Quote of the Day
"It is quite normal for financial stress to be low when times are good. Why expect high volatility? Good times eventually get worse, but good news is not itself an effective forecast of trouble."
(Jeff Miller)
Blockchain
- It was a big week for the blockchain. (venturebeat.com)
- Tokens are early today, but will transform technology tomorrow. (medium.com)
- The altcoin universe is expanding. (visualcapitalist.com)
- Is Bitcoin a good investment at any price? (theatlasinvestor.com)
Energy
- Simon Lack, "Today there is far greater certainty about the returns from a given level of investment than has traditionally been the case for the energy industry." (sl-advisors.com)
- Oil and gas stocks haven't done squat. (jlfmi.tumblr.com)
Strategy
- Three key characteristics of winning traders and investors. (forbes.com)
- "As market regimes change, consistency shifts from being a trading virtue to becoming a significant vulnerability." (traderfeed.blogspot.com)
Site stuff
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- An annual membership not only helps support Abnormal Returns but get you perks including a weekly members-only e-mail. (abnormalreturns.com)
Companies
Fund management
Offers
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- Get $30 off a Summer Deep Cleaning via Amazon Home Services. (amazon.com)
Economy
- What Americans are most worried about. (bloomberg.com)
- We can only know the economy is at full employment in hindsight. (theatlantic.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: blockchain applications. (abnormalreturns.com)
- It seems like we will always have the Dow Jones Industrial Average to kick around. (abnormalreturns.com)
- The case against private equity smacks of cutting off your nose to spite your face. (abnormalreturns.com)