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Quote of the Day
"Useful dissent means serious engagement with people who see the world differently — or, perhaps, the courage to puncture the consensus of one’s own tribe."
(Tim Harford)
Markets
- AQR wants to moderate your expectations for future returns. (institutionalinvestor.com)
- Mortgage rates are at three-year lows. (calculatedriskblog.com)
Strategy
- Why 'superstar investors' are a dying breed. (evidenceinvestor.com)
- Sometimes you get lucky on timing. (aswathdamodaran.blogspot.com)
Crypto
Amazon
- Amazon ($AMZN) had a blowout Q4. (nytimes.com)
- Amazon ($AMZN) has become an advertising powerhouse. (msn.com)
- How rich is Jeff Bezos? Really rich. (theirrelevantinvestor.com)
Finance
Fund management
- There is a good chance your ESG fund sucks, but you don't even know it. (pragcap.com)
- The next recession is going to have a big impact on state and local pension funds. (finance.yahoo.com)
- There's no next, new thing on the horizon for hedge funds. (ft.com)
Gender
- Women are shifting towards more lucrative careers. (fastcompany.com)
- A look at the changing distribution of top incomes by gender. (voxeu.org)
- How the old boys club operates. (hbr.org)
Sports betting
- Do you think new sport gamblers understand the odds? (humbledollar.com)
- Why prop bets were invented. (thewaiterspad.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Podcast links: a polarized polity. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Thursday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Part Two of a Q&A with Ben Carlson, author of “Don’t Fall For It: A Short History of Financial Scams.” (abnormalreturns.com)
- Startup links: engendering trust. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Part One of a Q&A with Ben Carlson, author of “Don’t Fall For It: A Short History of Financial Scams.” (abnormalreturns.com)
- Nobody wants your sh*t. (abnormalreturns.com)
- We may now need to add another entry to the pantheon of financial innovation: target-date funds. (abnormalreturns.com)
- How upping your saving rate when you get a raise (or bonus) can help you sidestep lifestyle creep, avoid numerous decisions and help you save for retirement. (abnormalreturns.com)
