Thanks for checking in with us this weekend.  Here are the items our readers clicked most frequently on Abnormal Returns for the week ended Saturday, August 3rd, 2013. The description reads as it does in the relevant linkfest:

  1. Nine insights from George Soros.  (ST50)
  2. Equity market sentiment is reaching extremes.  (The Short Side of Long)
  3. When a cartel goes bust.  (MoneyBeat)
  4. The real cost of holding cash.  (Business Insider)
  5. Why you can’t rely on Wall Street strategists for market direction.  (The Reformed Broker)
  6. Why you should plan for lower P/E ratios in the future.  (Mark Hulbert)
  7. Ten ways Wall Street plays you for a chump.  (Marketwatch)
  8. Phil Birnbaum, “You gain more by not being stupid than you do by being smart. Smart gets neutralized by other smart people. Stupid does not.”  (Slate)
  9. A look at the recent performance of some notable asset allocation strategies.  (Mebane Faber Research)
  10. William Bernstein on the differences between “shallow risks” and “deep risks.”  (Jason Zweig)

What you may have missed on the site this week:

  1. What books Abnormal Returns purchased most often in July 2013.  (Abnormal Returns)
  2. How do you respond the “The Grind“?  (Abnormal Returns)
  3. How will you spend your time: trading or investing?  (Abnormal Returns)
