Notes: Six things that should never be on your to-do list according to Paula Rizzo author of Listful Thinking: Using Lists to be More Productive, Highly Successful and Less Stressed. (Fast Company)
Quote of the Day
"Having, and sticking to, a true long term perspective is the closest you can come to possessing an investing super power."
(Cliff Asness)
Strategy
- A closer look at the strong performance of the Generalized Protective Momentum strategy. (allocatesmartly.com)
- Testing a momentum-based country ETF rotation strategy. (alvarezquanttrading.com)
- There are no short sellers in the Forbes 500. (blogs.cfainstitute.org)
Offers
- "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life" by Mark Manson seems like an appropriate read for 2017. (amazon.com)
- Ed Thorp's long awaited memoir, "A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market" is now out. (amazon.com)
- Robert Cialdini's first (classic) book "Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion" is just $1.99 for the Kindle. (amazon.com)
Companies
- Things have always been uncertain. Why do CEOs think things have become MORE uncertain? (strategy-business.com)
- Multinational companies are in trouble. (economist.com)
Finance
- Harvard's endowment is laying off a bunch of staff and ending in-house management. (wsj.com)
- The NYSE is now playing catch up to IEX. (ftalphaville.ft.com)
- Wall Street is moving jobs to...Florida. (bloomberg.com)
Funds
Global
Economy
- The American consumer is feeling pretty good. (thereformedbroker.com)
- Weekly initial unemployment claims are trending at historically low levels. (calculatedriskblog.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Startup links: hiding the technology. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Wednesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Personal finance links: keeping on track. (abnormalreturns.com)
- The 101 top economics and finance blogs for 2017. (focus-economics.com)
- In search of an edge: the life and times of Ed Thorp. (abnormalreturns.com)