Markets
- Recent volatility has scared individual investors. (disciplinedinvesting.blogspot.com)
- Americans love their houses...as investments. (marketwatch.com)
Negative rates
- You have to think about bonds differently in a negative interest rate world. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- The increase in the amount of negative yield bonds in Europe is striking. (economist.com)
- Don't laugh. Negative rates could happen in the US. (thereformedbroker.com)
Stock buybacks
- Stock buybacks in 2019 are trending at a lower rate than in 2018. (axios.com)
- FAQs on share buybacks for politicians and journalists. (mebfaber.com)
Finance
- Zillow ($Z) wants to be THE place you buy/sell homes. (cnn.com)
- The battle to provide favorable credit ratings on structured debt securities has a familiar feel to it. (wsj.com)
- Bank interns be crazy. (news.efinancialcareers.com)
Funds
- Why hasn't Google ($GOOGL) done more on the fund management side of things? (investmentnews.com)
- Six questions to ask before swapping one fund for another. (morningstar.com)
Phones
- Your phone is really becoming your identity. (wsj.com)
- Phone restrictions are about getting people to think about how they use their phone. (aeon.co)
- Why you should "dumb down" your phone. (calnewport.com)
Global
- Central banks in India, New Zealand and Thailand all lowered their rates. (wsj.com)
- Danish mortgages now come with 0% interest. (msn.com)
- Private equity has invaded Germany. (ft.com)
- Portugal is experiencing a bit of an immigration boom. (ft.com)
- For the first six months of 2019, Mexico was the US' biggest trading partner. (qz.com)
Economy
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Startup links: follow-on capital. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Wednesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Personal finance links: the importance of Vanguard. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Startups are difficult. Signup for the Wealth/Stack conference is easy. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Aim to buy more time, not more stuff. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Monthly ESG links: the heavy lifting. (abnormalreturns.com)
