List: The top 10 history books of the past decade including 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created by Charles C Mann. (RCH)
Quote of the Day
"The point isn't choosing between cold rationality and intuition but rather understanding that each serves a purpose."
(Shane Parrish)
Chart of the Day

Last quarter was another good one for dividends for the S&P 500.
Markets
- Remember inflation? 2018 may see its return. (thereformedbroker.com)
- Some unexpected ways to play higher interest rates. (wisdomtree.com)
- 7 new year's resolutions for the active trader. (bclund.com)
2017
- How tactical asset allocation strategies performed in December 2017. (allocatesmartly.com)
- Managed futures eked out a positive return in 2017. (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com)
- A look at the 2018 Global Financial Asset Portfolio. (pragcap.com)
Finance
Crypto
- Secondary cryptocurrencies are disengaging from Bitcoin. (bloomberg.com)
- Peter Thiel is a Bitcoin enthusiast. (wsj.com)
- What are we to make of all the companies changing their names to 'Blockchain This (or That)'? (ft.com)
- Launching a new coin? Make sure you choose the name carefully. (fastcodesign.com)
Funds
- The year (2017) in US equity mutual funds. (beta.morningstar.com)
- Smaller hedge funds, especially fundamental equity long/short, are getting squeezed out of the business. (barrons.com)
- Index providers break down large/mid/small cap at different points. (beta.morningstar.com)
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Economy
- The Las Vegas economy is chugging along. (bloomberg.com)
- Buy land. They aren't making any more of it. (bloomberg.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Personal finance links: the first rule. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Tuesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Research links: tax-inefficiency. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What books Abnormal Returns readers purchased in December 2017. (abnormalreturns.com)