Thanks for checking in with us this weekend. Here are the most clicked on items on Abnormal Returns for the week ended Saturday, February 2nd, 2020. You can also read last week’s edition. The description reads as it does in the relevant linkfest:
Top clicks this week
- Even perfect market timing will not do that much for your portfolio. (ofdollarsanddata.com)
- Your benchmark is not the S&P 500. (humbledollar.com)
- Five guiding principles for Jim Simons including: "Don't run with the pack." (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com)
- How to use momentum to avoid big drawdowns. (klementoninvesting.substack.com)
- The world's most downloaded apps, ranked. (visualcapitalist.com)
- Just because you can afford to buy a home, doesn't mean you should. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- Which home renovations have the highest payoff? (cnn.com)
- Why you should keep your goals to yourself. (artofmanliness.com)
- AQR wants to moderate your expectations for future returns. (institutionalinvestor.com)
- How concerns about cornoavirus are spreading through markets. (traderfeed.blogspot.com)
Also on the site
- Nobody wants your sh*t. (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)
- Part Two of a Q&A with Ben Carlson, author of “Don’t Fall For It: A Short History of Financial Scams.” (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)
- We may now need to add another entry to the pantheon of financial innovation: target-date funds. (abnormalreturns.com)