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Quote of the Day
"Like most things, to be a good investor, you actually have invest in the market. But before you do, you need to read and learn so you understand what you are doing to create the feedback loop. The feedback loop is impossible to create if you first don’t understand what you are doing."
(Casey Wolf)
Markets
- Recent volatility has scared individual investors. (disciplinedinvesting.blogspot.com)
- Americans love their houses...as investments. (marketwatch.com)
Negative rates
- You have to think about bonds differently in a negative interest rate world. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- The increase in the amount of negative yield bonds in Europe is striking. (economist.com)
- Don't laugh. Negative rates could happen in the US. (thereformedbroker.com)
Stock buybacks
- Stock buybacks in 2019 are trending at a lower rate than in 2018. (axios.com)
- FAQs on share buybacks for politicians and journalists. (mebfaber.com)
Finance
- Zillow ($Z) wants to be THE place you buy/sell homes. (cnn.com)
- The battle to provide favorable credit ratings on structured debt securities has a familiar feel to it. (wsj.com)
- Bank interns be crazy. (news.efinancialcareers.com)
Funds
- Why hasn't Google ($GOOGL) done more on the fund management side of things? (investmentnews.com)
- Six questions to ask before swapping one fund for another. (morningstar.com)
Phones
- Your phone is really becoming your identity. (wsj.com)
- Phone restrictions are about getting people to think about how they use their phone. (aeon.co)
- Why you should "dumb down" your phone. (calnewport.com)
Global
- Central banks in India, New Zealand and Thailand all lowered their rates. (wsj.com)
- Danish mortgages now come with 0% interest. (msn.com)
- Private equity has invaded Germany. (ft.com)
- Portugal is experiencing a bit of an immigration boom. (ft.com)
- For the first six months of 2019, Mexico was the US' biggest trading partner. (qz.com)
Economy
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Startup links: follow-on capital. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Wednesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Personal finance links: the importance of Vanguard. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Startups are difficult. Signup for the Wealth/Stack conference is easy. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Aim to buy more time, not more stuff. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Monthly ESG links: the heavy lifting. (abnormalreturns.com)
