Q&A: What are the six C’s of child rearing from Becoming Brilliant: What Science Tells Us About Raising Successful Children by Roberta Michnick Golinkoff and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek. (NPR)
Quote of the Day
"The social and economic consequences are going to be huge...It’s a massive secular change [offline to online shopping] to how our economy and society operates."
(Nadeem Meghji)
Chart of the Day
Amazon ($AMZN) looks to be getting into the meal kit business. Blue Apron ($APRN) shares don’t like it.
Markets
- Last week was a good week in the global capital markets, especially in the emerging markets. (capitalspectator.com)
- Emerging markets are beginning to outperform. (thereformedbroker.com)
Strategy
- Not all CTAs are alike. (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com)
- The how and why of portfolio rebalancing. (beta.morningstar.com)
Offers
- Cass Sunstein and Reid Hastie's "Wiser: Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter" is just $2.99 for the Kindle. (amazon.com)
- "Game of Thrones" is back! Sign up for a free trial to HBO through Amazon Channels. (amazon.com)
- Summer read alert: the thriller "Afterlife" by Marcus Sakey is just $4.99 for the Kindle. (amazon.com)
Companies
- Nelson Peltz wants a seat on P&G's ($PG) board. (wsj.com)
- How did ESPN blow it in digital? (cnbc.com)
- No tech company dominates video...yet. (ben-evans.com)
Finance
- Private equity funds rarely go to zero: this one did. (wsj.com)
- KKR ($KKR) has set up an explicit succession plan for when founders Henry Kravis and George Roberts exit. (bloomberg.com)
Funds
Economy
- The Fed is at-risk of making a policy mistake (businessinsider.com)
- Where is that sustained rise in inflation the Fed was looking for? (ft.com)
- We are not prepared for the next recession. (thefiscaltimes.com)
- Companies are moving back to the city from the suburbs. (washingtonpost.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- ETF links: smart beta bond funds. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Our big Summer book link round-up from the past month (July). (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Sunday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Top clicks last week on the site. (abnormalreturns.com)
