Review: William Birdthistle’s Empire of the Fund: The Way We Save Now “delivers critical concepts with style and practicality.” (Enterprising Investor)
Quote of the Day
"No one likes their time wasted. It’s a universal annoyance. So some advice applicable to everything you do: Make your point and get out of the way."
(Morgan Housel)
Strategy
- Six options on how to invest in a low-return world. (bloomberg.com)
- Markets are always evolving and you only know a little bit. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- The case for stock buybacks. (hbr.org)
Apple
- Some insights on Apple's ($AAPL) many announcements this week including a surprising take on the iPhone 8. (daringfireball.net)
- Why its important to take a look inside the new iPhones. (lefsetz.com)
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Cryptocurrencies
- Comparing this decline to previous declines in Bitcoin. (stocktwits.com)
- Has the crypto-hedge fund boom come to an end? (dealbreaker.com)
- Why the SEC is closely monitoring the ICO boom. (bloomberg.com)
- Open a Coinbase account, trade $100 in crypto and get $10 in Bitcoin free. (coinbase.com)
Going public
- SPACs could be the new IPO for tech startups. (techcrunch.com)
- Should the Ferrari ($RACE) spin-off be a model for other automakers? (businessinsider.com)
Finance
- Goldman Sachs ($GS) risks changing what once made it so alluring. (economist.com)
- Why the consumer credit ratings agencies are at-risk of more regulation. (economist.com)
- Going cashless speeds things up at retail. (fortune.com)
Funds
- Five mutual funds that don't exist that should. (beta.morningstar.com)
- ESG investing is just beginning to scratch the surface. (ritholtz.com)
Books
- Get Howard Lindzon's new book "8 to 80: The Next 1000% Stocks and Trends Everyone Can Ride" for just $7.95. (howardlindzonbook.com)
- "The Driver in the Driverless Car: How Our Technology Choices Will Create the Future" by Vivek Wadha and Alex Salever is just $2.51 for the Kindle. (amazon.com)
- No time to read? Try the Blinkist app with a 20% discount.. Read or listen to the key insights from the best nonfiction books in a matter of minutes! Try it now! (blinkist.com)
Global
Economy
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Podcast links: addictive technologies. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Ten depressing thoughts on data breaches. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Our monthly book link round-up from September 2017. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Thursday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Startup links: edge cases. (abnormalreturns.com)
- In private equity, illiquidity is a feature not a bug. (abnormalreturns.com)
