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Low Expectations and the Thrill of Uncertainty

Low Expectations and the Thrill of Uncertainty

(Bloomberg View) -- My Tuesday morning train reads:

  • For Bond Investors, Low Expectations in a Low-Yield World (New York Times); see also What the Bond Market Turmoil Really Means (Barron’s)
  • The Thrill of Uncertainty (Collaborative Fund)
  • Bought Apple Stock in 1980? Held It? Don’t Brag (Bloomberg View); see also World’s greatest stock picker? Bet you sold Apple and Google a long time ago (Washington Post)
  • Ask Ethan: What Does the Future of Science Look Like? (Forbes)
  • Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: What It Means for Homeowners and Real Estate Professionals (National Association of Realtors); see also Realtors, Licking Their Wounds, Get Ready for Their Next Battle (Wall Street Journal)
  • Common scams to take your money and how to avoid them (USA Today)
  • The Cannabis Industry Is Well-Armed to Fight Jeff Sessions (Slate); see also What You Should Know About Horizons Marijuana Life Sciences Index ETF (Motley Fool)
  • Is That a Frank Lloyd Wright? Prove It (Wall Street Journal)
  • Trump’s Coal Bailout Is Dead (the Atlantic); see also Who Will Fund Clean Energy? Familiar Faces (Bloomberg View)
  • How to Make $80,000 Per Month on the Apple App Store (Medium)

Be sure to check out our Masters in Business interview with Brooke Lampley, vice chairman of the fine art division at Sotheby’s. Lampley is a specialist in Impressionist and modern art, and previously ran that department at Christie’s, where she sold more than $1 billion in paintings and sculptures. 

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Low Expectations and the Thrill of Uncertainty

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Barry Ritholtz is a Bloomberg View columnist. He founded Ritholtz Wealth Management and was chief executive and director of equity research at FusionIQ, a quantitative research firm. He blogs at the Big Picture and is the author of “Bailout Nation: How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy.”

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