Lawrence Levy in To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey With Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History has “quite a story to tell.” (NYTimes)
Quote of the Day
"It’s easy to assume that the way things are today is the way that they’ve always been. This is why I’m always amazed when people are 100% certain about anything these days in terms of how the future will play out."
(Ben Carlson)
Strategy
- If 60/40 is dead, where do you put your money? (citywireusa.com)
- Great traders ask great questions. (traderfeed.blogspot.com)
- Why secular bull markets are difficult to see in real-time. (bloomberg.com)
- Six question for Josh Brown. (collaborativefund.com)
Offers
- The Great One, Wayne Gretzky, has penned a memoir "99 Stories of the Game." (amazon.com)
- Amazon Prime Student is a lifeline for college kids. Get the first six months free! (amazon.com)
- You know you need some Chicago Cubs gear. Head on over to Amazon: (amazon.com)
Finance
- Short-sellers can't get enough of Twilio ($TWLO). (fortune.com)
- Who knew? Brokers barred from the industry can still work again under certain circumstances. (wsj.com)
- How to bet against the hedge fund industry. (zerohedge.com)
Global
Economy
- The October NFP report was robust and had a 4.9% unemployment rate. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- Inflation is once again being talked about. (thereformedbroker.com)
- America's auto economy is pretty healthy. (bloomberg.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Podcast links: language and cognition. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Thursday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- The top 10 books Abnormal Returns readers purchased at Amazon in October 2016. (abnormalreturns.com)
Mixed media
- How the 2016 Cubs made people fall back in love with baseball. (theringer.com)
- The Chicago Cubs have historically been fertile ground for songwriters. (pastemagazine.com)
- Where Cubs fans go to remember friend and relatives who didn't get to see them win the World Series. (slate.com)
- Why Cubs fans are leaving 'green apples' for the late Harry Caray. (mentalfloss.com)
- Scenes from the Cubs victory from Roger Angell. (newyorker.com)
- You can be a 'stats nerd' and still love baseball. (nytimes.com)