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Quote of the Day
"With finance, investors have a hard time admitting when they don’t know what they’re doing. Just following your feelings and being impulsive is a great way to make mistakes in the market, and apparently in love too."
(Timothy Mullooly)
Markets
- Low vol ETFs have done their thing this month. (morningstar.com)
- Some indications of a flight to safety in October. (wsj.com)
- Just in case you forgot, weird stuff can happen in the markets: when Volkswagen was the most valuable company in the world (briefly). (albertbridgecapital.com)
Crypto
Companies
Finance
Hedge funds
- Which hedge fund strategies actually diversify an already diversified portfolio? (institutionalinvestor.com)
- Have hedge funds become too risk-averse? (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com)
Cities
- Chicago has bested New York City when it comes to fixing mass transit. (nytimes.com)
- An influx of Californians to Boise, Idaho is ruffling feathers. (bloomberg.com)
- More cities are trying to eliminate cars from their city centers. (newscientist.com)
- Mapping the density of towns and cities across North America. (visualcapitalist.com)
- What a cross-country trip taught one writer about the state of America. (bloomberg.com)
Economy
- A sign of 3.7% unemployment rate in action. (twitter.com)
- A succinct summary of the economic events of last week. (ritholtz.com)
- The economic schedule for the coming week. (calculatedriskblog.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Top clicks this week on the site. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Principles before process: how to write an investment policy statement. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Saturday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Longform links: a weird place to work. (abnormalreturns.com)