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Quote of the Day
"It’s easy to demonize corporations and see the stock market as a place reserved for the wealthy. But innovation isn’t going away. Corporate American isn’t going to stop making profits."
(Ben Carlson)
Chart of the Day

The number of publicly traded companies worldwide has flattened out.
Markets
- REITs have had a bad year, to-date. (capitalspectator.com)
- FAANG stocks have had a bad week. (theirrelevantinvestor.com)
Strategy
- Market volatility shouldn't change your fundamental investment philosophy. (thereformedbroker.com)
- Your investments are there to serve your life goals, not the other way around. (ofdollarsanddata.com)
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Crypto
Companies
- Netflix ($NFLX) is throwing around just stupid amounts of money. (bloomberg.com)
- Tesla's ($TSLA) 2025 bonds trade around 90 cents on the dollar. (wsj.com)
Finance
Funds
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Global
Economy
- Q4 2017 GDP was revised up from 2.5% to 2.9%. (crossingwallstreet.com)
- Is the Fed discounting the explanatory power of the slope of the yield curve? (capitalspectator.com)
- Low volatility as a predictor of financial crises. (voxeu.org)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Personal finance links: spending your time. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Tuesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Research links: inconsistent distress. (abnormalreturns.com)