Podcasts Jim O’Shaugnessy talks about the art of retirement with Christine Benz author of “How to Retire: 20 Lessons for a Happy, Successful, and Wealthy Retirement.” (newsletter.osv.llc) Rick Ferri talks with Mike Piper, author...

Strategy Our brains weren’t built for investing. (safalniveshak.com) The small cap bounce back will make stock picking fun again. (scheplick.com) Fund management Is Vanguard, and by extension Blackrock ($BLK), getting too big for its own...

Diversification The S&P 500 is now nearly 40% of global market cap. (apolloacademy.com) International diversification requires a long time horizon. (awealthofcommonsense.com) Strategy Investment misses are inevitable. (morningstar.com) Don’t...

Books An excerpt from Phil Elwood’s upcoming book, “All The Worst Humans: How I Made News for Dictators, Tycoons, and Politicians.” (semafor.com) A Q&A with Ramin Setoodeh author of “Apprentice in Wonderland: How Donald Trump and...

Top clicks this week Sam Ro, “The stock market does not price in what’s going on today. It’s pricing in what’s expected in the weeks, months, and years ahead.” (tker.co) Ten insights from Barry Ritholtz’s new book “How Not to...

Tune Out the Noise You can now watch the Errol Morris documentary ‘Tune Out the Noise.’ (youtube.com) Why DFA helped make the movie. (institutionalinvestor.com) Quant stuff Almost all quants owe a debt to the late Barr Rosenberg. (on.ft.com)...

Podcasts Barry Ritholtz talks with Meir Statman, author of “A Wealth of Well-Being: A Holistic Approach to Behavioral Finance.” (ritholtz.com) Carl Richards talks money mindfulness with Sharon Salzberg. (50fires.com) Steve Chen talks financial education...

Markets Markets are always filled with contradictory data. (tker.co) Why are mortgage rates higher than when the Fed started lowering interest rates? (wsj.com) No one can consistently call market tops and bottoms. (awealthofcommonsense.com) Crypto...

Markets Stocks have stopped going up. (sherwood.news) CEO confidence is rising. (apolloacademy.com) Strategy If you own every stock, it’s harder to feel FOMO. (thefinancialbodyguard.com) How to make yourself miserable as an investor...

Podcasts Josh Brown and Michael Batnick talk advisor tech with fintech expert Jason Pereira. (youtube.com) Daniel Crosby talks with Cady North, Founder and CEO of North Financial Advisor, about planning for a sabbatical. (standarddeviationspod.com)...