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Quote of the Day
"For most of us attempting to maximise our investment decision making simply leads to value destruction as we chase yesterday’s winners, trade too frequently and live in constant regret that the investments we don’t own are performing better than those we do."
(Joe Wiggins)
Markets
- The bull market is NOT ten years old. (marketwatch.com)
- Commodities have been down 10% a year, on average, for the past ten years. (bloomberg.com)
Strategy
- Winning (and losing) streaks will mess with your mind. (theirrelevantinvestor.com)
- Humility beats volume when it comes to trading. (scheplick.com)
Corporate finance
- The buyback debate is so loud because Americans companies are banking major coin. (institutionalinvestor.com)
- Quarterly earnings reports are not the enemy. (fortune.com)
Companies
- Facebook ($FB) is not going to act against its own interests even while it enhances user privacy. (stratechery.com)
- Why Amazon ($AMZN) has no desire to spin off AWS. (fortune.com)
- What is Lyft's path to profitability? (latimes.com)
PE
- Still no sign of a slowdown in private equity fundraising. (bloomberg.com)
- The playing field is not level when investing in PE and VC. (demonetizedblog.com)
- More diverse companies make for better returning VC and PE investments. (institutionalinvestor.com)
Housing
- Water claims, coming from inside the house, are at the rise at property insurers. (wsj.com)
- The HELOC process is WAY too complicated. (thebasispoint.com)
- This chicken coop is nicer than your house. (fastcompany.com)
Global
- Interest in the Chinese stock market has returned in a big way. (ftalphaville.ft.com)
- High-end real estate prices are falling around the world. (economist.com)
Economy
- Weekly initial unemployment claims didn't budge. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- How the length of the current economic expansion will make the next recession feel. (collaborativefund.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Startup links: toxic work cultures. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Wednesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Personal finance links: unpleasant experiences. (abnormalreturns.com)