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Quote of the Day
"Every day, investors have to snowshoe their way through a blizzard of propaganda, misinformation, and incomplete and incorrect data. If you respond reflexively to that noise, you’ll do nothing but trade until you go broke."
(Jason Zweig)
Markets
Strategy
- Please don't fall in love with a stock - it will cloud your thinking. (blairbellecurve.com)
- Lessons learned about skill and luck from winning $1 million. (tracewealthadvisors.com)
- Why diversification is such an imperative. (notion.so)
Bankruptcy
- The pandemic is accelerating the bankruptcy of companies already struggling. (investoramnesia.com)
- The pandemic is strengthening the relative position of large chains vs. small business. (washingtonpost.com)
- The new Small Business Reorganization Act is making filing for bankruptcy cheaper and easier for small business which is a welcome development in pandemic. (wsj.com)
Funds
- Vanguard has topped Blackrock ($BLK) in 2020 when it comes to ETF inflows. (ft.com)
- What corporate bond ETFs is the Fed buying? (morningstar.com)
Pandemic
- The US has spent a lot of economic support payments, but not enough on fighting the actual virus. (marginalrevolution.com)
- State and local governments are being forced into austerity due to the pandemic. (econbrowser.com)
- Rental delinquencies rose again in July. (housingwire.com)
Policy
- History shows there is little advantage for governments to 'lock in' long term bond yields. (barrons.com)
- Why Joe Biden should embrace the national legalization of marijuana. (theatlantic.com)
- Why deglobalization is in nobody's best interest. (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com)
Economy
- A summary of the week's big economic events. (ritholtz.com)
- The economic schedule for the coming week. (calculatedriskblog.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Top clicks this week on the site. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Saturday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Coronavirus links: cooperative choices (abnormalreturns.com)
- Finding better ways to care for your clients and yourself: why you should sign up for our new weekly adviser-focused e-mail newsletter. (abnormalreturns.com)