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Quote of the Day
"If your social media experience is causing you anxiety, then you’re doing it wrong."
(JC Parets)
Chart of the Day
30-year mortgage rates hit another new all-time low this week.
Markets
- 2020 saw a huge dispersion in stock returns. (theirrelevantinvestor.com)
- 2020 was a perfect example of 'lumpy returns.' (yourbrainonstocks.com)
Strategy
- Eddy's 2021 Buy List is out. (crossingwallstreet.com)
- Five lessons learned from 2020 including "No two bubbles look the same." (humbledollar.com)
Technology
- Cybersecurity was going to be a hot sector in 2021 even before SolarWinds. (news.crunchbase.com)
- Salesforce ($CRM) has been successful as a venture investor. (theinformation.com)
- Laptop makers are still trying to catch up with the 2020 surge in demand. (reuters.com)
Companies
- The pandemic is going to accelerate the 'dematerialization' of the economy. (wsj.com)
- It's hard to talk about sports in 2020 without talking about sports betting. (finance.yahoo.com)
Finance
ETFs
- Vanguard is set to best Blackrock ($BLK) for ETF flows in 2020. (finance.yahoo.com)
- Some of the issues involved in converting an open-end mutual fund into a ETF. (ft.com)
Brexit
- The UK and EU have reached a deal on Brexit. (nytimes.com)
- Expect some bumps along the way as the border no longer allows for the free flow of goods. (wsj.com)
- The hard work of Brexit has now begun. (ft.com)
Municipal finance
- 2020 widened the gap between have and have-not states. (wsj.com)
- Cities and states should be taking advantage of low muni bond yields. (bloomberg.com)
Policy
- U.S. life expectancy in 2020 could fall the most since WWII. (wsj.com)
- Defamation lawsuits could be a tool to fight fake news. (msn.com)
- Seven (good) things we've learned in pandemic. (vox.com)
Economy
- Economic fear is real. (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com)
- 10 big economic questions for 2021. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- A succinct summation of the week's economic events. (ritholtz.com)
- The economic schedule for the coming week. (calculatedriskblog.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Top clicks last week on the site. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Saturday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Coronavirus links: little steps. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: crossover investing. (abnormalreturns.com)
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