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Quote of the Day
"Baby Yoda is the first taste of how Disney is planning to keep subscribers consistently engaged with Disney+ and outside of Disney+."
(Julia Alexander)
Strategy
Crypto
Finance
- What is the city of Chicago's credit rating? Depends on who you ask. (wsj.com)
- Digital-only bank Chime is demonstrating torrid growth. (cnbc.com)
Funds
- DIY indexing is a growing trend in the asset management industry. (ft.com)
- Why don't US ETFs have accumulating share classes? (morningstar.com)
- Some thoughts from ETF pioneer Jim Ross on his retirement. (etf.com)
Global
- German manufacturing is notably contracting. (ft.com)
- How Yandex ($YNDX) has managed to stay on the good side of the Kremlin. (ft.com)
Economy
- The November NFP report showed a jump in payrolls due in part to the end of the GM ($GM) strike. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- The unemployment rate is at a 50-year low. (crossingwallstreet.com)
- There's no reason to think economic expansions have to die of old age. (capitalspectator.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Podcast links: the daily news grind. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Thursday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Startup links: grinding it out. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Monthly ESG links: lacking prediction power. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Your harshest critic lives in your house and prevents you from making progress toward your goals. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Cultivating passion and purpose in your life. (abnormalreturns.com)