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Quote of the Day
"It’s when companies take their focus off the customer, mission, and operational execution that challengers get an opportunity. And in today’s hyper-competitive world, it’s more important than ever that companies are internally strong and ready for a fight."
(Todd Wenning)
Strategy
- When the economy is good, it is time to get your financial house in order. (bnnbloomberg.ca)
- Don't invest in timberland if you have a short time horizon. (msn.com)
Companies
- Google ($GOOGL) touches nearly every part of the online advertising process. (wsj.com)
- Sotheby's ($BID) is going private. (npr.org)
Finance
- Goldman Sachs ($GS) is combining its private equity operations in order to take on the PE players. (wsj.com)
- Cyber-security has become a systemic risk for banks. (ft.com)
Funds
- Why fixing Legg Mason ($LM) is harder than it looks. (wsj.com)
- A useful tool for determining risk levels in bank loan funds. (morningstar.com)
- Larger market capitalization companies tend to be more global in their revenues. (morningstar.com)
Economy
- New homebuilder confidence is still pretty high in June. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- Some signs that the US economy really is running low on workers. (blog.yardeni.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Adviser links: AUM model maturity. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Good luck trying to find a decent .com URL these days. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What we lose when convenience trumps experience: the case of brisket. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Sunday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Top clicks last week on the site. (abnormalreturns.com)
