Review: Charlie Ellis‘ Winning the Loser’s Game: Timeless Strategies for Successful Investing is a classic investment book for good reason. (CFA Institute)
Quote of the Day
"If you can’t code and you can’t tell a story, life will be harder in the workforce as the robots keep keep coming."
(Howard Lindzon)
Strategy
- Beware information without meaning. (theirrelevantinvestor.com)
- You can safely ignore pretty much all 2018 financial forecasts. (pragcap.com)
- Under what conditions do bubbles form? (behaviouralinvestment.com)
Books
Crypto
- Matt Levine, "There is no market more ... behavioral ... than bitcoin." (bloomberg.com)
- What to look for when Bitcoin futures start trading. (streetwiseprofessor.com)
- Just how well will Bitcoin futures trade? (themacrotourist.com)
Video
- Amazon ($AMZN) Prime Video is finally here for the Apple ($AAPL) TV. (engadget.com)
- Google ($GOOGL) is blocking YouTube from the Amazon ($AMZN) Fire TV. (variety.com)
Companies
- Amazon ($AMZN) is now a crucial cog in the consumer electronics business. (nytimes.com)
- Apple ($AAPL) Pay Cash will further cement the iPhone ecosystem. (slate.com)
Hedge funds
Real estate
- 'All-cash' is the new 'pre-approved for a mortgage' in today's hot housing markets. (wsj.com)
- America no longer creates 'boomtowns.' (nytimes.com)
- Las Vegas' residential real estate market continues to recover. (calculatedriskblog.com)
Funds
- The asset management industry is rapidly bifurcating between the haves and have-nots. (institutionalinvestor.com)
- Blackrock ($BLK) is now the largest money manager in Europe. (institutionalinvestor.com)
- Deutsche Bank is going to partially spin-off its wealth management arm. (citywireusa.com)
Economy
- How to think about the 2/10 spread. (crossingwallstreet.com)
- The November ADP report came in at 190,000. (calculatedriskblog.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Personal finance links: ideal plans. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Tuesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Research links: false finance. (abnormalreturns.com)