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Quote of the Day
"There’s a crisis of confidence in the MLP sector."
(Jeremy Held, senior vice president and director of research at ALPS Advisors)
Strategy
- What you need to understand about the "bond bear market." (thereformedbroker.com)
- FRNs vs T-bills: performance during a period of rising rates. (wisdomtree.com)
- TIPS will only get you so far return-wise. (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com)
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Companies
- The MLP universe is shrinking. (bloomberg.com)
- Tesla ($TSLA) is falling behind in EV research. (ftalphaville.ft.com)
Finance
Funds
- Vanguard is having some backoffice issues as it continues to grow. (wsj.com)
- Smart beta strategies often come with unintended side effects. (institutionalinvestor.com)
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Economy
- Weekly initial unemployment claims are sitting at historically low levels. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- Medicaid and pensions are crushing state budgets. (wsj.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Startup links: incubator efficiency. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Having the confidence to live the life you want isn't easy. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Wednesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Personal finance links: spending your time. (abnormalreturns.com)
Mixed media
- 2017 saw a record number of home runs and strikeouts. What will 2018 bring? (nytimes.com)
- Minor league baseball teams are not paid anything near a living wage. (newyorker.com)
- The effects of major league baseball on economic development in the Dominican Republic. (papers.ssrn.com)
- Infield dirt is a highly specialized concoction. (wsj.com)
- The 18 best baseball movies of all time. (pastemagazine.com)
