Excerpt: From Dan Ariely and Jeff Kreisler’s Dollars and Sense: How We Misthink Money and How to Spend Smarter. (WSJ)
Quote of the Day
"If you’re faking it, just stop. You’d be surprised how receptive people are to honesty. There’s something incredibly refreshing about speaking to somebody who doesn’t pretend to have all the answers to everything."
(Michael Batnick)
Chart of the Day
The stock market is not ignoring earnings news.
Strategy
- Are gold and trend following a perfect match? (pensionpartners.com)
- Why you need some additional strategy diversification. (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com)
- What co-trading looks like. (traderfeed.blogspot.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 $39.99! Get big ideas for the best non-fiction books all delivered to your phone. (jump.blinkist.com)
- Amazon Kindle and Kindle Paperwhites are still $30 off. (amazon.com)
Cryptocurrencies
- Bitcoin is reflective of the time compression in markets. (medium.com)
- The bulk of bitcoin mining occurs in China where power is cheap. (businessinsider.com)
- Bitcoin topped $9000. (coindesk.com)
- Open a Coinbase account, trade $100 in cryptocurrency and get $10 in Bitcoin free. (coinbase.com)
Finance
Fund management
- What part of the financial advice industry push women away. (investmentnews.com)
- Big UK asset managers are trying to boost the number of women in middle management. (ft.com)
Deals
- The world's best mesh wi-fi system, the eero, is currently $50 off at Amazon.com. (amazon.com)
- Amazon Fire tablets are all on sale including the HD 7 which is just $29.99. (amazon.com)
- Amazon Echos and Echo Dots are now each $20 off. (amazon.com)
Global
- Sweden's hot housing market is finally cooling off. (qz.com)
- Sweden is in an enviable fiscal situation. (bloomberg.com)
Economy
- A succinct summary of the week's economic events. (ritholtz.com)
- The economic schedule for the coming week. (calculatedriskblog.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Top clicks this week on the site. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Saturday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Longform links: easy outrage. (abnormalreturns.com)
