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Quote of the Day
"Our economy will be stronger when we support and encourage young families to have more children."
(Blair duQuesnay)
Chart of the Day

Tesla’s market cap now exceeds that of Ford and GM combined. (via @VisualCap)
Markets
- Investor sentiment, is not surprisingly, elevated. (disciplinedinvesting.blogspot.com)
- Apple ($AAPL) and Microsoft ($MSFT) are now worth more than the entire German stock market. (global-macro-monitor.com)
- Apple ($AAPL) experienced a 'violent re-rating' in 2019. (wsj.com)
Strategy
- Why diversity matters: risk aversion is different across generations. (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com)
- Your benchmark is not the S&P 500. (humbledollar.com)
- The stock market can drive you crazy. (marginalrevolution.com)
Business
- Sports gambling is on its way to become a big business in the US. (barrons.com)
- Grocery stores are closing their pharmacies. (wsj.com)
- Luxury brands are nudging into the new home business. (ft.com)
Finance
Funds
Global
Policy
- What a New American Retirement Plan should look like based on lessons learned from other countries. (morningstar.com)
- The Netherlands has universal health coverage and....it's all private. (vox.com)
- What responsibility does Airbnb owe the cities in which it operates? (finance.yahoo.com)
- The single-use plastic bag industry has some good lobbyists. (politico.com)
- Visualizing unequal tax burden across the states. (visualcapitalist.com)
- Is wealth inequality causing middle-class misery? (gq.com)
- Political hobbyists are ruining politics. (theatlantic.com)
Economy
- The St Louis Fed financial stress index fell to to its lowest reading since 1993. (ft.com)
- Manufacturing employment lags in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. (econbrowser.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 last week on the site. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Saturday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Longform links: appreciating excellence. (abnormalreturns.com)