Great Reads: Should You Buy When the Market's Up or When It's Down?

Trading and Investing

Should you buy when the market's up or when it's down? (CXO Advisory)
A two-year mean reversion effect. (CXO Advisory)
More on mean reversion. (Mebane Faber)

Option selling doubles volatility-adjusted returns. (Mebane Faber)

Do financial firms sell to your rationality or your psychology? (CXO Advisory)

Strategies that short battle the rest of the financial universe. (Slope of Hope)

Old methods of diversification are becoming less effective. (Reformed Broker)
On performance chasing. (Reformed Broker)
The market is becoming more volatile. (Reformed Broker)

The Greek one-year yield was triple digits last week. (Zero Hedge)

Free finance and commodity widgets to put on your Web site. (Oil Price)

Career

On effective promotional marketing. (Internet Marketing Fire)

Twenty-five quotes from Margaret Thatcher. (ListVerse)

"The best writing advice I've ever received." (Donald Miller)

Affordable Living

"How can I afford to stay home with my baby?" (Baby Center)

How to shop for your own health care. (CNBC)

The student loan bubble, illustrated. (Reformed Broker)

Edmond, OK tops CNBC's "Best Suburbs" list. (Edmond Sun)

Walking with God

Dealing with the death of a parent. (Fabs Harford)
Tired of being 'gospel-ed'. (Fabs Harford)

LOL

A postman's revenge. (YouTube)

Abstruse Goose: Get it?