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Quote of the Day
"Employers and advisors usually act as though we have a retirement system. We don’t. We have a savings system, because the money can be--and is--used for a variety of other, nonretirement purposes."
(Aron Szapiro)
Markets
- How major asset classes performed in October 2019. (capitalspectator.com)
- It's not hard to find stocks at all-time highs. (allstarcharts.com)
Strategy
- What kind of returns do you get by trying to eliminate losing stocks vs. trying to picking winning stocks? (theirrelevantinvestor.com)
- Don't mix up the political and investment cases for stock buybacks. (blog.validea.com)
- Some great quotes from the late Peter Bernstein. (novelinvestor.com)
- How anti-trust activity could affect Google's ($GOOGL) advertising business. (ftalphaville.ft.com)
- Google ($GOOGL) to acquire Fitbit ($FIT). (statnews.com)
- A look at Google's ($GOOGL) track record at acquisitions. (news.crunchbase.com)
Finance
- Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. is suing the SEC over the new proxy advisor rules. (wsj.com)
- Members Exchange took another step toward launch. (markets.businessinsider.com)
- Carlyle Group ($CG) and Apollo Global Management ($APO) are happy so far with their decision to go the C-corp route. (wsj.com)
Funds
- Will the '0-and-30' fee model take hold? (institutionalinvestor.com)
- Vanguard has changed a lot since Jack Bogle and is facing ever greater competition. (financial-planning.com)
Global
Economy
- The October NFP report was strong considering the headwinds. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- The October ISM report indicates additional contraction in manufacturing. (calculatedriskblog.com)
Housing
- Low mortgage rates don't seem to be doing much for housing prices. (nytimes.com)
- The New York City condo market is in a serious funk. (wsj.com)
- Why some towns in Italy are selling houses for a Euro. (fortune.com)
RIP, Deadspin
- How Deadspin imploded. (nytimes.com)
- Deadspin is just the latest site that have become "zombies." (theringer.com)
- Why the death of Deadspin is a bummer. (axios.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Podcast links: information signaling. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Building stuff to last: important for companies and your portfolio. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Thursday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Startup links: more financial discipline. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Big life transitions happen whether we want them to or not. (abnormalreturns.com)
