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Quote of the Day
"Room for error doesn’t just protect you from risk you’ve experienced in the past; it guards against future risk you haven’t thought of. Which is perhaps the closest thing to a mouse trap that exists."
(Morgan Housel)
Markets
- Share buybacks are back on track in 2018. (wsj.com)
- The emerging markets sell-off is not all that impressive, to-date. (themacrotourist.com)
Strategy
- Tomasz Tunguz, "Irrespective of your point of view, the crucial lesson in all this - whether you’re a venture capitalist, crypto-buying Uber driver, or billionaire private equity buyer - stick to your strategy." (tomtunguz.com)
- Smart beta and factor investing have gotten confused in people's minds. (etf.com)
- Excessive optimism is a downfall for many an investor. (evidenceinvestor.co.uk)
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- Stay up-to-date with all of our posts: sign-up for our daily e-mail. (abnormalreturns.com)
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Finance
- Robinhood just raised a mega-Series D round. (fortune.com)
- Why did Northwestern Mutual essentially shut down LearnVest? (riabiz.com)
- How an algorithm can better predict corporate bond offerings than bankers can. (economist.com)
Funds
- Big hedge funds are increasingly considering fulcrum fee structures. (bloomberg.com)
- AIG Financial Products create a slew of commodity investment firms. (institutionalinvestor.com)
- Apparently Carthage College is doing it all wrong by not using a risk parity strategy. (bloomberg.com)
Global
- When it comes to indices the developed/emerging distinction is increasingly problematic. (ft.com)
- Tsinghua University is the leading source of VC-backed entrepreneurs in China. (scmp.com)
- The world is heading for a time with fewer children. (axios.com)
Economy
- Weekly initial unemployment claims are are hanging out at multi-decade lows. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- Inflation picked up in April. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- Apps are increasingly atomizing the work force, i.e. temps on steroids. (washingtonpost.com)
- Why Wisconsin's hybrid retirement savings program works for pretty much everyone. (bloomberg.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Startup links: the startup advantage. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Wednesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Personal finance links: stressed-out advisors. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Now more than ever, donating appreciated securities to charity makes sense. (abnormalreturns.com)
Audio
- Researchers have found a way to activate voice-controlled devices with undetectable commands. (nytimes.com)
- The robo-call situation is just getting worse. (nytimes.com)
- Do we want our machines to sound human? (kottke.org)
Mixed media
- When two billionaires rumble: a review of Scott Wapner's "When the Wolves Bite: Two Billionaires, One Company and an Epic Wall Street Battle." (crossingwallstreet.com)
- Praise for "Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALS Lead and Win" by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin. (themoneylode.com)
- Why it's okay to give yourself permission to just read a book. (medium.com)
