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Quote of the Day
"Liquid, truly uncorrelated alternatives actually diversify a portfolio both short- and long-term. They offer real diversification, not the diversification that comes from not reporting actual returns."
(Cliff Asness)
Chart of the Day
What happens to the stock market after an up-double digit year, prior?
Markets
- Emerging market bonds are flying off the shelves. (wsj.com)
- Individual investors are getting pretty bullish. (disciplinedinvesting.blogspot.com)
- Biotech stocks are running into year-end. (wsj.com)
Strategy
Crypto
Amazon
- How Amazon ($AMZN) has wreaked havoc on America's malls. (cnbc.com)
- Amazon ($AMZN) has taken a page from Wal-Mart ($WMT) when it comes to dealing with its suppliers. (nytimes.com)
- All those new, blue Amazon ($AMZN) vans have been boost to van makers. (bloomberg.com)
- How dumpster divers recycle stuff onto Amazon ($AMZN). (wsj.com)
IPOs
- A big profile of Airbnb as it works its way toward a 2020 IPO. (fortune.com)
- A lot of people in San Francisco were counting on an IPO boom. What now? (nytimes.com)
SECURE Act
- Blair duQuesnay, "Overall, the good outweighs the bad in this bill." (blairbellecurve.com)
- Highlights from the new SECURE Act including annuities in 401(k) accounts. (thehumanadvisor.com)
- The SECURE Act is going to open up new retirement plan options. (nytimes.com)
- Big asset managers love the SECURE Act. (barrons.com)
Institutional investors
- 19 signs you were an institutional investor in 2019 including "You wore a fleece vest with an asset management firm’s logo on it." (institutionalinvestor.com)
- The final founding partner is leaving Blackstone's ($BX) GSO. (ft.com)
- Debating what really makes for an accredited investor. (institutionalinvestor.com)
Global
- Andrew Bailey, the new head of the Bank of England, has a tricky job coming up. (nytimes.com)
- China keeps bailing out troubled lenders. (wsj.com)
Economy
- How big is the Space Economy? (conversableeconomist.blogspot.com)
- Add Topeka, Kan., to the growing list of places offering financial incentives to attract new residents and buttress an aging or stagnating population. (nytimes.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Podcast links: the in-ear economy. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Thursday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Startup links: budgeting for budgets. (abnormalreturns.com)
