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Quote of the Day
"If an investment decision makes you feel good immediately, it will probably make you feel bad in the long-term. In periods of market weakness, the temptation to do what will make you feel better now can be overwhelming."
(Joe Wiggins)
Oil
- Yesterday was a day for the ages. (thereformedbroker.com)
- How is it possible that oil could have a negative price? (nytimes.com)
- Oil's storage problem isn't going away. (slate.com)
- Don't forget: someone was on the other side of those oil contracts. (priceactionlab.com)
- Weird stuff like this is going to keep happening. (howardlindzon.com)
Strategy
- A tepid vote for small cap value stocks in the US. (covestreetcapital.com)
- What exactly is Dave Portnoy doing in his once $3 million E-Trade account? (businessinsider.com)
Exchanges
- S&P 500 futures contract volume in the after hours has surged during the crisis. (wsj.com)
- Small options traders are trading like crazy. (sentimentrader.com)
Funds
- Distressed real estate funds are out there fundraising like crazy. (wsj.com)
- What accounts for the glaring difference between Renaissance's Medallion and its other public funds? (institutionalinvestor.com)
Finance
- Big M&A deals have dried up. (reuters.com)
- Nobody's really talking about the big banks through the pandemic. (morningstar.com)
- Where did the PPP money go? (ritholtz.com)
Apple iPad
- Why an iPad hits the technology sweet spot in the work from home age. (nytimes.com)
- On the transition from Macbook to iPad. (medium.com)
- Why you may fall in love with the iPad Magic keyboard. (daringfireball.net)
Media
- HBO Max is launching late next month. (hollywoodreporter.com)
- Sonos ($SONO) launches its own radio service. (protocol.com)
- Apple ($AAPL) is re-booting 'Fraggle Rock.' (variety.com)
- Fandango purchased Vudu from Wal-Mart ($WMT). (theverge.com)
Covid-19
- 'Excess deaths' around the world show that Covid-19 fatalities are likely undercounted. (nytimes.com)
- The US needs more coronavirus tests, but the situation on the ground is quite chaotic. (fivethirtyeight.com)
- The FDA has approved the first in-home coronavirus test. (statnews.com)
- Plasma therapy is showing encouraging results in a compassionate use setting. (wsj.com)
Global
- Singapore is seeing a resurgence in coronavirus cases. (nytimes.com)
- Taiwan has, for now, largely avoided the economic costs seen elsewhere. (ft.com)
- Why its much better to be furloughed in Germany than the US right now. (vice.com)
- Japan's coronavirus is much worse than initially feared. (marginalrevolution.com)
- It's going to take a long time for countries like the US to onshore manufacturing capacity from China. (wired.com)
- Oktoberfest is cancelled for the first time since WWII. (pastemagazine.com)
Economy
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Research links: realized volatility. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Monday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Adviser links: video setups. (abnormalreturns.com)