Markets

• You may be surprised how global stock markets have reacted to prior epidemics. (ofdollarsanddata.com)
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• The US dollar has benefited from a flight to safety. (ft.com)
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Strategy

• How bull markets lull investors to sleep. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
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• What behavioral biases make us so want to play the stock market. (wsj.com)
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• Why its helpful to ask "What the data that's not present?" (scientificamerican.com)
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Crypto

• ICOs have been an unmitigated disaster for investors. (klementoninvesting.substack.com)
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Companies

• The Sprint ($S) and T-Mobile ($TMUS) deal is finally a go. (wsj.com)
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• Edgewell Personal Care ($EPC) has abandoned its purchase of Harry's. (thestreet.com)
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• Commercial insurance rates are soaring for US companies. (wsj.com)
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Media

• Amazon ($AMZN) is the biggest advertiser on Earth. (campaignlive.co.uk)
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• The WSJ and New York Times now have more than 2 million digital subs. (niemanlab.org)
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• What Spotify ($SPOT) paid for The Ringer. (bloomberg.com)
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• Netflix ($NFLX) accounts for 31% of streaming TV time followed by YouTube, Hulu and Amazon. (cnet.com)
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• CBS Sports is teaming with William Hill on sports betting data and content. (variety.com)
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Robo-finance

• More activities that were thought to be the province of humans are coming under automation: the case of robo-advice. (bankunderground.co.uk)
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• The results of robo-analysts compare favorably to the sell-side. (msn.com)
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Funds

• Traditional money managers are investing heavily in alternative data and machine learning to boost returns. (ft.com)
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• More evidence that cheap funds rule. (morningstar.com)
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• A look at the ETF Deathwatch for January 2020. (investwithanedge.com)
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Global

• The Australian economy is getting hit by wildfires and the coronavirus. (ft.com)
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Economy

• Hiring qualified workers remains the biggest problem for small business owners. (calculatedriskblog.com)
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Earlier on Abnormal Returns

• Research links: a rehash of exposures. (abnormalreturns.com)
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• What you missed in our Monday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
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• Adviser links: recognizing the fit. (abnormalreturns.com)
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Mixed media

• Ransomware attacks are on the rise as are the payments to hackers. (nytimes.com)
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• Why we should make a distinction between "technophobia and techno criticism." (calnewport.com)
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• The smartphone isn't the only device to break down the home/work divide: think laptops. (theatlantic.com)
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