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Quote of the Day
"Apple is a company with the margins of Ferrari ($RACE) with the production volumes of Toyota ($TM)."
(Scott Galloway)
Markets
- If the year ended today, Poland's stock market would be the best performing. (pensionpartners.com)
- Why the myth of the PPT lives on. (thereformedbroker.com)
- Ag commodities vs. ag stocks: you make the call. (bloomberg.com)
Strategy
- The stock market is not in a bubble. (brooklyninvestor.blogspot.com)
- Our personal experiences deeply affect our risk-taking abilities. (collaborativefund.com)
- How effective benchmarks are important for individual investors. (marketfox.org)
Site stuff
- An annual membership not only helps support Abnormal Returns but clues you in on perks including a weekly members-only e-mail. (abnormalreturns.com)
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Companies
- Amazon ($AMZN) just made its Prime Fresh membership more useful with easy grocery pick-up. (geekwire.com)
- Is the worst over for the golf industry? (bloomberg.com)
- Technology isn't about features any more. It is about fundamental business processes. (wsj.com)
Finance
- Hey insider traders, don't gloat about your trades in an e-mail. (bloomberg.com)
- How at-risk are hedge funds to machine learning counterparts? (ft.com)
- The NYSE wants to be the destination for direct listings like Spotify. (wsj.com)
Funds
- ExxonMobil ($XOM) is in the crosshairs of ESG funds. (blog.esharesinc.com)
- How Vanguard became the King of Mutual Funds. (bloomberg.com)
Offers
- Buy two of the new Echo Shows and get $100 off with the promo code 'SHOW2PACK.' (amazon.com)
- You can now get $10 off of a new Amazon Music Unlimited subscription with the promo code 'MOREMUSIC.' (amazon.com)
- Get $30 off a Summer Deep Cleaning via Amazon Home Services. (amazon.com)
Global
Economy
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- It seems like we will always have the Dow Jones Industrial Average to kick around. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: podcast traffic. (abnormalreturns.com)
- The case against private equity smacks of cutting off your nose to spite your face. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Thursday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Startup links: firing too soon. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Why it's hard to apologize...to your portfolio. (abnormalreturns.com)
- The mononational ETF business opportunity. (abnormalreturns.com)
