Stocktoberfest East 2018 is coming to NYC on April 25th. There is a great lineup of speakers and Howard Lindzon has $100 discount codes for the taking. Don’t miss it.
Quote of the Day
"The harvestable errors of emotionally unaware people in the marketplace are a bumper crop for the patient, the sane and the disciplined."
(Joshua Brown)
Chart of the Day
Only 30% of countries are trading above their 50 day moving average.
Strategy
- Every investor is telling themselves a story. What story are you telling yourself? (ofdollarsanddata.com)
- Why are money managers paid so much? (pragcap.com)
Ed Thorp
- Ed Thorp on how investors can avoid "scared-rabbit syndrome." (barrons.com)
- Why Ed Thorp continues to own Berkshire Hathaway ($BRK.A). (barrons.com)
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Companies
IPOs
- ARM Holdings may come back public. (ft.com)
- Bloom Energy is once again testing the IPO waters. (wsj.com)
- Aramco is pulling back on its plans for an IPO. (wsj.com)
Finance
Funds
- Underperformance is a feature of investing in active funds, not a bug. (morningstar.com)
- CS not CFA: how the nature of jobs at asset managers will change over the next decade. (bloomberg.com)
- Why Vanguard's dominance is not guaranteed. (evidenceinvestor.co.uk)
Economy
- The Chemical Activity Barometer picked up in March. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- The market is not prepared for an accelerated pace of Fed rate hikes. (bloomberg.com)
- Demographics are pointing toward rising single home sales. (calculatedriskblog.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Research links: covering your alpha. (abnormalreturns.com)
- How the money you contributed to the Abnormal Returns 10:10 campaign was put to work in the field by charity:water. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Monday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- ETF links: illiquid bonds. (abnormalreturns.com)
Mixed media
