Review: Daniel Coyle’s The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups is for anyone on a team. (Reading the Markets)
Quote of the Day
"When looking for a cryptocurrency to invest in, it might be useful to think not about which is the best payments system, but which represents the most enduring expression of skepticism about fiat money itself."
(Noah Smith)
Strategy
- Performance consistency not an indicator of equity fund manager skill. (behaviouralinvestment.com)
- Not so fast, don't discount the momentum effect in fixed income. (capitalspectator.com)
- A review of all the flavors of investment risk. (monevator.com)
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Crypto
- Facebook ($FB) is banning ads for ICOs and cryptocurrencies. (washingtonpost.com)
- How Coinbase became the biggest player in cryptocurrencies. (cbinsights.com)
- Bitcoin is having its worst month in 3 years. (wsj.com)
- The CFTC is having some second throughts on Bitcoin futures. (wsj.com)
- Why we need more coverage of scammy ICOs. (techcrunch.com)
Companies
Amazon
- Amazon ($AMZN) already has a lot of data on you. What happens when you throw health data into the mix? (washingtonpost.com)
- Aggregation: how Amazon ($AMZN) would tackle health care. (stratechery.com)
- One of the weak links in the healthcare system is you and me. (bloomberg.com)
Kindle deals
- "The Power of Broke: How Empty Pockets, a Tight Budget, and a Hunger for Success Can Become YourGreatest Competitive Advantage" by Daymond John is just $1.99 for the Kindle. (amazon.com)
- "How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking" by Jordan Ellenberg is just $4.99 for the Kindle. (amazon.com)
- "What Color Is Your Parachute? 2018: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers" by Richard N. Bolles is just $2.99 for the Kindle. (amazon.com)
Finance
Taxes
- The new tax law makes hedge funds an even harder sell for taxable investors. (elmfunds.com)
- Taxes make the buy/sell decision really challenging for taxable investors. (beta.morningstar.com)
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Economy
- January's ADP private employment shows continued strong payroll growth. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- The homeownership rate rose for the first time since 2004. (wsj.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Personal finance links: lessons from semi-retirement. (abnormalreturns.com)
- ESG links: feeling virtuous. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Tuesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Research links: a new regime. (abnormalreturns.com)