Notes: Duff Mcdonald author of The Golden Passport: Harvard Business School, the Limits of Capitalism and the Moral Failure of the MBA Elite asks: how much is HBS to blame for our economic woes? (NYTimes)
Quote of the Day
"Dollar cost average for life and you'll beat almost everyone who doesn't."
(Morgan Housel)
Markets
- What could cause stocks and bonds to fall together? (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- The long, convoluted story of the Abbott ($ABT) and Alere ($ALR) deal. (bloomberg.com)
Technology
- Some good news for Snap ($SNAP) in its battle against Instagram. (markets.businessinsider.com)
- Publishers are fleeing Facebook ($FB) Instant Articles. (theverge.com)
- Takeover activity is on the upswing in Silicon Valley. (ft.com)
Offers
- Start a 6 month free trial to Amazon Prime Student and get $15 off a $40 order. (amazon.com)
- Need some new tunes? Start a free-trial to Amazon Music Unlimited. (amazon.com)
Companies
- How the industry breakdown of the Fortune 500 has change over time. (slantmarketing.com)
- Luxury retailers are not immune to price pressures. (wsj.com)
Finance
- Calpers plays a lot in private equity fees. (wsj.com)
- Nobody know how big securities-based loans have gotten. (nypost.com)
- Chicago continues to attract automated trading firms from around the world. (chicagobusiness.com)
Funds
Global
Economy
- Homebuilder confidence eased in April. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- Modular homes could help solve construction worker shortages. (bloomberg.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- ETF links: doing no wrong. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Sunday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Top clicks last week on the site. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What pitching from the stretch has to do with investing. (abnormalreturns.com)
