Book list: A summer reading list for advisors including The Thin Green Line: The Money Secrets of the Super Wealthy by Paul Sullivan. (Financial Planning)
Quote of the Day
"A good checklist is the living embodiment of the observation “simple is not easy.”
(Marshall Jaffe)
Markets
- Transports and utilities are lagging....badly. (ryandetrick.tumblr.com)
- The S&P 500 is now below its 200 day moving average. (thereformedbroker.com)
- Updating the asset class mosaic through June. (novelinvestor.com)
- The gold bear market has been long but not as sharp as historical examples. (shortsideoflong.com)
Strategy
- What happens when you add a $VIX filter to a momentum strategy? (econompicdata.blogspot.com)
- Why momentum investing works. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
Funds
- A problem with narrow index funds: front-running. (bloomberg.com)
- Do all-ETF portfolios make sense? (blogs.wsj.com)
- Why aren't there more female fund managers? (wsj.com)
- A closer look at the Deutsche X-Trackers Municipal Infrastructure Revenue Bond Fund ($RVNU). (etftrends.com)
Global
- On the end of the global economic dip. (blogs.ft.com)
- China is hell-bent on propping up its stock market. (qz.com)
Economy
- Reviewing 10 big economic questions for 2015. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- A review of 5 important economic charts halfway through the year. (bonddad.blogspot.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Startup links: angel overload. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you may have missed in our Monday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)