Strategy

• Investing is a forward-looking endeavor. (validea.com)
• It's not a tail risk if it is already being talked about. (pragcap.com)
• You can't move forward as an investor if you don't know what came before you. (blog.cordantwealth.com)
• The fish rots from the head down. (thereformedbroker.com)

Crypto

• Unregulated entities, like Bitfinex, are still running wild. (nytimes.com)
• A lot of blockchain-type seeds have been planted, let's see what they grow into. (ftalphaville.ft.com)
• Open a Coinbase account, trade $100 in cryptocurrency and get $10 in Bitcoin free. (coinbase.com)

Amazon

• Amazon's most powerful tablet the HD 10 is $50 off. (amazon.com)
• Buy three new Echos and get $60 with the ECHO3PACK promo code. (amazon.com)
• Amazon Kindle and Kindle Paperwhites are now $30 off. (amazon.com)
• Bose QuietComfort 25 Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headphones are at a huge discount. (amazon.com)

Companies

• No matter how you slice it, Tesla ($TSLA) is burning a lot of cash. (bloomberg.com)
• The case for merging Square ($SQ) and Twitter ($TWTR). (medium.com)
• Twitter ($TWTR) is not nearly bold enough. (nytimes.com)
• Apple's ($AAPL) FaceID is "like magic." (500ish.com)

Fund management

• Some institutional investors are swapping hedge funds for lower cost, multi-asset strategies. (hunterwalk.com)

Net neutrality debate

• Pro: Fred Wilson. (avc.com)
• Con: Tyler Cowen. (bloomberg.com)

Kindle

• "Grit to Great: How Perseverance, Passion, and Pluck Take You from Ordinary to Extraordinary" by Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval is just $1.99 for the Kindle. (amazon.com)
• "Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work that Lasts" by Ryan Holiday is just $1.99 for the Kindle. (amazon.com)
• "Tulipomania: The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused" by Mike Dash is just $1.99 for the Kindle. (amazon.com)

Economy

• Weekly initial unemployment claims are hanging around "low levels." (calculatedriskblog.com)
• The yield curve story is being overhyped. (pragcap.com)
• Cash ain't dead yet. (qz.com)

Earlier on Abnormal Returns

• Personal finance links: freeing up time. (abnormalreturns.com)
• What you missed in our Tuesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
• Research links: highly constrained versions. (abnormalreturns.com)
• A Q&A with Will Rhind, founder and CEO of new ETF provider GraniteShares. (abnormalreturns.com)
• Q&A with Tom Jacobs editor of "Fortunes in Special Situations in the S (abnormalreturns.com)

Mixed media

• Since 2010, sad songs have become less common around the world. (qz.com)
• These are the 25 most influential musical artists of all-time. (quartzy.qz.com)

Retirement

• Three tips for using an evidence-based approach to retirement planning. (blogs.cfainstitute.org)
• The biggest question in retirement isn't money, its purpose. (ofdollarsanddata.com)
• 6 things no one tells about retirement. (fool.com)

Investing

• Some things to be thankful for as an investor these days. (portfoliocharts.com)
• There are good reasons (and bad) to sell stocks. (humbledollar.com)
• How to deal with taxes when rebalancing. (obliviousinvestor.com)

Robo-advisors

• Paypal ($PYPL) is hooking up with robo-advisor Acorns. (wsj.com)
• Robo-advisors are just getting off the ground in the UK. (ft.com)

Donor advised funds

• Five questions to ask when choosing a donor-advised fund. (beta.morningstar.com)
• How donor advised funds can be a win-win for donors. (whitecoatinvestor.com)
• Three ways to maximize your charitable giving. (aplaceofpossibility.com)

Personal finance

• An example of why some advisors are just the worst. (thereformedbroker.com)
• Eight money mistakes to avoid in your 20s. (genyplanning.com)
• Ten financial principles worth following. (humbledollar.com)
• Variable annuities: just no. (tonyisola.com)
• Expect to be taxed at a lower rate in 2018? Accelerate deductions into 2017--and defer income until next year. (humbledollar.com)
• There is no perfect place to live. Everywhere has trade-offs. (getrichslowly.org)