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Weekend Link Fest: October 17, 2020

 Best of this week from the world of finance and stock markets:

 

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Investing With Lady Luck  Investment

Transcript: Joel Greenblatt  Ritholtz

How to invest abroad Morningstar

Expect a ‘dramatic fall’ in markets if U.S. election outcome is contested, warns Mark Mobius CNBC 

U.S. federal budget deficit soars to record $3.1 trillion in 2020  Market Watch

 

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