Thursday links: secret sauces
Is the “cult of equity” dead and buried? (FT Alphaville)

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Making the case for dividend stocks with a high payout ratio
As regular readers know, every month we post the top dividend stocks from the S&P500. Then, a few days later we send out a newsletter (you can sign up for it free) which takes a deeper look into those stocks in order to get not the highest dividend stock but the one that shows the most promise in terms of long term passive income.

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[Video] Study: CEOs Who Cut the Most Jobs During Great Recession Were Paid 42% Higher than Peers
There was a nice little snippet on Reuters that I said I'd get to yesterday in the post about the 10,000 jobs lost via ADP. Simply put there are way too many issues / implications to discuss in a single post - we've touched on it here and there over the years, but I'll focus on just one issue - that is, the misalignment between short term incentive packages and long term benefit.

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August Ends – My Options Portfolio Continues to Push Higher – Patience Pays
August was another good month for My Options Portfolio. The portfolio gained 15.6% for the month and is now up 74.2%, or $20,392.50 since its inception back in early May 2010. You can see all the trades directly from my ThinkorSwim account on the Options Portfolio page of the website.
If you look at the trades [...]
Wednesday links: September snap back
We are now back in the trading range. (Big Picture)
August asset class performance. (Bespoke)

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Hotel Alternatives: Save Money When Traveling
This is a guest post from Matthew Kepnes of Nomadic Matt’s Travel Site. If you like what you see here, please consider subscribing to his RSS feed.
When we go on vacation, we book a hotel. We are sort of taught that’s where you stay. By instinct we book a hotel. We go online, shake our head at the high price, and book it anyways, wishing there was a better way.

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Tuesday links: helicopter cash
James Montier, “In essence, the [bond] market is implying a 70% probability that the US turns Japanese.” (Behavioural Investing)

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Paying Down Debt With a HELOC
Are you swamped with high interest debt and looking for a solution? The airwaves are filled with ads for debt consolidation, but do you really need someone to do it for you? Why not do your own legwork and roll your debts into one low(er) interest loan?
One option for consolidating your debt is rolling it into a HELOC. But first… You might have some questions.

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Apple (AAPL) shareholders, consider buying insurance on Steve Jobs
Hedging any investment, when it is not too expensive is certainly a very attractive proposition. There are conventional ways of doing so, through options for example, but also less conventional ways.

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Monday links: subtle signals
The high yield bond rally seems to be slowing. (EconomPic Data, research puzzle)
The state of asset class momentum. (The Capital Spectator)

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