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Quote of the Day
"Learning only happens when you build your own curriculum."
(Michael Batnick)
Markets
Strategy
- Why looks are often deceiving. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- What is the best equity market diversifier? (morningstar.com)
- We have too much faith in the equity risk premium. (ft.com)
Crypto
Stocks
- Tesla ($TSLA) stock is down some 40% YTD. (ftalphaville.ft.com)
- One reason why Uber's ($UBER) IPO was a dud. (wsj.com)
Companies
- Amazon ($AMZN) is facing pressure over its facial recognition business. (nytimes.com)
- The T-Mobile ($TMUS)-Sprint ($S) just won FCC approval. (fastcompany.com)
- Smartphone owners are holding out longer before upgrading. (cnbc.com)
Finance
- Uber ($UBER) and Lyft ($LYFT) have not killed the IPO pipeline. (wsj.com)
- In search of good things to say about leverage loans at this point in the credit cycle. (allaboutalpha.com)
- Private equity LOVEs mobile home parks. (ft.com)
- The SEC collects only 55% of the fines it imposes. (wsj.com)
Funds
- Index providers are feeling the pinch of the fee wars. (ft.com)
- Target date funds hold $1.7 trillion in assets. (morningstar.com)
- 90% of ETF assets are passively managed. Where does active dominate? (etf.com)
Global
Economy
- The Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) declined in April. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- Some additional indices showing slowing economic growth in the US. (econbrowser.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Adviser links: raising the bar on protections. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Sunday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Top clicks last week on the site. (abnormalreturns.com)
