Q&A: What investors need to know about technology. A talk with Ric Edelman author of The Truth About Your Future: The Money Guide You Need Now, Later, and Much Later. (ETF)
Quote of the Day
"You learn a lot about yourself when you change. You find that the world doesn’t owe you anything. "
(Jeffrey Carter)
Strategy
- Stop talking about the S&P 500 like it IS the stock market. (crossingwallstreet.com)
- US stocks are overvalued. What next? (bloomberg.com)
- Five things investors can learn from Sherlock Homes about investing. (safalniveshak.com)
Memberships
Companies
- CEO prize winners fall from grace: hubris or mean-reversion? (ft.com)
- Don't count out Big Tobacco or Big Booze from the marijuana business. (howardlindzon.com)
- Malls are pulling out all the stops to attract shoppers. (bloomberg.com)
- Why Apple ($AAPL) targets are rising. (bloomberg.com)
HFT
- Jeffrey Carter, "The easy money in HFT has been made." (pointsandfigures.com)
- Virtu-KCG will trade 20% of US stocks. (economist.com)
Finance
- Mark Rzepczynski, "We may now be seeing the beginning of winner-take-all dynamics with hedge fund investing." (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com)
- Why the decline in the number of publicly traded US companies matters. (economist.com)
Funds
- Are hedge fund track records relevant for successor mutual funds? (beta.morningstar.com)
- Why doesn't this underperformance get more attention? (etf.com)
- The oxymoron that is passive investing. (thefelderreport.com)
Offers
- Gary Vaynerchuk's "The Thank You Economy" is just $1.99 for the Kindle. (amazon.com)
- Need a new jam? Start a free-trial to Amazon Music Unlimited today. (amazon.com)
- "Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness" by Chade-Meng Tan is just $1.99 for the Kindle. (amazon.com)
Economy
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Podcast links: why time flies. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Thursday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Support Abnormal Returns with an annual membership. Members get access to cool perks. (abnormalreturns.com)