Thursdays are all about longform links here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at the changing nature of work.
Finance
- A dozen things learned from Leon Cooperman about investing. (25iq.com)
- A profile of Henry Ellenbogen who is pushing the envelope in private investing in the mutual fund space. (bloomberg.com)
- A profile of Brad Katsuyama of IEX Group. (theverge.com)
- Will active ETFs ever take off? (etf.com)
- The paradox of cryptocurrencies. (psyfitec.com)
General
- How Netflix ($NFLX), Uber and Airbnb capture value. (stratechery.com)
- Why is measuring web traffic so damn hard? (fivethirtyeight.com)
- How the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation became the nation's largest disease-related foundation. (bloomberg.com)
- The enduring triumph that is the American Girl Doll. (racked.com)
- Why do central line infections still occur at hospitals? (vox.com)
- It's hard to overestimate the importance of sleep. (newyorker.com)
- On the end of the great American showman. (slate.com)
- How overparenting affects college-age kids. An excerpt from "How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success" by Julie Lythcott-Haims.* (slate.com)
- On the death of golf. (mensjournal.com)