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Quote of the Day
"With over $6 trillion in assets and hundreds of billions of dollars of saved investing fees, the index fund is the greatest invention in the history of investing products. But now, its creator fears that there may be some unintended consequences."
(Michael Batnick)
Markets
- There wasn't much to cheer in November asset class returns. (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com)
- How did various tactical asset allocation strategies perform in November. (allocatesmartly.com)
- Five (potential) positive catalysts going into year-end. (dashofinsight.com)
Strategy
- How to deal with the illiquidity premium in practice. (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com)
- The (strong) case for emerging market value stocks. (mutualfundobserver.com)
Companies
Finance
- At the time no one would have guessed that Irving Picard would be able to claw back 75% of the Madoff Ponzi-related losses. (wsj.com)
- It's hard not to look at the rise in subprime auto loan volume and not get some deja vu. (wsj.com)
Funds
- A surprising number of open-end mutual funds are planning big (10%+) taxable distributions this year. (wsj.com)
- A structured note in ETP form still has plenty of drawbacks. (barrons.com)
- Managing money for other people is not always glamorous, remunerative or fun. (mutualfundobserver.com)
Economy
- An almost-flat yield curve is not the same as an inverted yield curve. (scottgrannis.blogspot.com)
- A succinct summary of the week's economic events including disappointing new home sales. (ritholtz.com)
- The economic schedule for the coming week. (calculatedriskblog.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Top clicks this week on the site. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Saturday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Longform links: a happiness high. (abnormalreturns.com)