Q&A: With Mark Manson author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck about the similarities between Zen Buddhism and Stoicism. (Daily Stoic)
Quote of the Day
"The confidence investors place in their ability to pick skilled managers is ultimately costly. Investors buy top-performing and top-rated funds without any ability to determine if skill or luck produced the gains."
(Spencer Jakab)
Markets
- Tech stocks lead the sector performance race over the past 12 months. (capitalspectator.com)
- How to measure Warren Buffett's bearishness. (brooklyninvestor.blogspot.com)
- The stock market does an okay job of pricing securities. (bloomberg.com)
The VIX
- This has been the best trade of the decade. (themacrotourist.com)
- If you don't understand the $VIX futures roll you don't understand VIX ETPs. (rcmalternatives.com)
Strategy
- Don't discount the value of holding period diversification. (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com)
- Five behavioral tips to remain a long-term investor. (behaviouralinvestment.com)
- When individual investors have an advantage over the big boys. (danielsolin.com)
Books
- You can get $5 off a $20 book order at Amazon using the promo code GIFTBOOK17. (amazon.com)
- Blinkist is running a huge Black Friday deal. Get a year of Blinkist Premium for just $40! Get big ideas for the best non-fiction books all delivered to your phone. (jump.blinkist.com)
- Amazon Kindle and Kindle Paperwhites are now $30 off. (amazon.com)
- "Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work that Lasts" by Ryan Holiday is just $1.99 for the Kindle. (aax-us-east.amazon-adsystem.com)
Crypto
- Technical analysis has come for Bitcoin in the form of an ETN. (bloomberg.com)
- Why exactly do we need Bitcoin futures? (bloomberg.com)
- Coinbase is taking advantage of the surge of interest in Bitcoin. (twitter.com)
- Why central banks should keep their hands off crypto assets. (bloomberg.com)
- Open a Coinbase account, trade $100 in cryptocurrency and get $10 in Bitcoin free. (coinbase.com)
Good news
- Nontraded BDC sales in worst year since 2010. (investmentnews.com)
- Nontraded REITs to post worst sales since 2002 (investmentnews.com)
Black Friday
- Amazon Fire tablets are all on sale including the HD 7 which is just $29.99. (amazon.com)
- "The Big Sick" is a great movie. You can now watch it for free with Amazon Prime Video. (amazon.com)
- Amazon Echos and Echo Dots are now each $20 off. (amazon.com)
Fund management
- The issue of market timing is even more acute for big investors, like Calpers. (bloomberg.com)
- It's not enough to just negotiate lower fees. (institutionalinvestor.com)
- Investors of all types are going to have to explore AI solutions or get left behind. (robotwealth.com)
Electronics
- Bose QuietComfort 25 Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headphones are at a huge discount. (amazon.com)
- The Sonos Play:1 is $50 off at Amazon.com. (amazon.com)
Global
- Italy is experiencing an IPO boom. (economist.com)
- ESG investing is gaining adherents in Japan. (economist.com)
Economy
- Five economic reasons to be thankful. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- Nine things to thankful that DIDN'T happen. (collaborativefund.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Podcast links: timeless lessons. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Startup links: reducing stress. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Wednesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Personal finance links: freeing up time. (abnormalreturns.com)
- A Q&A with Will Rhind, founder and CEO of new ETF provider GraniteShares. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Q&A with Tom Jacobs editor of "Fortunes in Special Situations in the Stock Market: The Authorized Edition." (abnormalreturns.com)
