LinkFest

10 Principles for Black-Swan proofing the world.  I like #3 – shouldn’t the government advisors be Dalio, Grantham, Taleb, Rogers, and Faber (Marc not Meb)?

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Tragically the investment blogosphere has lost one of the best in Greg Newton.  A nice tribute from Felix Salmon.

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The current median dividend yield for Dow 30 stocks is about 3.5% while the median net payout yield ($ spend on dividends + $ spent on buybacks – $ for share issues) is about 8.3%.  This is why, since 1982, dividends just don’t matter as much as they used to. . .

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Google books has a preview of my new book (and a review from dShort here).

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Obama using behavioral psych & the Consortium of Behavioral Scientists . 

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Geneoeconomics!

Is your investing risk tolerance in your DNA? 

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Buying new highs in bear markets can be problematic.

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Report on the Ontario’s Teacher’s Pension Fund