direct investing? (bloomberg.com)
- Demand for farmland as an investment continue to increase. (pehub.com)
Funds
Economy
- The chances of a 100-year US Treasury bond is slim. (bloomberg.com)
- 2016 was a yuge year for hotels. (calculatedriskblog.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- ETF links: convenience, security and low costs. (abnormalreturns.com)
- My piece at Enterprising Investor "Soros, Fallibility, Reflexivity, and the Importance of Adapting." (blogs.cfainstitute.org)
- What you missed in our Sunday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Top clicks last week on the site. (abnormalreturns.com)