Q&A: Why Robert Sutton wrote The Asshole Survival Guide: How to Deal with People Who Treat You Like Dirt. (Quiet Revolution)
Quote of the Day
"Buying another person’s trading system or “proven” rules is a mishap waiting to happen as you may understand some/all of the trading rules, but that you can incorporate them into something that you can replicate is highly improbable."
(Michael Martin)
Chart of the Day
Historically this is the worst week of the year for the stock market.
Markets
- Emerging market equities are still the leading major asset class over the past twelve months. (capitalspectator.com)
- Individual investors are very bullish. (businessinsider.com)
Strategy
- Tech stocks as a hedge for career obsolescence. (thereformedbroker.com)
- Grind don't whine: 7 habits of successful traders. (thecrosshairstrader.com)
Offers
- 37+ global investors share their top strategies for investing in China. I’m speaking at this free online-only event with the likes of Jim Rogers, Kevin Kelley and Jack Schwager. (adamc73334.clickfunnels.com)
- Tom Brakke is hosting an advanced due diligence and manager selection conference in November. Details here: (tjbresearch.com)
Companies
- Why Apple ($AAPL) never makes enough new iPhones to satisfy pent up demand. (wsj.com)
- More powerful smartphones need a lot more memory. (wsj.com)
- Amazon ($AMZN) needs to be careful not to cannibalize in-store sales at Whole Foods. (bloomberg.com)
Cryptocurrencies
- The simple case for cryptocurrencies. (bothsidesofthetable.com)
- What Jamie Dimon gets wrong about Bitcoin. (nytimes.com)
- Sign up for a new Coinbase account, trade $100 in crypto and get $10 in Bitcoin free. (coinbase.com)
Finance
- Bank of America ($BAC) is shrinking its branch network especially in rural America. (wsj.com)
- Why investors continue to shun the shares of publicly traded PE firms. (bloomberg.com)
Hedge funds
Economy
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- ETF links: a smart beta price war. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Sunday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Top clicks last week on the site. (abnormalreturns.com)
