
* Building a Trading Plan - Ray Barros has started a new blog, and he begins on a positive note, with a description of the components of a trading plan.
* How You Know You're a Quant - That, a view of what is responsible for the performance of high quality bonds, and more from the Sunday links at Abnormal Returns.
* Trading and Investing - A Dash of Insight provides some insight into common principles of success. See also the post on trading feel and ETF rankings.
* Options Perspective - Adam Warner explores when we should own a call rather than the stock.
* Forecasting Favorable Markets - Henry Carstens' models show favorable expectations at a 20-day time horizon.
* The Week Ahead - Barry Ritholtz looks at 16.7% inflation and other scary economic themes looming this week.