Notes: How Jordan Peterson author of 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos became prominent public intellectual and “philosophical self-help” guru. (NYMag)
Quote of the Day
"If you were nervous this [Monday] morning, congratulations, you’re a human being. But if you weren’t nervous, kudos, you’ve earned the right to take a little more risk."
(Michael Batnick)
Strategy
- The best hedge is never having taken the risk in the first place. (thereformedbroker.com)
- On the perversity of markets or why it's easy to get sucked in. (alephblog.com)
- Over-optimized portfolios are a waste of time. (pragcap.com)
- Call me when there is an actual trend break. (rivershedge.blogspot.com)
- Process matters, not outcomes. (bclund.com)
Crypto
- Using the big cryptocurrency sell-off as an opportunity to think more deeply about the technology. (avc.com)
- Cryptocurrencies make putting a Forbes billionaire list more difficult. (nytimes.com)
- Cryptocurrencies are a male-dominated industry. (ft.com)
- Bitcoin as lottery ticket. (project-syndicate.org)
Companies
Apple
- Goldman Sachs ($GS) wants to finance your next Apple ($AAPL) purchase. (wsj.com)
- John Gruber, "HomePod does exactly what Apple says it does, doesn’t do anything more than what Apple says it does, and costs $349." (daringfireball.net)
- What it's like to watch your five year-old iPad slowly die. (nytimes.com)
Finance
- Is Spotify's plan for direct listing all about lower fees? (institutionalinvestor.com)
- How the demise of the short-vol trade will hurt CBOE ($CBOE). (ft.com)
Funds
- Millennial money managers have never really seen a bear market. (bloomberg.com)
- Volatility has a tendency to sort the good quants from the bad quants. (wsj.com)
- What exactly are 'hedge fund-like returns'? (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com)
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Economy
- The prime working age population is at a new high. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- Short titles, better papers. (marginalrevolution.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Personal finance links: true wealth. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Why language matters when discussing volatile markets. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Abnormal Returns appears on the "12 Best FIRE and Finance Blogs to Follow." (growtoretire.com)
- What you missed in our Tuesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Research links: the best known factors. (abnormalreturns.com)
