Review: Why we eat octopus but not cat: insights from Personalities on the Plate: The Lives and Minds of Animals We Eat by Barbara J. King. (WSJ)
Quote of the Day
"Nothing’s free, so figure out the cost of investment returns – emotional, analytical, whatever – and be prepared to pay every cent of it."
(Morgan Housel)
Markets
- Which geopolitical issues matter? And which don't? (dashofinsight.com)
- 13 reflections from Maggie Mahar's "Bull: A History of the Boom and Bust, 1982-2004." (awealthofcommonsense.com)
Strategy
- How to know if your investment strategy has stopped working. (blog.cordantwealth.com)
- It's hard to make a long term case for commodities futures as an investment. (wsj.com)
- Great investors write. (mastersinvest.com)
Trading
- You have to trade the market's personality not your own. (traderfeed.blogspot.com)
- There are no quick fixes to your trading problems. (stockcharts.com)
Offers
- Need some new tunes? Start a free-trial to Amazon Music Unlimited. (amazon.com)
- Start a 6 month free trial to Amazon Prime Student and get $15 off a $40 order. (amazon.com)
Companies
- NuStar GP Holdings (NSH) looks like a hedge fund GP managing LP NuStar Energy ($NS). (sl-advisors.com)
- American Express ($AXP) is losing the credit card "snob war." (nytimes.com)
Funds
- Vanguard's growth is nothing short of astonishing. (nytimes.com)
- One sector where ETFs have underperformed active fund: emerging market bonds. (wsj.com)
- 13 arguments against active management. (marketfox.org)
Speakers
- Bose has finally built a wireless outdoor speaker: the Revolve and Revolve Plus. (engadget.com)
- Spring is here! Grab the Bose Revolve and Revolve Plus at Amazon.com. (amazon.com)
Global
Economy
- What CEOs had to say about the economy this week. (avondaleam.com)
- A succinct summary of the week's economic events. (ritholtz.com)
- The economic schedule for the coming week. (calculatedriskblog.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Top clicks this week on the site. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Saturday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Longform links: hacked hackathons. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What pitching from the stretch has to do with investing. (abnormalreturns.com)
- A round-up of all of the book links from the past month: April edition. (abnormalreturns.com)