Q&A: A discussion with Mary Otto author of Teeth:The Story of Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America. (The Atlantic)
Quote of the Day
"We’re caught in a tug of war between Moore’s Law and Murphy’s Law...Our technology has outgrown our ability to manage it, and the financial world is increasing in complexity and fragility."
(Andrew Lo)
Markets
- Today is the 8th anniversary of the stock market lows amidst the great financial crisis. (thereformedbroker.com)
- Over the past eight years the increase in valuation has accelerated stock market returns. (blog.yardeni.com)
Strategy
- Mix politics and investing at your own risk. (bloomberg.com)
- How to take advantage of political shocks. (blogs.cfainstitute.org)
Offers
- The entire line of Amazon ($AMZN) Kindles are currently $20 off. (amazon.com)
- Michael Lewis' "The Undoing Project" is now under $10 for the Kindle. (amazon.com)
- Tax season is here. Get TurboTax Deluxe from Amazon. (amazon.com)
Companies
- Google ($GOOGL) is trying to catch up in the cloud computing space. (wsj.com)
- Two pharma stocks worth a look. (institutionalinvestor.com)
Hedge funds
- Discrimination, explicit and implicit, in the world of hedge funds. (businessinsider.com)
- Jared Dillian, "I’m guessing that rich people are not dumb, and that there are reasons to invest in hedge funds other than just beating the market." (bloomberg.com)
HBO
- All of HBO's original shows ranked by critic consensus. (businessinsider.com)
- Get HBO through Amazon Channels. Get a free trial today. (amazon.com)
Economy
- Weekly initial unemployment claims rose from historically low levels. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- Strong jobs growth? Fed hike? (capitalspectator.com)
- American household net worth is at a record but wage growth is still lacking. (wsj.com)
- Mark Cuban on how to fix healthcare. (blogmaverick.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Reutrns
- Startup links: put down that pitch. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Wednesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Personal finance links: irrelevant benchmarks. (abnormalreturns.com)
- The low-vol effect: using arithmetic instead of econometrics. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Structural breaks and revolutionary inventions. (abnormalreturns.com)
