Thursdays are all about longform links here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at the importance of pruning bull****.
Investing
- Tech IPOs have been a sh*t show of late. (fortune.com)
- Why momentum is (still) neglected. (dualmomentum.net)
- Hedge funds are using 'deep learning' to create new and novel strategies. (wired.com)
Companies
- Why big companies keep getting disrupted. (wsj.com)
- Microsoft ($MSFT) is trying to better integrate its research with its product teams. (bloomberg.com)
- On the rise, fall and resurrection of Lululemon ($LULU). (businessoffashion.com)
Technology
- Twitter ($TWTR) invented the feed. Facebook ($FB) perfected it. (stratechery.com)
- How the smartphone changed corporate IT forever. (arstechnica.com)
Longform
- Broadening our perspective takes work. (rpseawright.wordpress.com)
- How the US became a tax haven. (bloomberg.com)
- How Kendra Scott built the hottest jewelry chain in America. (racked.com)
- REI keeps growing but is it losing its soul? (seattletimes.com)
- An excerpt from Maria Konnikova's "The Confidence Game: Why We Fall For It...Every Time." (inc.com)
- Olive oil is California's next big cash crop. (bloomberg.com)
- Should you bribe your kids to eat vegetables? (priceonomics.com)