Did you know you can stay up-to-date with all of our posts via our daily e-mail newsletter? Sign up today!
Quote of the Day
"Not once has a mutual fund company been found guilty of overcharging its shareholders. No board members have been sanctioned. In practice, although not in theory, investors bear the sole responsibility for ensuring that their funds levy appropriate fees."
(John Rekenthaler)
Chart of the Day

How many recessions Americans have lived through in their lifetimes.
Markets
- Global dividend growth is decelerating. (barrons.com)
- How much of the valuation differential between US and foreign stocks is due to industry weights? (elmfunds.com)
Strategy
- Why young investors should want the stock market to decline. (theirrelevantinvestor.com)
- Evolution ensures there are few risk-free investment opportunities. (ofdollarsanddata.com)
Apple
- Apple ($AAPL) TV Plus is set for a November launch. (theverge.com)
- The Apple ($AAPL) Card application process is now open to the public. (9to5mac.com)
Companies
- For the first time last month, a majority of all browser-based Google searches resulted in zero clicks. (axios.com)
- Funko Pop ($FNKO) is not content to sell cute collectibles. (fastcompany.com)
Finance
- Mid-sized bank stocks have fallen along with the inversion of the yield curve. (ft.com)
- KKR ($KKR) is now hiring college seniors for an analyst program. (businessinsider.com)
Funds
- Target date funds are increasingly a target of ERISA litigation. (401kspecialistmag.com)
- Vanguard manages 5 of the 10 largest bond funds. (ritholtz.com)
- The RPAR Risk Parity ETF looks to emulate Bridgewater's main strategy. (financial-planning.com)
Economy
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Research links: insurance payments. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What we missed in our Monday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Adviser links: befuddling retail investors. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Overcoming inertia and the default effect. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Talking the investment blogosphere on the Money Life with Chuck Jaffe. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Shifting the economic growth curve down: the demographics edition. (abnormalreturns.com)