Quote of the Day
"One never knows where the bottom is until you are well on your way back up."
(Fred Wilson)
Markets
- The year in charts including a series of 'rolling manias.' (compoundadvisors.com)
- The Nasdaq has outperformed the S&P 500 for nearly two decades. (allstarcharts.com)
- Mortgage rates are ticking higher. (housingwire.com)
Strategy
- How to deal with growth stock crashes. (theirrelevantinvestor.com)
- Stories trump statistics. (collaborativefund.com)
Video
- HBO Max ended 2021 on a strong note. (hollywoodreporter.com)
- The success of 'Spiderman: No Way Home' at the box office is not an all-clear signal for theaters. (theatlantic.com)
- Americans now watch as much user-generated video content than they do traditional TV. (variety.com)
Transport
- Ford ($F) is making waves but is still is a fraction of the value of Tesla ($TSLA). (ritholtz.com)
- Deere ($DE) is launching a new driverless tractor. (theverge.com)
- Startups like Alto, Revel and Kaptyn are positioning themselves as the anti-Uber ($UBER). (axios.com)
Fund management
- Don't invest with an active manager if you can't handle the inevitable drawdowns. (blairbellecurve.com)
- Direct indexing is indexing. (economist.com)
Economy
- Weekly initial unemployment claims are at historically low levels. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- A shortage of workers is allowing people to upgrade their jobs. (bonddad.blogspot.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: being curious. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Wednesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Personal finance links: the nature of life. (abnormalreturns.com)
- The year investors changed their minds on gold. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Are you a financial adviser looking for some out-of-the-box thinking? Then check out our weekly e-mail newsletter. (newsletter.abnormalreturns.com)