Saturdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at what curation is and isn’t all about.
Finance
- A big profile of Eddie Lampert of ESL Investments and CEO of the slowly dying Sears Holdings ($SHLD). (vanityfair.com)
- Warren Buffett wants everyone to invest in index funds. Unfortunately his own employees often don't have that opportunity in their 401(k) plans. (propublica.org)
- A profile of people making bank trading on the political prediction market, PredictIt. (theringer.com)
Business
- "Moats are dug over time." 12 lessons from Robert Smith of Vista Equity Partners. (25iq.com)
- ESPN's future is increasingly out of its hands. (variety.com)
- A profile of Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. (newyorker.com)
Non-finance
- Why are speculators so eager to buy damaged homes in a Houston flood reservoir? (nytimes.com)
- The world climate is changing: why Antarctica matters so much. (ft.com)
- Do artists with day jobs make better art? (nytimes.com)
- A profile of the perpetually unsatisfied Geno Auriemma coach of the UConn's unstoppable women's basketball team. (espn.com)
- 13 reasons to believe that aliens are real. (nymag.com)
