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Quote of the Day
"Indeed, investing in SoftBank means investing in Masa."
(Eric Savitz)
Strategy
- The "optimal" portfolio is, at best, a moving target. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- Why you should avoid one-off fixes for your portfolio. (realreturns.blog)
- What does it mean to "over-rebalance" your portfolio? (humbledollar.com)
Companies
Netflix
- Netflix ($NFLX) may be more price-sensitive than previously thought. (barrons.com)
- Netflix ($NFLX) is at-risk of losing "the hearts and minds" of its subscribers. (lefsetz.com)
Finance
- Owl Rock highlights the growth in the BDC space. (wsj.com)
- There are no signs that institutional investors are reducing their interest in venture capital. (wsj.com)
Housing
- These countries are most at-risk of a housing bubble. (visualcapitalist.com)
- London home prices are falling at their fastest rate in a decade. (theguardian.com)
- Golf courses are closing at an accelerating rate putting homeowners and towns in a pickle. (wsj.com)
- Inland California, like Bakersfield, is booming. (washingtonpost.com)
Policy
- Signs that stress has increased the past 2.5 years. (washingtonpost.com)
- America is so much richer for its immigration policies. (tonyisola.com)
- Soda taxes do seem to work at reducing consumption. (modernfarmer.com)
- Elizabeth Warren is no fan of private equity. (thereformedbroker.com)
Economy
- A succinct summary of the week's major economic happenings. (ritholtz.com)
- The economic schedule for the coming week. (calculatedriskblog.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Top clicks last week on the site. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Nobody should think entrepreneurship will be easy. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Saturday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Longform links: battling invasive species. (abnormalreturns.com)
