Thursdays are all about longform links here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at the outlaw ‘Seinfeld’ script you need to read.
Quote of the Day
"For the first time, pretty much everyone on earth is going to have a camera. Over 5bn people will have a mobile phone, almost all will be smartphones and almost all will have cameras."
(Benedict Evans)
Quants
- Fundamental firms are on a quant hiring binge. (pionline.com)
- On the rise of the DIY algo trader. (ft.com)
Longform
- An interview with Tim Cook five years into his CEO tenure at Apple ($AAPL). (washingtonpost.com)
- Wal-Mart ($WMT) has a crime problem. (bloomberg.com)
- The pill that made Northwestern University rich. (bloomberg.com)
- What food says about class in America. (newsweek.com)
- Sports are the last linchpin of live TV. Is that now in danger? (stratechery.com)
- Why isn't swimming bigger in the US? (qz.com)
- Why sports are helpful outlet for us formerly tribal humans. (nautil.us)
