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Quote of the Day
"When the world changes in a 24-hour period it becomes hard to think more than 24 hours ahead."
(Morgan Housel)
Chart of the Day
We are not yet at 2008-level stock market volatility, but we are getting there.
Markets
- A handful of stocks are actually up in this environment. (visualcapitalist.com)
- Last week was not a good one for risk-parity strategies. (ft.com)
Bear markets
- Bear markets don't find their bottom in a day or two, it takes months. (traderfeed.blogspot.com)
- Just because the stock market went down quickly doesn't mean it will bounce back quickly. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
Small businesses
- Being in limbo is not a new feeling for most small businesses. (permanentequity.com)
- Small businesses are uniquely affected by 'social distancing.' (wsj.com)
Companies
- Zoom ($ZM) is riding the wave of videoconferencing fo rwork and schools. (forbes.com)
- Major internet providers are going to help customers make sure they can stay online. (washingtonpost.com)
- Data shows restaurant traffic is way off in the US. (calculatedriskblog.com)
Finance
- Working from home can be a challenge for Wall Street types. (wsj.com)
- IPOs are going to be on hold for awhile. (barrons.com)
- In March ETFs have made up an increasing portfolio of exchange volume. (wsj.com)
Covid-19
- Thermo Fisher ($TMO) is gearing up to produce millions of Covid-19 tests. (statnews.com)
- Covid-19 is going to put a dent in the peak home selling season. (thebasispoint.com)
- Travel restrictions mean your Spring Break is f*cked. (wsj.com)
- Nothing like a crisis to bring out scammers. (nytimes.com)
Policy
- Barry Ritholtz, "From television to flight, film, booze, highways and suburbia, each major economic innovation was the result of the genius of both private sector innovation and government support." (ritholtz.com)
- Why the US is so bad at building public infrastructure. (vice.com)
- Marriage is increasingly something more affluent Americans can afford. (wsj.com)
- Holding elections in the age of Covid-19 are tricky. (washingtonpost.com)
Economy
- The US economy is seeing a 'sudden stop.' (calculatedriskblog.com)
- Nobody knows how Covid-19 is going to affect the economy. (barrons.com)
- Who knows what the real inflation rate is at the moment. (marginalrevolution.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)
- Structural breaks can only be known in hindsight. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Saturday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Longform links: digital platforms. (abnormalreturns.com)
Mixed media
- Casey Mullooly, "One of the nastiest qualities of uncertainty is its ability to seep into every aspect of life...Uncertainty bewitches our self-belief into inadequacy." (allthingsare1.com)
- Reading more Covid-19 news is going to help anyone. (calnewport.com)
- The best way to combat coronavirus-induced anxiety is to do something for someone else. (feld.com)
- This is going to suck, but enjoy life when and how you can. (ofdollarsanddata.com)
