Blog Profile / Abnormal Returns
| URL : | http://abnormalreturns.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Business & Finance / Investing | |
| Posts on Regator: | 2877 | |
| Posts / Week: | 10.4 | |
| Archived Since: | February 5, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Tuesday links: first trade follies
Quote of the day Brian Lund, “The worst thing that can happen to any new participant in the market is for them to make a [...] The post Tuesday links: first trade follies appeared first on Abnormal Returns.
Monday links: bogus betting bans
Quote of the day James Surowiecki, “The ban on sports betting does exactly what Prohibition did. It makes criminals rich.” (New Yorker) Chart of the [...] The post Monday links: bogus betting bans appeared first on Abnormal Returns...
The inevitable return of fund picking
Now that the individual investor seems to be once again interested in equities the idea of picking actively managed mutual funds will once again become [...] The post The inevitable return of fund picking appeared first on Abnormal Returns.
Cash is a bad habit most investors need to kick
@reformedbroker I think that “cash is a drug” for most investors. Easy to start, difficult to kick. Always a reason to NOT get back in. [...] The post Cash is a bad habit most investors need to kick appeared first on Abnormal Return...
Sunday links: complicated methodologies
Quote of the day Gatis Roze, “Any fool can complicate a methodology. It takes experience and clear thinking to move in the other direction. Investing [...] The post Sunday links: complicated methodologies appeared first on Abnormal Returns.
Saturday links: too big to comprehend
The weekend is a great time to catch up on some longer items that we passed up on during the week. Thanks for checking in. [...] The post Saturday links: too big to comprehend appeared first on Abnormal Returns.
What books Abnormal Returns readers purchased in January 2013
A monthly post looking at what books Abnormal Returns readers purchased at Amazon in the prior month has become very popular with our readers. A [...] The post What books Abnormal Returns readers purchased in January 2013 appeared first on Abnormal Returns.
Friday links: not so special
Quote of the day Michael Mauboussin, “Most people have a difficult time accepting that super-successful products are not special.” (Huffington Post) Chart of the day [...] The post Friday links: not so special appeared first on Abnormal Returns.
Thursday links: market weirdness
Quote of the day Matthew Yglesias, “..Amazon’s sky-high price-earnings ratio compared with rival retailers or rival tech companies illustrates the point that investing is hard [...] The post Thursday links: market weirdness appeared first on Abnormal Returns.
Wednesday links: how the super-rich got that way
If you haven’t done it already think about signing up for our daily e-mail, thousands of other Abnormal Returns readers already have. Quote of the [...] The post Wednesday links: how the super-rich got that way appeared first on Abnormal Returns.
Celluloid lessons from Wall Street
This post originally appeared at the Amazon Money & Markets blog. Last month’s post looked at what books finance authors thought were noteworthy in 2012. [...] The post Celluloid lessons from Wall Street appeared first on Abnormal Returns.
Tuesday links: the fading fear premium
Quote of the day Eddy Elfenbein, “The U.S. stock market isn’t rallying so much as the fear premium is slowly fading away. The net effect, [...] The post Tuesday links: the fading fear premium appeared first on Abnormal Returns.
Monday links: humbling markets
Quote of the day Joe Fahmy, “The second you get cocky and think you are good, the market has a unique way of humbling you.” [...] The post Monday links: humbling markets appeared first on Abnormal Returns.
Sunday links: dramatic or difficult
Quote of the day Roger Ebert, “Movie 43? is the “Citizen Kane” of awful.” (Roger Ebert) Chart of the day The stock market is at [...] The post Sunday links: dramatic or difficult appeared first on Abnormal Returns.
Saturday links: inefficiency and innovation
The weekend is a great time to catch up on some longer items that we passed up on during the week. Thanks for checking in. [...] The post Saturday links: inefficiency and innovation appeared first on Abnormal Returns.
On the dangers of fighting the last investment war
It is often said that generals are always preparing to the fight the last war. The same thing could be said of investors as well. [...] The post On the dangers of fighting the last investment war appeared first on Abnormal Returns.
Friday links: bond bubbles
Quote of the day Stephen Gandel, “Saying leveraging up your portfolio is safe as long as you buy bonds, is just the type of talk [...] The post Friday links: bond bubbles appeared first on Abnormal Returns.
Thursday links: faith and luck
Quote of the day Tom Brakke, “I don’t care what you believe. But you have to convince me that it’s something more than faith and [...] The post Thursday links: faith and luck appeared first on Abnormal Returns.
Apple is STILL a megacap
Sometimes as a blogger it is fun to revisit past posts to see what, if anything, has changed since you wrote that post. Way back [...] The post Apple is STILL a megacap appeared first on Abnormal Returns.
Wednesday links: from lows to highs
Quote of the day Tim Richards, “Our view of the world is dichotomous, it’s either all bad or all good and when our beliefs about [...] The post Wednesday links: from lows to highs appeared first on Abnormal Returns.