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Quote of the Day
"Information is what we call it when a human being takes data and turns it into a useful truth."
(Seth Godin)
Markets
Strategy
Companies
- Costco ($COST) sells $75 billion in Kirkland-brand goods annually. (businessinsider.com)
- Just how much Match ($MTCH) dominates online dating. (visualcapitalist.com)
- Why are Canada Goose ($GOOS) jackets so expensive? (businessinsider.com)
IPOs
- Zoom ($ZM) has filed to go public and is generating profits. (businessinsider.com)
- Pinterest ($PINS) only lost $63 million last year. (nytimes.com)
Finance
Funds
Happiness research
- The research shows money doesn't buy happiness. (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com)
- Have societal norms around suicide changed? (washingtonpost.com)
- Mile Spencer Kimball, "There are very few jobs where it isn’t possible to shift one’s approach in a way that makes other people’s lives better." (blog.supplysideliberal.com)
Economy
- More background on the yield curve inversion. (econbrowser.com)
- Why haven't soybean futures recovered? (econbrowser.com)
- Colleges and universities are the best hope for rural areas. (bloomberg.com)
- A succinct summary of the week's economic events. (ritholtz.com)
- The economic schedule for the coming week. (calculatedriskblog.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Top clicks this week on the site. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Saturday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Longform links: miscounting calories. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Your home may be an investment but don't expect it to fund your financial goals. (abnormalreturns.com)