List: These are the give best economics books of 2017 according to Diane Coyle including The Wisdom of Finance by Mihir Desai. (Five Books)
Quote of the Day
"So much of investing is not what you know, but how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, hard to control, and hard to even come to terms with."
(Morgan Housel)
Markets
- The S&P 500 hasn't been this overbought since 2013. (bloomberg.com)
- It's been 390 trading days since a 5% drawdown in the S&P 500. (theatlasinvestor.com)
Energy
- Putting the rise in crude oil prices into perspective. (disciplinedinvesting.blogspot.com)
- The long term relationship between MLPs and treasury yields is not a stable one." (sl-advisors.com)
Digital
- You wouldn't think it, but the big tech companies are ripe for shareholder activism. (l2inc.com)
- Paywalls are back for digital publishers, but the FT never wavered. (fastcompany.com)
- Why Facebook ($FB) was smart to get rid of the news feed. (marginalrevolution.com)
- A look at the viral phenomenon that is HQ Trivia. (blog.producthunt.com)
Finance
Funds
- The average bear market mutual fund has lost 93% since the market bottom in 2009. (blogs.wsj.com)
- Why sorting through hedge fund returns is so frustrating. (bloomberg.com)
- One year performance numbers are a terrible metric. (ukvalueinvestor.com)
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Economy
- A succinct summary of the week's economic events. (ritholtz.com)
- The economic schedule for the coming week. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- Two-day shipping is increasing warehouse rents. (recode.net)
- What would be the economic impact of nationwide legal cannabis? (washingtonpost.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: self-help advice. (abnormalreturns.com)
