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Quote of the Day
"Market patterns don’t reverse in 10-year cycles like clockwork; there’s no guarantee that the coming decade will be the opposite of the one that just ended. But before you bet that the future will be like the past, it’s worth remembering that this decade hasn’t turned out the way investors predicted it would 10 years ago."
(Jason Zweig)
Markets
- These are the charts of the decade, per StockTwits. (medium.com)
- There are plenty of signs of investor over-optimism. (sentimentrader.com)
Strategy
- "The low relative dividend yields to bonds may have more to do with relative volatility and overall low bond yields rather than any signal on valuation." (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com)
- Retail investors don't need access to hedge funds. What they need are low-cost, transparent investment products. (tonyisola.com)
Media
- America's longest-running business program the 'Nightly Business Report' is going off the air. (current.org)
- Lessons learned from the first year of running a subscription newsletter business. (newconsumer.com)
Companies
- Boeing ($BA) fires its CEO in the continued wake of the 737 Max debacle. (cnbc.com)
- TikTok's parent company is looking for a new headquarters outside of China. (wsj.com)
- DraftKings is planning to go public via a reverse merger. (news.crunchbase.com)
- Tesla ($TSLA) is on a hiring tear. (media.thinknum.com)
Finance
- Banks are revisiting their shale oil company loans. (wsj.com)
- Private equity associates are dissatisfied with their pay. (institutionalinvestor.com)
Funds
- Hedge fund launches in 2019 were at a two-decade low. (institutionalinvestor.com)
- The Nasdaq has won its ongoing lawsuit with ETF Managers Group. (etf.com)
- How T. Rowe Price has fought back against the passive wave. (financial-planning.com)
Work
- Should you really bring your 'whole self' to work? (fastcompany.com)
- Why you need to narrow your priorities down to a few. (caseywolf.blog)
- How to ask for an e-mail introduction. (hbr.org)
- "Don't hate. Create." (allstarcharts.com)
Economy
- The Chicago Fed National Activity Index points to a rebound in economic growth in November. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- A review of ten big economic quetions for 2019. (calculatedriskblog.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Adviser links: evaluating annuities. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Sunday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Top clicks last week on the site. (abnormalreturns.com)
Mixed media
- There is a long and storied history of commercializing Christmas. (ft.com)
- Why Christmas services can ignite family tensions. (wsj.com)
- Notre Dame will not have Christmas services for the first time in over 200 years. (nytimes.com)
- Germany has a shortage of Santas. (npr.org)
- Why is summer sausage associated with Christmas? (insidehook.com)
- Why so many movies open on Christmas Day. (mentalfloss.com)
