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Quote of the Day
"Stop trying to pick the perfect time to invest, whether it’s your annual IRA/ISA contribution, 401K, or other pension contribution. Just invest, and get back to work."
(Andrew Dickson)
Chart of the Day

For what its worth, American consumers are becoming less optimistic about the future.
Strategy
- Don't confuse growth with returns. (theirrelevantinvestor.com)
- What baseball teaches us about diversification. (globalinvestmentstrategy.wordpress.com)
Apple
- Analysts are going to have less insight into today's Apple ($AAPL) earnings report. (qz.com)
- Apple ($AAPL) FaceTime has a serious bug. (9to5mac.com)
- Apple ($AAPL) should make iMessage available on Android. (fastcompany.com)
- How to get your Airpods to work seamlessly with your Mac. (theverge.com)
Finance
- The race is on...will Lyft or Uber go public first? (nytimes.com)
- Armed with data, fintech startups are taking an increasing share of small business lending. (ft.com)
Funds
- These liquid alternative fund types had a bad decade. (morningstar.com)
- When will direct indexing overtake fund-based indexing? (investmentnews.com)
- Fees play a big role in differential target-date fund performance. (morningstar.com)
Global
Economy
- Case-Shiller showed a 5.2% year-over-year increase in home prices as of November 2018. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- TIPS-implied inflation measures continue to decline. (capitalspectator.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Research links: the liquidity premium. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Check out today's Market Moment on the origin of The Coca-Cola Company. (shows.pippa.io)
- What you missed in our Monday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Adviser links: monster brands. (abnormalreturns.com)