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Quote of the Day
"Economic Productivity is the equivalent of Investment Alpha and both rely completely on continuous innovation."
(Mikhail Samonov)
Markets
- Hedge funds have seen six quarters of outflows. (ritholtz.com)
- Returns have been atrocious for small-cap value and international stock portfolios over the past decade. (mailchi.mp)
- There are some increasing signs of distress in the junk bond market. (wsj.com)
- How different factors perform during the economic cycle. (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com)
Companies
Streaming
- There are more scripted TV shows being made in the US than at any other time. (ft.com)
- "One in five adults in the United States will have cut the cord by 2020." (nytimes.com)
Finance
- Big investors are lining up against the SEC's proposals to regulate shareholder advisory services. (institutionalinvestor.com)
- London is way ahead of is rivals in trading the renminbi outside China. (ft.com)
- How fractional share trading works. (etf.com)
Funds
- Invesco ($IVZ) is bleeding assets. (ft.com)
- ESG funds are having a record year of inflows. (wsj.com)
- People in asset management need to ask: "Will your job exist five years from now, or even in 12 months?" (ft.com)
Global
- Another year, another big Singles Day courtesy of Alibaba ($BABA). (nytimes.com)
- Singles Day is not all about Chinese brands. (qz.com)
Economy
- Farmers are having to borrow more to stay afloat. (wsj.com)
- While billionaires keep decamping for Florida. (wsj.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Adviser links: vetting funds. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Our world is always changing, but most of the time we don’t notice. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Sunday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Top clicks last week on the site. (abnormalreturns.com)
Mixed media
- James D. Walsh, "The lesson of the Deadspin blowup might be that some organizations will resist becoming zombified, and that if they do, that could interfere with the private-equity prime directive of generating financial return." (nymag.com)
- A look at the frequent migration of New Yorkers to New Jersey to bet on sports. (esquire.com)
- On the decline of the Las Vegas wedding. (daily.jstor.org)
