Saturdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at how Juuling became a verb.
Investing
- Cliff Asness on the challenge any investor faces when they take on alternative type risks. (aqr.com)
- Why portfolio diversification hasn't really worked the past decade. (epsilontheory.com)
Ten years later
- Lewis Ranieri, the father of mortgage-backed securities, lives with remorse for his role in the housing crisis. (wsj.com)
- How the GFC provided private equity an opportunity to get into the single-family home rental business. (ig.ft.com)
Business
- Lessons from the career of Chance the Rapper on value chains and profit pools. (25iq.com)
- Why it's so difficult for big companies to innovate. (ft.com)
Longform
- "Early signs suggest Gen Z workers are more competitive and pragmatic, but also more anxious and reserved than Millennials." (wsj.com)
- Why are sperm counts in precipitous decline, and can anything be done about it? (gq.com)
- How the Jonah Crab went from garbage to delicacy. (modernfarmer.com)
- America loved Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire...until they didn't. (sbnation.com)
- The Flight 93 National Memorial is both beautiful and powerful. (fastcompany.com)