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Quote of the Day
"It’s not good to believe everything you see, but dismissing everything is no way to go through life either. Consumers of financial information would do well if they can find a middle ground. Read with a healthy skepticism and realize that the truth often lies somewhere between belief and doubt."
(Michael Batnick)
Markets
- Stock market returns are lumpy: deal with it. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- 5 "Uber Cannibals" that are buying back their stock aggressively. (chaiwithpabrai.com)
Strategy
- Investing is all about learning: 4 lessons learned from the 2018 Democratize Quant conference. (blog.validea.com)
- There's never been a better time to be a consumer of investment research and education. (bpsandpieces.com)
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Crypto
- Alternative investment allocators are by and large taking a wait-and-see approach to crypto. (bloomberg.com)
- Telegram has raised $1.7 billion in its ICO. (bloomberg.com)
Companies
- WTF? Wal-Mart ($WMT) is in talks to buy Humana ($HUM). (wsj.com)
- Apple ($AAPL) and Microsoft ($MSFT) sell stuff. Facebook ($FB) doesn't. (bloomberg.com)
- Amazon ($AMZN) is taking a deeper dive into the home services marketplace. (latimes.com)
- Berkshire Hathaway ($BRK.A) is now the country's second largest real estate broker. (bloomberg.com)
Fintech
- Robo-advisors, like Betterment, are allowing affluent investors to do more customization. (tearsheet.co)
- A profile of data provider YCharts. (forbes.com)
- OpenDoor is turning house-flipping into a scalable business. (wsj.com)
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Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Podcast links: ambiverts in the workplace. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Thursday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Startup links: incubator efficiency. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Having the confidence to live the life you want isn't easy. (abnormalreturns.com)