Q&A: With Dan Buettner author of The Blue Zones of Happiness: Lessons from the World’s Happiest People or as he would have like to title it ‘A Lazy Person’s Guide to Happiness.’ (The Atlantic
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Quote of the Day
"Wherever you turn, it seems, you run into a shocking amount of confidence in matters that are open-ended at best."
(Christine Benz)
Markets
- Global risk-free rates have hit a 800-year low. (capitalspectator.com)
- Are tech stocks to blame for the S&P 500's overvaluation? (gmo.com)
- Lumber prices are still pointing toward good times. (marketwatch.com)
October performance
- How tactical asset allocation strategies performed in October. (allocatesmartly.com)
- Managed futures had a great October. (rcmalternatives.com)
Sentiment
- Individual and institutional sentiment is diverging. (disciplinedinvesting.blogspot.com)
- Another sign of bullish investor sentiment. (jlfmi.tumblr.com)
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Cryptocurrencies
- Bitcoin futures will open the floodgates for Bitcoin ETFs, a la the $VIX. (rcmalternatives.com)
- Howard Lindzon, "Apple this morning is just 7.5 times more valuable than all the Bitcoins in the world." (howardlindzon.com)
- Bitcoin mining is a big energy suck. (motherboard.vice.com)
- Open a Coinbase account, trade $100 in cryptocurrency, and get $10 in Bitcoin free. (coinbase.com)
Finance
- Despite increased competition the credit card companies, driven by reward-seeking consumers, are still doing just fine. (ft.com)
- The Bill Ackman-ADP ($ADP) battle has gotten ugly. (nytimes.com)
- Money laundering is going high tech. (economist.com)
Fund management
- Do index funds require additional regulation? (beta.morningstar.com)
- Big hedge funds are experimenting with quantum computers. (ft.com)
Stars, redux
- Three ways to improve Morningstar's star-ratings. (validea.com)
- Despite scuttlebutt to the contrary, Morningstar ratings are not affected by advertising relationships. (mutualfundobserver.com)
Offers
- Bill Gates 'favorite book,' "Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street" by John Brooks is just $1.99 for the Kindle. (amazon.com)
- Get an $50 iTunes gift card at 15% discount. (amazon.com)
- "Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur" by Derek Sivers is just $1.99 for the Kindle. (amazon.com)
Economy
- The October NFP survey showed an unemployment rate of 4.1%. (newscientist.com)
- There are still few signs of recession on the horizon. (fat-pitch.blogspot.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Podcast links: a podcast addiction. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Startup links: a warning label. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Wednesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Personal finance links: retirement saving miscalculations. (abnormalreturns.com)
- The top ten books Abnormal Returns readers purchased in October 2017. (abnormalreturns.com)







