Archive for August, 2011

• Wednesday links: losing the lost decade
  abnormalreturns, August 31st, 2011 at 12:59 pm, Comments: 0

  Quote of the day DH, “If you’re a trader, who cares if you can rattle off the GDP of every Baltic state for the last [...]

• The diversification debate
  abnormalreturns, August 31st, 2011 at 12:59 pm, Comments: 0

  I always find it interesting when two of my favorite bloggers come out on opposite sides of a topic at the very same time.  Today [...]

• Wednesday 7atSeven: easing expectations
  abnormalreturns, August 31st, 2011 at 7:01 am, Comments: 0

  Thanks for checking in with Abnormal Returns for seven (or so) links at 7AM Eastern.  Good luck out there. Earnings estimates for US stocks are finally [...]

• Tuesday links: better credits
  abnormalreturns, August 30th, 2011 at 12:16 pm, Comments: 0

  Quote of the day Gillian Tett, “At the end of last week, trading in the credit derivatives markets implied that no less than 70 large [...]

• The quest for alpha cuts both ways
  abnormalreturns, August 30th, 2011 at 11:00 am, Comments: 0

  The quest for alpha cuts both ways.  Attempts to outperform the market are just as more likely to meet with failure then they are with [...]

• Tuesday 7atSeven: mea maxima culpa
  abnormalreturns, August 30th, 2011 at 7:03 am, Comments: 0

  Thanks for checking in with us for seven (or so) links at 7AM Eastern.  Good luck out there. Bill Gross, mea maxima culpa.  (MarketBeat, FT [...]

• Monday links: natural constraints
  abnormalreturns, August 29th, 2011 at 12:27 pm, Comments: 0

  Quote of the day Paul Carr, “He [Steve Jobs] did not set out to destroy existing business models, he just noticed their lack of relevance [...]

• Rising stock correlations: this too shall pass
  abnormalreturns, August 29th, 2011 at 11:49 am, Comments: 0

  Whenever somebody asks a question like:  “Is stock picking a dead art?”  The contrarian in all of us looks for the other side of the [...]

• Monday 7atSeven: corn conundrum
  abnormalreturns, August 29th, 2011 at 7:02 am, Comments: 0

  Thanks for checking in with us for seven (or so) links at 7AM Eastern.  Good luck out there. New York markets are expected to operate [...]

• Sunday links: psychological weaknesses
  abnormalreturns, August 28th, 2011 at 7:44 am, Comments: 0

  Quote of the day TR, “Volatility is simply the outward sign of humanity’s inveterate psychological weaknesses.”  (The Psy-Fi Blog) Chart of the day Investors are [...]