Excerpt: From Alex Hutchinson’s new book Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance. (WSJ)
Quote of the Day
"Trading is a great endeavor, but it cannot be burdened with the expectation that it fill our personal emptiness."
(Brett Steenbarger)
Markets
- Managed future strategies had a good January. (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com)
- Does the stock market give the benefit of the doubt to new Fed chairmen? (quantifiableedges.com)
- BATX is the FANG of China. (visualcapitalist.com)
Strategy
- Why you should still own bonds even if you think rates are going higher. (pragcap.com)
- What's fair value for the bond market? (sl-advisors.com)
Crypto
Companies
Fund management
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Economy
- Markets are pretty certain that inflation is contained in a range. (ftalphaville.ft.com)
- Why women are scarce in the economics profession. (nytimes.com)
- A succinct summary of the week's economic events. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- The economic schedule for the coming week. (ritholtz.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: grasping for ideas. (abnormalreturns.com)
Mixed media
- The short video "Concussion Protocol" is generating a lot of talk. (slate.com)
- Why do we still watch football? (nytimes.com)
- Philadelphia badly needs a sports championship. (fivethirtyeight.com)
- Tie it up or go for the win? Why teams like to go for the tie. (nytimes.com)
- Why we love to build stadiums. (sethgodin.typepad.com)